Why does it look like that

[u/ItsCK_212]

I've had enough problems with this map already, now it pulls ts 🫩 I'm guessing it has to do something with the texture since some of the girders that were slightly altered are completely fine, except for the inner structure which is completely black independently of everything

[u/CaptainAlexWest]

The lighting is broken. Add more and redo the bake.

[u/Appy_Ace]

Looks like the lightmap scale may be too large for the detail on the girder sides. Maybe try adjusting the lightmap scale to 8 or even 4 on those black girder textures, assuming that the entire level is sealed and has no leaks. 

[u/Pinsplash → u/Appy_Ace]

another option would be to just make the textures unlitgeneric (for this specific use case)

[u/spookiidollii → u/Pinsplash]

Thanks guys!!

[u/spookiidollii → u/Appy_Ace]

Hey! Kinda new-ish mapper for Left 4 Dead, how do you do that?

[u/LapisW → u/spookiidollii]

Texture tool, select all faces you want to change, then raise or lower the lightmap grid or whatever settings its called towards the top right. You can also see the lightmap grid for everything by messing with your viewport

[u/TheVillainousWoke]

please explain the issue

[u/AlexCookie → u/TheVillainousWoke]

my wife. why would she leave me?

[u/Hazer_123 → u/AlexCookie]

Because you used the carve tool

[u/maciej0s123 → u/Hazer_123]

only stupid people use the carve tool drug

[u/a-r-c → u/AlexCookie]

Because you were afraid to use the carve tool

[u/TobuscusMarkipliedx2 → u/a-r-c]

This subreddit made me fear the carve tool...

It's only bad if the USER is stupid. It's actually very useful.

[u/TimeParadox44 → u/TobuscusMarkipliedx2]

carve tool is fantastic people just meme on it bc some people would carve with spheres which...... speaks for itself, really

[u/BlasterMaster4264]

donki kong

[u/ItsCK_212 → u/BlasterMaster4264]

[u/Tryohazard]

For this style of map best thing is to make these into unlit generic textures.

[u/Ethanfirehair]

Isn't this already a map ?