Lighting In The Source Engine

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1. About to Lighting In The Source Engine
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4. Full Guide
5. Future Outlook

About to Lighting In The Source Engine

Starting a new series which is all about tips and tricks for Here's how it (sometimes) works in Team Fortress 2 in the A little different to my normal stuff, but I figured you'd be getting bored of the graphs and figures. Time to take a look at the ... Sorry about the quality of the text when showing clips from inside Hammer, the video is compiled in proper 1920 x 1080, and it ... An ungodly amount of sprites. Not recommended. Might work with a good frame rate if you had few, large sprites. This video shows the current state of my custom DirectX 12 renderer for

Main Features

Latest News

Hammer Editor Tips #1 | Fancy Lighting

Game Engine Programming: Point Light Sources

TF2's Shadow Problem

Source Lighting Bugs

Source SDK tutorial - light_environment BASICS

Source Engine Shootable Lights Proof-of-Concept

How to test Source Engine dynamic lighting functions

Volumetric lighting in Source using sprites

Source Engine (HL2 / SDK 2013) New DX12 Renderer (Part 2: Textures, Lighting & Cursed Zombies!)

Full Guide

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Last Updated: June 12, 2026

Future Outlook

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