The one texture edit that fixed my Doom map lighting

I kept fighting with sector brightness in my Doom 2 mod, shadows looked flat no matter what I set the light levels to. Turned out the issue was my custom wall texture had a bright top edge that killed the contrast. Darkened that 4 pixel strip in Slade and suddenly the whole map read like it had depth. Anybody else ever have a single texture detail messing up their whole lighting mood?

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eric_ramirez675d ago

Yeah @evan151 nailed it, I spent three hours tweaking light levels before I realized my sky texture had a single bright pixel row doing all the damage, classic me overthinking the whole thing lol.

evan1515d ago

You ever notice how one tiny bright edge can wreck an entire room's vibe? I heard someone say texture edits are 90% of the lighting battle, and that 4 pixel strip thing sounds exactly like the kind of sneaky fix that takes forever to find.