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Surface 
I think that has to do with a new surface light being added every 128 units. So if you have large planes you are going to get some subdivisions and not the good Rush kind.

Lamps, and light textures in general are a much more suited option. 
@Bloughsburgh 
But then again, it only works for maps where every light source from one specific texture is somewhat designed to be same, same range and intensity. Surface lighting would be good for giving this .. "ambient light" feel to some places that doesn't have much real light sources like fires, lamps etc.

You thinking about the same thing? 
@Rick 
What is difference between delay 3 and 4? 
Lights 
maps where every light source from one specific texture is somewhat designed to be same, same range and intensity.

That's generally how lights should be...consistent so surface lighting could be beneficial here. In terms of ambient light where there are scarce sources of light then I just think of delay 5 lights. 
 
Oh sorry, I use delay 2 and delay 5 together.. delay 2 would be consistent of course. 
Another Question About AD Mod 
Is it possible to make door call target again, when it closes? For example I'm trying to turn on some lights when door opens, but when it closes it turns off lights. 
Aargh 
this could have saved me so many light ents.., 
Doors 
So the issue is that the lights are targeted again when the doors close?

If you just want the lights to turn on when the door opens for some initial wow factor then just put a trigger brush in the doorway. 
@Newhouse 
If you target a light with your doors(only one though) yes, every open and close cycle of the doors will turn the light off/on or on/off(spawnflag set to "start off").

If you give both doors the light as a target nothing will happen. 
Oh Wait, I Misunderstood 
testing again... 
@Newhouse 
Sorry for the confusion.

From what I tested, it seems you'll need to set the door to "toggle", then set up a trigger brush to open the door and turn on the light. Then copy that trigger brush where the player will hit it again. Setting up delays and resets as needed.

BTW, the door and light can have the same name, the trigger brush will activate both.

If I left it up to only the door to trigger the light it only worked for either the open OR close operation. You couldn't get both. 
Delay 3 And 4? 
I don't know. Neither sounds very useful so I've never tried them. 
@damage_inc 
Thank you, timing will be hard to calculate though.. if only there would be closed event to know exactly when it is actually fully closed.

Func_train have these corner events, but re-creating door to be func_train might not be wise move. Unless it is easy to create func_train behave like doors, also including same sounds like door's have. 
@Newhouse 
func_train as a door which triggers the light ;)

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/misc/func_train_ex_Newhouse.zip

If you need an explanation let me know. 
AD Mod Scripting, Func_train's Corner Functions 
More experienced AD mappers, here is questions for you.
How do you use func_train's corner_route, corner_switch and corner_pause, is there any maps already using these a lot? 
 
now i know why the orange box is called the orange box

there is a pack of developer textures for quake like those in HL2 ? 
Making Func_train Work Like Door 
After some testing it seems like I can use trigger_once, disable it and then reset it when needed. Since func_train door has only two states: open / closed, triggering that same trigger_once in a right moment makes it behave like doors, by that mean they open again. 
Func_train Door Can Work Just Like A Normal Door. 
Without extra triggers/complications.

In the example map I posted in #18110, all you need to do is give path corner 2(p2) a wait value(wait at corner) that you want.

Ex: Giving it a wait value of 4 would be 4 seconds before it closed.

I gave both path corners a -1 wait value just to demonstrate the functionality in a controlled way. 
 
There is no problem with wait atm.

All I need to know atm is how do you change path_corner state from forward to alt forward? I use Corner Event to set active trigger again to check if player is near the door still. 
AD Scripting 
Better question, how do you make it change path_corner's state only when trigger_once calls it? 
AD Socks 
It might be best to send an e-mail to Sock himself if you do not find your answers. I can't think of a test map that uses the corner events but it is described in detail in the AD readme. 
*sighs 
I tried but I don't know what you want anymore :(

A door has an open position and a closed position, thus, using a func_train as a door requires two path corners. The door targets the first path corner... then the first path corner targets(target of forward route) the second path corner with the second targeting the first. So they loop.

I can't envision what you want since that is a door. It can be toggled or close automatically same as any door. Using standard triggers or buttons targeting the door.

Either way, hope you get it sorted out. 
 
Thank you for helping me. I will try to understand what readme tells me, before I bother Sock too much.

Here is picture to help you visualize what I'm trying to do:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxYkKdSD855UWF5bVpRUm90NWc/view?usp=sharing 
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