quake3- vertex or lightmap- which is better visual quality?

[razordog]

hi guys

just like the title says, which has better visual quality
vertex or lightmap

 

[pen^2]

vertex looks like sh!t...

 

[PliotronX]

Lightmap hands down is the best in terms of quality. Vertex is a tweak for gaining a bit of extra performance and also the ability to see people even when they're hiding in the shadows.

 

[richleader]

"Vertex is a tweak for gaining a bit of extra performance "

Well, it used to be more than a bit, a whole lot of performance actually, though I don't know how much it assists more modern videocards that can stuff dual textures (or more) in a single pipeline. Maybe some hardcore tweakers can give you some stats.

 

[BFG10K]

Basically if you enable vertex lighting in Quake 3, you get no lighting. Everything is the same brightness so it looks ugly.