nvm figured it out, nice map too

wait so you dont need to install hl1 prop pack if you have hl1 source?

You can just move the lighting source for the prop above it.

Yes Lily I saw that and was very happy my map was relevant enough to be referenced by someone :).
Maybe I can add some kind of satellite receiver/antenna, or some kind of comms room to bring it full circle

Lighting like that happens sometimes with physics props. I don't know a way to for sure fix it from hammer, but moving the prop usually gets it to realized its not in a black room. I also noticed in that room that I tried to have a water puddle on the ground that is not... wanting to exist. So its possible that lighting bug is a result of the prop being inside of said water puddle.
i will try my best to fix it in the next alpha, in the meantime if its bothering you, follow my above suggestion of doing anything to it.

This prop seems to have a bad lighting source by the way:

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3566125595

I completely forgot to mention, I referenced Sector P in my CentralCom map. It's one of the sectors that the satellite dish is implied to be able to turn to.

Thanks for this feedback; I honestly have not thought too much about ambience but you bring up a great point.
I can't exactly promise too much of it in the next alpha, I hope to have the next focused on making new areas (having 2 alphas in a row of just basic updates seems bad), but I will definitely try and work on ambience in said new areas.

Next time you could focus on ambience since currently the only sound in the map comes from a vent fan. Add some wind to the outdoors and tunnels, beeps to the computers, rumbling of the washing machines, etc.

There is no such thing as too many HL1 maps.

The sign has been the way it is since i think alpha 3 or 4, I just never took another thumbnail showing it for some reason

this is great

I noticed the Sector P sign itself got a rework.

If you're curious, I believe I used Arial Bold for my signs.

Additionally a bunch of fiddling with cubemaps which hopefully got in the release, and fixing of some of the textures… half life sourceiness did wonders

Yeah, I took your advice you left about the lighting and just deleted all of them and started over. I wanted to try and work in more natural light, as well as just making it more visually interesting (before, the lobby ceiling was a flat surface with just way too many lights)

I also just learned a lot more about lighting in general, like how to get nice baked shadows, and fixing EVERY ‘too many lights styles on face at X Y Z’ compile error (there were a lot, but in past versions never really showed badly (I was going to add a lot more cool lights until I learned what it’s like when is DOES show badly))

And then i also added displacements to the skylights because i wanted to :) (I can make decently better displacements now)

I'm so glad you waited a couple years, your mapping got WAY better.

Also I see you have also developed a liking for skylights.

Yes, there is a pool in the void. It was in previous alphas; I wanted to move it, but don't yet have a place for it and didn't want to just delete it.

"Hello Gorden Freeman, its good to see you."

sector pp

ai noded

expecting lily to spawn here any moment

Void Pool.