I was just wondering.. being an unproductive member of the JK e-community for quite a long while now.. I check back every now and then on the new levels released here at Massassi... Every time I check the new levels, I read the reviews and look at the screenshots and all. My question is, why is it that 75%, if not more, of the levels released are grossly over lighted? I mean, I looked at some levels that are boxy, some that are exquisite in their architecture, some that liw in between.. Yet, good lighting is rarely found in JK levels. I know from experience that lighting a level for JK can be quite a pain in the weewee, cause it more often than not come out with ugly 'moving shadows' on the walls, but still... IMHO, good lighting is what gives a level its atmosphere, it is what makes a level's textures not too repetitive.

I was just wondering...

You answered your own question. Lighting is a pain in the you know what. It's also a very trial and error procedure.

Another factor is that how bright/dark areas are can also depend heavily on what computer they are played on.

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The main problem in my opinion is that people have difficulty understanding vertex lighting engines.