About my skybox not loading in map

[Inky The Moth]

Hi, I am a recent tf2 mapper and I have been having problems with the hammer editor being unable to find the skybox whenever I am compiling the map. Additionally it also is saying it can't find the surfaceprop rock/wood material for some things, I was wondering what that was about that. It also mentions the skybox so maybe that has something to do with it? Not sure

The exact log is below


** Executing...
** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\bin\vbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc\koth_pillars.vmf"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Aug 2 2018)
2 threads
materialPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\materials
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc\koth_pillars.vmf
Can't find surfaceprop rock for material EGYPT/FLAT_WALL_02, using default
Can't find surfaceprop wood for material CP_MANOR/WOOD_BEAM03B_BURNT, using default
Can't find surfaceprop wood for material CP_MANOR/WOOD_FLOOR01, using default
Can't find surfaceprop wood for material WOOD/WOOD_FLOOR002_GRAY, using default
Can't find surfaceprop concrete for material CONCRETE/CONCRETEFLOOR005, using default
Can't find surfaceprop rock for material EGYPT/GROUND_BRICK_01, using default
Can't find surfaceprop sand for material EGYPT/SAND_FLOOR_BLEND_04_WITH_GRASS, using default
Can't find surfaceprop tile for material SOHO/STREETFLOOR004, using default
Can't find surfaceprop default_silent for material TOOLS/TOOLSSKYBOX, using default
Can't find surfaceprop tile for material SOHO/STREETFLOOR004A, using default
ConVarRef mat_reduceparticles doesn't point to an existing ConVar
Can't find surfaceprop metal for material METAL/METALDOOR001, using default
Patching WVT material: maps/koth_pillars/egypt/sand_floor_blend_04_with_grass_wvt_patch
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (0)
writing C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc\koth_pillars.prt...Building visibility clusters...
done (0)
*** Error: Skybox vtf files for skybox/sky_dustbowl_01 weren't compiled with the same size texture and/or same flags!
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_dustbowl_01 to build the default cubemap!
*** Error: Skybox vtf files for skybox/sky_dustbowl_01 weren't compiled with the same size texture and/or same flags!
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_dustbowl_01 to build the default cubemap!
Finding displacement neighbors...
Finding lightmap sample positions...
Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Building Physics collision data...
done (1) (194992 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Compacting texture/material tables...
Reduced 820 texinfos to 585
Reduced 26 texdatas to 25 (662 bytes to 625)
Writing C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc\koth_pillars.bsp
Wrote ZIP buffer, estimated size 601, actual size 521
1 second elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\bin\vvis.exe"
** Parameters: -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc\koth_pillars"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (Aug 2 2018)
2 threads
reading c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\team fortress 2\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc\koth_pillars.bsp
reading c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\team fortress 2\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc\koth_pillars.prt
994 portalclusters
3070 numportals
BasePortalVis: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
PortalFlow: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (918)
Optimized: 6042 visible clusters (1.43%)
Total clusters visible: 422694
Average clusters visible: 425
Building PAS...
Average clusters audible: 983
visdatasize:239620 compressed from 254464
writing c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\team fortress 2\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc\koth_pillars.bsp
15 minutes, 19 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\bin\vrad.exe"
** Parameters: -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc\koth_pillars"

Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Jul 18 2018)

Valve Radiosity Simulator
2 threads
[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
unknown light specifier type - lights

[56 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\team fortress 2\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc\koth_pillars.bsp
Setting up ray-trace acceleration structure... Done (0.84 seconds)
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47 direct lights
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BuildVisLeafs: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (24)
transfers 10053687, max 1028
transfer lists: 76.7 megs
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Writing c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\team fortress 2\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc\koth_pillars.bsp
1 minute, 28 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc\koth_pillars.bsp" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\maps\koth_pillars.bsp"

 

[Inky The Moth]

btw if it is importaint I do run a config, maybe that has something to do with it?

 

[henke37]

Something is wrong with your setup, those surfaceprops should be there.

 

[Da Spud Lord]

*** Error: Skybox vtf files for skybox/sky_dustbowl_01 weren't compiled with the same size texture and/or same flags!
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_dustbowl_01 to build the default cubemap!
*** Error: Skybox vtf files for skybox/sky_dustbowl_01 weren't compiled with the same size texture and/or same flags!
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_dustbowl_01 to build the default cubemap!

I assume you're talking about this error, which is an error with all TF2 maps and skyboxes and something that only Valve can fix but they have neglected. This error only reflects cubemaps (reflections on shiny surfaces), and is fixed by manually building cubemaps.

I'd be more worried about these errors:

Can't find surfaceprop rock for material EGYPT/FLAT_WALL_02, using default
Can't find surfaceprop wood for material CP_MANOR/WOOD_BEAM03B_BURNT, using default
Can't find surfaceprop wood for material CP_MANOR/WOOD_FLOOR01, using default
Can't find surfaceprop wood for material WOOD/WOOD_FLOOR002_GRAY, using default
Can't find surfaceprop concrete for material CONCRETE/CONCRETEFLOOR005, using default
Can't find surfaceprop rock for material EGYPT/GROUND_BRICK_01, using default
Can't find surfaceprop sand for material EGYPT/SAND_FLOOR_BLEND_04_WITH_GRASS, using default
Can't find surfaceprop tile for material SOHO/STREETFLOOR004, using default
Can't find surfaceprop default_silent for material TOOLS/TOOLSSKYBOX, using default
Can't find surfaceprop tile for material SOHO/STREETFLOOR004A, using default

Can't find surfaceprop metal for material METAL/METALDOOR001, using default

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light has _fifty_percent_distance of 475.000000 but _zero_percent_distance of 0.000000
light has _fifty_percent_distance of 475.000000 but _zero_percent_distance of 0.000000
light has _fifty_percent_distance of 475.000000 but _zero_percent_distance of 0.000000
light has _fifty_percent_distance of 475.000000 but _zero_percent_distance of 0.000000
light has _fifty_percent_distance of 422.000000 but _zero_percent_distance of 0.000000

The surfaceprop error seems to be a problem with the compiler not recognizing certain surfaceprop types. Textures are associated with different surfaceprop types that tell the game engine what type of material to treat the texture as (wood, metal, stone, etc). Not sure why it isn't recognizing those surfaceprop types, as those are all official textures with official surfaceprop types that should be supported. I'm guessing your config is messing with the game files. I would start by verifying your TF2 files, and if that doesn't fix the problem, then remove your config, verify your files again, and see if it works.

As per the light error, the problem seems to be that you've set the 50% falloff distance on a bunch of light entities to a number larger than the 0% falloff distance; effectively, this is saying that light cast from the entity should reach 50% brightness at 475HU, and should go completely dark beyond 0HU away from the light. How does a light entity reach 0% brightness at one distance, and then beyond that distance, reach 50% brightness? This is obviously a problem. I'd recommend either removing the 50% falloff distance or setting your 0% falloff distance to something beyond 475HU.