Lights, how to resize them?

[sparhawk]

I created a few lights and all behaved the same. When I created the brush, and turned them into light, I could resize them, just like in DoomEdit, but when I do some other stuff, and then go back to a light, I can no longer resize them. I can rotate them, but not draggin the edges around. Of course I can manually adjust the values, but this is a bit painfull. Am I missing something or is this a known bug?

[greebo]

You can resize the lights with the drag manipulator just like brushes. Are you sure you have the right manipulator active (the one called "QE" in the left toolbar)? You can't drag edges of point lights as they are always rectangular.

 

You also don't have to turn brushes into lights, you can just create lights from nothing using the context menu.

[sparhawk]

I have to look for this QE thingy. In DoomEdit you could do this by dragging the small boxes on the edges, so I thought it works the same here.

[greebo]

The QE manipulator should be activated by default, perhaps you've the component (vertex, edge) manipulation mode active?

[sparhawk]

I have this QE button pressed, but when I try it, nothing happens, or the light just moves around (if I grab the light at it's basebox).

[greebo]

Try dragging the light from outside its full bounds, like you do when resizing brushes. (I get the feeling the DoomEdit way of doing things is a bit awkward.)

[sparhawk]

This also doesn't work. I already tried that before. It only works when I just created a light. I can test it, but I think as soon as I unselect it, and then select it again, it doesn't work anymore. I give it a try and tell you if that is indeed the case.

[greebo]

I just tested it, works like a charm. Can you post a full screenshot of your DarkRadiant?

[sparhawk]

OK. Now I see what's the problem. It's only with projected lights. When I switch the light back to omni, then I can resize it and switch it back to projected. I hope that the light doesn't loose it's other parameters. If that's kept, then this can be used as a workaround.

[sparhawk]

You also don't have to turn brushes into lights, you can just create lights from nothing using the context menu.

 

Ah, I missed that part. Good to know.

[OrbWeaver]

In projected light mode you have to use the vertex editing mode, IIRC. In normal light mode, you use the normal brush resizing method.

[greebo]

And you can't preserve the settings when switching between projected and point lights - the settings are in fact the projected light.

[sparhawk]

In projected light mode you have to use the vertex editing mode, IIRC.

 

How do I do that?

In normal light mode, you use the normal brush resizing method.

 

Which doesn't work.

[greebo]

When your projected light is selected, hit "V" to switch into vertex editing mode. You can drag the vertices around and shape your light.

[OrbWeaver]

How do I do that?

 

Press the V key. The vertices should then go green (possibly depending on your colour scheme) and you can drag them.

 

Which doesn't work.

 

I tested on Linux and if you are already in vertex mode, you will have to press V again to get back into normal mode in order to box-drag the light. I'm not sure if this is what is happening though.