My Map Is Crashing Again

[Beetle]

 

[Exactol]

Thats not the problem. I redid the skybox to be more optimized. If you want I can re upload it with the newer version

 

[Beetle]

nah, I believe you, still can't find anything glaringly wrong. I also did the selection box thing on your vmf that I was confusing you with, and it didn't select anything, so yet again, that was a swing a miss.

 

[Exactol]

Uhg, so will I just have to compile with cordon bounds forever on this map?

 

[Kill_the_Bug]

have you run your entire compile log through interlopers?

 

[Exactol]

Yes. Nothing shows up. Nothing also shows up in the problem checker.

 

[Kill_the_Bug]

Ok - this is a real pain in the ass type thing to do - but sometimes you have to:

1. check all your game logic - make sure no bugs and that it's all coded correctly - this can be very tricky
2. do a vis compile - now what I men by this is:

In your vis panel on the side make sure the entire panel is open - uncheck everything, then check one item, compile map - did it crash?

yes - one of the items in that group is causing the issue
no - repeat the above moving onto the next item in the list

Oh - just remembered this one - caused me 8 hours of headaches once to find the source - make sure you don't have any entities inside a brush - I think I had a light or orphaned path track inside a brush - it was something really small and blended into my map when looking at the grids.

This might also be a cause - let's say you have a corner - then you put a roof into that corner using two pieces so that it touches the wall - then lets say you slope the two pieces to have a nice looking roof so that the edge of the roof is taller(against the wall) than the out edge (where it's open) - then if you select both pieces AND THEN make it into ONE func_detail and if you have any lights around it the item in question will cause a crash - these objects need to be made as individual pieces and the crash will stop.

 

[Exactol]

Um, how would any of that explain the map not crashing when I select the entire map with the cordon tool and compile?

 

[Kill_the_Bug]

It doesn't effect anything in hammer at all or the compile process but it does cause the game to crash on load or shortly thereafter.

 

[Beetle]

I second the entity in a brush thing. One time I forgot to turn a trigger into an entity, and of course had light fixtures inside it. It took me forever to realize that was what was causing the problem.