GameBanana: Adding HDR (Tutorials > Counter-Strike: Source > Mapping

This tutorial will teach you how to set up HDR lighting in your maps, so that your map can then look something like this. As you can see, HDR makes a huge difference in how a map looks. With lighting, a map can look good, but with HDR a map can look beautiful. Here's another map that, without HDR lighting, wouldn't be all that appealing. Now let's get started, Open up Hammer and the map that you plan to add the HDR to. Make sure that you have at least 1 light_environment entity in your map, it doesn't matter where, just as long as it's inside the map and not in the Void. Using the Entity tool ( Image Hosted by ImageShack.us

) add the entity env_tonemap_controller into your map. Open up it's properties panel and give it a name. I'll be naming mine tonemap.

Now, you are done with that, you can close it. Now once again using the Entity tool ( Image Hosted by ImageShack.us

) add the entity logic_auto to your map. Open up it's properties panel and move straight to the Outputs tab. Key in the Following Outputs.

My Output named: OnMapSpawn
Targets Entities Named: Tonemap(or the name you called yours)
Via This Input: SetAutoExposureMin
With a Parameter Override of: .15

Add in another with the following settings:

My Output named: OnMapSpawn
Targets Entities Named: Tonemap(or the name you called yours)
Via This Input: SetAutoExposureMax
With a Parameter Override of: 3

And Finally, the last output settings:

My Output named: OnMapSpawn
Targets Entities Named: Tonemap(or the name you called yours)
Via This Input: SetBloomScale
With a Parameter Override of: .7

It should look something like this when you're done:

There is one last thing that you need to do for it to work. When you compile, you must have the HDR box checked near VRAD.

In order for the HDR to function correctly, you must build your cubemaps with both HDR on and Off. If you do not know how, please refer to this tutorial for information. You are done!Note: Compiling a map with HDR will drastically decrease VRAD's Speed. It takes a long time, but it is usually worth it. If you have any questions or comments please post them here or send me a Private Message. -SGT_kick_ur_ass Working Prefab www.halflifestorm.com Half Life Storm Studio

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Smurfers119
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2 years ago
Pros: Amazing everything! Cons: NONE! Improvements: None. Notes: Thanks used this hundreds of times!
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The Frozen

2 years ago
Wow! I will try this when i'm the point to final compiling. Thanks!

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3 years ago
Pros: Very good learning curve for me! Cons: Not enough screenshots Improvements: Better Screenshots. Notes: Well done SGT you've earned a 9.7 from me!

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3 years ago
Pros: It work very well and is easy to read. It helped me a lot! Cons: Nothing Improvements: Read cons. Notes: I love it it helped me much!
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JirA

3 years ago
My weapons look too skiny, please help me ;(

I like Zombies :D
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rhymenoceros

3 years ago
To enable HDR, +mathdrenabled # If #=0, LDR If #=1, HDR +mathdrlevel # If #=0, No HDR If #=1, LDR and full bloom If #=2, full HDR and full bloom (but +mathdrlevel 0/1/2 doesn't have any effect if +mathdrenabled # is set to 0)

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S3Xmagik

3 years ago
Pros: Short, easy to understand, and works like a charm. Improvements: Describe the correct method to building cubemaps in this tutorial, it took me a few tries to get it right.

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3 years ago
Pros: Very easily put, short and sweet. To the point. Cons: None Improvements: None Notes: Great job, this should help out my map greatly (seeing as it's a forest)
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3 years ago
Great thx for Tutorial nice job ;D

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3 years ago
Pros: Awesome format, extremely useful, easy to read, shows each field for the outputs, links to other tutorials of same topic. Simply kicksmyass Cons: none Improvements: none Notes: The best, tried figuring out HDR myself and didn't know these entities existed.

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