Quake3World

Posted: **Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:02 am**

I've got a problem compiling a q3 map I've started over night. I installed the new GtkRadiant 1.5.0 RC1 and maybe that's the problem. When I want to compile my map with q3map2 (ver 2.5.16 which came with gtk) it just exists before compiling even starts, whether I use the build menu in radiant or start q3map2 by hand from the command line.

So it just opens the .map file, reads the textures, starting output with FaceBSP and *boom* back to command line.

Got a Leak first (missed a brush behind a curve) but after I fixed it this strange error occurs. Hours before I've got no problems with compiling a way less enhanced version of the map.

Anyone got an idea?

Here the q3map2 output for bsp:

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2.5.16
1 threads
Q3Map         - v1.0r (c) 1999 Id Software Inc.
Q3Map (ydnar) - v2.5.16
GtkRadiant    - v1.5.0 Jan 18 2007 21:34:42
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--- InitPaths ---
VFS Init: ../../baseq3/

--- BSP ---
entering scripts/shaderlist.txt
entering scripts/base_button.shader
entering scripts/base_door.shader
entering scripts/base_floor.shader
entering scripts/base_light.shader
entering scripts/base_object.shader
entering scripts/base_support.shader
entering scripts/base_trim.shader
entering scripts/base_wall.shader
entering scripts/common.shader
entering scripts/ctf.shader
entering scripts/gothic_block.shader
entering scripts/gothic_button.shader
entering scripts/gothic_door.shader
entering scripts/gothic_floor.shader
entering scripts/gothic_light.shader
entering scripts/gothic_trim.shader
entering scripts/gothic_wall.shader
entering scripts/liquids.shader
entering scripts/organics.shader
entering scripts/sfx.shader
entering scripts/skin.shader
entering scripts/skies.shader
entering scripts/common_alphascale.shader
      599 shaderInfo
--- LoadMapFile ---
Loading D:/Games/Q3 Clean/baseq3/maps/mz3tourney1_04.map
entering D:/Games/Q3 Clean/baseq3/maps/mz3tourney1_04.map
      258 total world brushes
       56 detail brushes
       59 patches
      227 boxbevels
       22 edgebevels
       23 entities
      618 planes
        0 areaportals
Size: -1288, -1384,  -264 to   328,   328,   392
--- ProcessDecals ---
        0 decal projectors
--- CreateMapFogs ---
        0 fogs
############### model 0 ###############
block size = { 1024 1024 1024 }
BSP bounds: { -1288.000000 -1384.000000 -264.000000 } { 328.000000 328.003113 39
2.000000 }
Lightgrid bounds: { 99999.000000 99999.000000 99999.000000 } { -99999.000000 -99
999.000000 -99999.000000 }
--- PatchMapDrawSurfs ---
       59 patches
       19 patch LOD groups
--- FaceBSP ---
     1203 faces

D:\Games\Q3 Clean\baseq3\maps>

That's it!

Oh and I even tried to seal the map with a huge caulk hull but no effect.

Posted: **Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:22 pm**

wtf

I've got splitted and censored! police!!!

Posted: **Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:59 pm**

I split this topic into a new one. I wanted the old thread to die because some people just won't learn. :icon33:

Are you sure you're not getting any errors? What switches are you using? Try brush cleanup.

Posted: **Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:22 pm**

Yeah I already tried all that. Brush Cleanup always cried about one duplicate / invalid patch, which was claimed to be removed but reappeared every time I toggled Brush Cleanup.
So I tried to compile my map without all patches - no success.
Copied all brushes and entities into a plain new map - no success.
Placed a caulk hull around the map - no success.
Tried running q3map2 from the command line with different switches - no success.
Double-checked the map for leaks - none found.
Deleted the 4 entities I had (start, one test light and a jumppad) and replaced the important ones - no success.
Changed all the textures to caulk - you guess...
Thought of a general problem with my setup and tried to compile q3dm7sample.map - success.
So I started to kill whole sections from my map. After only a huge box around the main atrium remained it still won't compile. But in the end I've killed some more brushes, resulting in a cube with less than 20 brushes and suddenly it let me compile.
I tracked the problem down to a small number of brushes which seemed to be causing the problem. After I deleted and replaced them from the original map the compile finally succeeded.

Dunno what caused the problem exactly, but fortunately it's gone

Quake3World

Q3Map2 ends compile mysteriously

Q3Map2 ends compile mysteriously