Leak, useless pointfile

Pocket

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So I tried compiling my map, and ended up with a leak. Loaded up the point file and... um...

...this happened. :facepalm: A pointfile that goes from nowhere, to nowhere. What the hell did I screw up?

The only thing I can guess is that maybe having a noclip block that crosses into the void did it, although that's a thousand or so units away from where this thing is.

 

Exist

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My *only* guess is that the brush is pointing to is func_detail.

 

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KarmaPolice

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Exist said:

My *only* guess is that the brush is pointing to is func_detail.

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That's my guess too, if it's a brush entity it won't seal the world.

 

Radaka

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This is caused by some brush entity's origin being located outside the world (at the start of one of the ends of the red line.

 

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HellJumper

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There is another cause too. Two actually.

1) This happens occasionally when you have 2 maps open at once. Close one, and recompile.
2) This happens totally randomly sometimes for no reason. Recompile, should work.

This happened to me countless times and I knew for sure there were no leaks. Doing one of the 2 above always fixed it, though.

 

J4CK8

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In the compile log, it should say which entity is leaked. Find which one it is, and as Radaka said make sure its origin isn't in the void by making a small nodraw brush that encloses it.

 

lucky

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J4CK8 said:

In the compile log, it should say which entity is leaked. Find which one it is, and as Radaka said make sure its origin isn't in the void by making a small nodraw brush that encloses it.

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:S Or just centre the object's origin

 

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FaTony

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You can find brush using entity report.

 

Radaka

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J4CK8 said:

In the compile log, it should say which entity is leaked. Find which one it is, and as Radaka said make sure its origin isn't in the void by making a small nodraw brush that encloses it.

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Even better, take the entity's origin and move it back to where it should be (for brush entities, you don't have to move the brush itself to move the origin).

 

Terr

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Radaka said:

Even better, take the entity's origin and move it back to where it should be

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Except for some weird cases where you might customize the origin for a particular purpose, just use the Center Origins command.

 

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Radaka said:

This is caused by some brush entity's origin being located outside the world (at the start of one of the ends of the red line.

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Yep, that was it. I had lumped some brushes that rounded a corner into a single func_illusionary. Moving the origin fixed it. Thanks!