Need info for mapping

[mortarman]

Hi. I'm making new map and I'd like to get info/link or answer/ for some things I can't find instantly. First question:

Ambient light: i tried "ambient" with value 0.5 but it didn't work. what's the point, and what's value range ? Thank you 

[cron]

The ambient key on the worldspawn entity specifies the amount of ambient light applied to the entire map, which can brighten things at the expense of washing out the contrast on lightmap'ed shadows.

A value of 0.5 won't do much of anything, try something like 5 through 10 (probably the maximum you'd want). See the *radiant manual here for more info and additional options: https://icculus.org/gtkradiant/documentation/q3radiant_manual/appndx/appn_b_9.htm#world  (archive.org mirror)

Also see the posts from user 'Obsidian' here for better looking alternatives: https://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4550  (archive.org mirror)