Beginner that needs some help!

Something is causing your BSP stage to fail. Post your compile log.

plz post you compile-log
earl is right, there must be a problem in the bsp stage

had the same problem, and wondered why there were no changes after compile

You have a leak! Go to Map>Load Pointfile and follow the red line to the hole in your map, and patch it.

you have a leak:
Entity prop_dynamic (-2664.00 -2672.00 -1848.00) leaked!
go to map-->load pointfile and seal it

you have several area-portal-leaks:
FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (-512.0 9216.0 448.0)
Leaf 0 contents:
Leaf 1 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID
Candidate brush IDs:

wrong skybox-texture
got to map-->map properties, there you have to fill in
Skybox texture name has to be sky_trainyard_01
detail.vbsp has to be detail_trainyard.vbsp
detail material file hast to be detail/detailsprites_trainyard
assuming you want to use the lumberyard theme


hope that helps you
ee1

check out a decompiled vmf of cp_well to see how valve managed the trains

dont know about the cryengine, but in source, areaportals help the program to see, which are can see another, look at decompiled tf2 maps to see how areaportals are used

http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=16
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Areaportal

say you have a room, and lets say you set up you areaportal in a doorway
its vital that you can only see two sides of the area-portal-brush
the a-p-brush has to be enclosed by world-geometry... enclosing with props, func_detail brushes or displacements will cause a leak

make sure you cant draw a line from one side of the ap to its other side without crossing world-geometry



practically spoken, compile you bsp (for searching leaks, you can uncheck the rest)
if you get a leak in the log, load pointfile, fix the what causes the leak, recompile and repeat, until you get rid of all your normal and area-portal leaks

check the attachment of this post, its a vmf where you can see how to set up areaportals and what they exactly do
compile it and you will see, that the red top of the tower in the 2nd room isn´t visible from the 1st room, because the the areaportal in the first room can´t see the areaportal separating the red top, therefore it doesnt render the red top

You should contact him directly and ask. Most of the materials loaded on this website are intended for use by other mappers, with proper credit of course. Also, some authors might like to be credited in some particular way, such as First "Game Name" Last.