Light Gradient in UDMF?

[SPZ1]

Is there a way to create a vertical sector light gradient with UDMF? I've tried every option I can find and none are working.

Standard and Doom 64 style linedef brightnesses seem to not be for this purpose
Sector glow doesn't make a gradient
Sector fog fade only works if the player is inside the 3D floor boundaries

[Kappes Buur]

Something like this ??

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with floor/ceiling glow set to C0C0C0 at a a height just less than full height

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and the desired colour

[SPZ1]

After looking at your example, I can see part of the problem is that the ceiling/floor glows aren't transferred over from 3D floors. The other problem is that dark colors in light sectors can't glow. There needs to be a subtractive glow feature.

I thought this tab looked kinda half empty anyways

subtractive glow.png

[Kappes Buur]

As far as I can tell, the gradient is also applied to 3D surfaces
(glow2)

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Or something like this if you do not want the glow on the surrounding sectors
(glow3)

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You may have to tweak the brightness levels and heights a bit to suit your liking

[SPZ1]

I think you have it backwards

This is the control sector

Fade Control.jpg

And this is the target sector

Fade Transfer.jpg

[Kappes Buur]

I think you have it backwards

Maybe.

However, I supplied my example wads for a possible solution.
If you don't want to look at them, than the only other point
of further exploration is for you to supply a map of yours.

Your screenshots really do not give me clue of what you did.

[SPZ1]

I think you have it backwards

the only other point
of further exploration is for you to supply a map of yours.

Fair enough. All I did was make a hole in the ground.

[Kappes Buur]

Do you realy need a 3D sector for the hole?

I tried 3 aproaches:
1. slices of 3D sectors
2. glow sectors
3. texture with a gradient color

1 is very fiddely and gives a banding appearance rather than smooth
2 would work if the gradient were reversed from light to dark

3 seems to be the best solution
make a gradient colored texture with paint.net of appropriate height and width
the sector brightness affects the result
then, maybe apply floor glow

for example

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