Map compiling Problem!

[Mr. P. Kiwi]

Hurrah! I finished my first map that is bigger than a room!
But after so much work when I compile the map it tells me:

The command failed. Windows reported the error:
"The system cannot find the file specified."

Do you want to continue?

What does it mean, and what I need to do?
(when I press that I want to continue then it opens TF2
and tells me that the map was not found...)
And after this is over - how do I upload the map to this site?

 

[martijntje]

that means something went wrong earlier in the compile process.
post your complete compile log here:
http://www.interlopers.net/errors/

and it will tell you all the things wrong with your map.
also alt+p before compile is quite useful

 

[Engineer]

You can upload your maps here, or use Dropbox™

 

[Dr. KillPatient]

That'll happen if your map goes outside Hammer's boundaries or if it has a space in its name I believe.

 

[Engineer]

Or you have bad displacements...

 

[lana]

Post the log or get it checked.

 

[jakemaheu]

Hurrah! I finished my first map that is bigger than a room!
But after so much work when I compile the map it tells me:

The command failed. Windows reported the error:
"The system cannot find the file specified."

Do you want to continue?

What does it mean, and what I need to do?
(when I press that I want to continue then it opens TF2
and tells me that the map was not found...)
And after this is over - how do I upload the map to this site?

Hmmm. Since you seem new to mapping, and this is your first larger map, I would find it likely that your map name has a space. If your map has a name like "my map.vmf", then you need to rename it to "my_map.vmf" and then try recompilation.

 

[Nutomic]

Guessing doesnt make sense, just weit for his answer here.

 

[Mr. P. Kiwi]

Or you have bad displacements...

Yeah... About that - how do I find leaks in my map?
I searched in the Valve Developer Community, but whatever it said there didn't work on my computer...

 

[jakemaheu]

Yeah... About that - how do I find leaks in my map?

If your compile log reports a leak, you can view where you map leaked by going to Map -> Load Pointfile. Hammer will ask you if you'd like to load the default point file (if it exists). Otherwise, it'll bring up a Windows Explorer window showing all the existing point files.