Oh god, Oh god, what have you done?!?!?

Rikka

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Feb 10, 2009
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Developers like knowing how the community thinks their maps could be better. Bungie encouraged people to play around with their maps on forge as well.
 
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I guess it's time for me to update the controversial arena_2fort now, since Valve seems to be officially OK with the idea. The sewers have needed a tweak for a while to make them more used, so I might do it on the official vmf instead of the decompiled one. And while I understand some of you may not appreciate the whole concept, I hope at least you'll admit (if you ever look at it) that I've done a decent job with it so far. :D

Also, I'm expecting the next update to be demoman vs engineer: it's a natural fit to upgrade them both together; and nobody wants teams of 10 engineers for a week after its update.
 
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Waif

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Does this include the community made valve maps, turbine, fastlane, Steel, Hoodoo etc...?
 

Don

L2: Junior Member
Jun 3, 2009
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Amazing, can't wait to see cp_goldrush, pl_granary and arena_dustbowl_night!
 

Spike

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Feb 13, 2008
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Lets all do pl_well and ctf_badwater is so awesum!!!!!
 

TotalMark

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Feb 13, 2008
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Here is the compile log for sdk_pl_goldrush.vmf:

I didn't change a thing.
Code:
================== VBSP ==================



materialPath: c:program filessteamsteamappsusernamegoeshereteam fortress 2tfmaterials
Loading C:Program FilesSteamsteamappsusernamegoesheresourcesdk_contenttfmapsrcValve Officialsdk_pl_goldrush.vmf
Patching WVT material: maps/sdk_pl_goldrush/nature/blendgroundtograss005_wvt_patch
Patching WVT material: maps/sdk_pl_goldrush/nature/blendrockground004_wvt_patch
Patching WVT material: maps/sdk_pl_goldrush/nature/blendgroundtogravel005_wvt_patch
Patching WVT material: maps/sdk_pl_goldrush/nature/blendgroundtograss003_wvt_patch
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...100...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
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Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
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Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
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Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
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Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
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Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
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Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
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Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
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Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
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Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
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Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
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Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
Occluder "occluders_c2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
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Occluder "occluders_b2" straddles multiple areas. This is invalid!
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Chop Details...done (1)
Find Visible Detail Sides...
Merged 2410 detail faces...done (2)
Merging details...done (1)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (4)
writing C:Program FilesSteamsteamappsusernamegoesheresourcesdk_contenttfmapsrcValve Officialsdk_pl_goldrush.prt...Building visibility clusters...
done (0)
*** Error: Skybox vtf files for skybox/sky_goldrush_01 weren't compiled with the same size texture and/or same flags!
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_goldrush_01 to build the default cubemap!
*** Error: Skybox vtf files for skybox/sky_goldrush_01 weren't compiled with the same size texture and/or same flags!
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_goldrush_01 to build the default cubemap!
Finding displacement neighbors...
Found a displacement edge abutting multiple other edges.
Warning: invalid neighbor connection on displacement near (-3523.18 768.00 -0.00)
Warning: invalid neighbor connection on displacement near (-3511.15 768.00 -128.00)
Warning: invalid neighbor connection on displacement near (-3624.00 894.24 0.00)
Finding lightmap sample positions...
Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Building Physics collision data...
done (7) (2910704 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Compacting texture/material tables...
Reduced 16097 texinfos to 9788
Reduced 205 texdatas to 187 (4996 bytes to 4481)
Writing C:Program FilesSteamsteamappsusernamegoesheresourcesdk_contenttfmapsrcValve Officialsdk_pl_goldrush.bsp
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================== VVIS ==================




4 threads
reading c:program filessteamsteamappsusernamegoesheresourcesdk_contenttfmapsrcvalve officialsdk_pl_goldrush.bsp
reading c:program filessteamsteamappsusernamegoesheresourcesdk_contenttfmapsrcvalve officialsdk_pl_goldrush.prt
2851 portalclusters
7969 numportals
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...100...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Optimized: 4338 visible clusters (0.00%)
Total clusters visible: 765195
Average clusters visible: 268
Building PAS...
Average clusters audible: 895
visdatasize:800368  compressed from 2052720
writing c:program filessteamsteamappsusernamegoesheresourcesdk_contenttfmapsrcvalve officialsdk_pl_goldrush.bsp
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================== VRAD ==================




[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
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Loading c:program filessteamsteamappsusernamegoesheresourcesdk_contenttfmapsrcvalve officialsdk_pl_goldrush.bsp
22393 faces
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379 direct lights
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163 of 211 (77% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Writing leaf ambient...done
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[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[34 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:program filessteamsteamappsusernamegoesheresourcesdk_contenttfmapsrcvalve officialsdk_pl_goldrush.bsp
22393 faces
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934195 Square Feet [134524160.00 Square Inches]
22389 patches before subdivision
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379 direct lights
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8.. warning - face vectors parallel to face normal. bad lighting will be produced
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0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8.. warning - face vectors parallel to face normal. bad lighting will be produced
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.9...10FinalLightFace Done
Computing detail prop lighting : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
163 of 211 (77% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Writing leaf ambient...done
Ready to Finish

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Level flags = 0

Total triangle count: 68644
Writing c:program filessteamsteamappsusernamegoesheresourcesdk_contenttfmapsrcvalve officialsdk_pl_goldrush.bsp
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XFunc_CaRteR

L5: Dapper Member
May 14, 2009
248
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A bunch of fanboys you are. Don't any of you do anything other than lap up any new change as "awwweeesummm" every time Valve does something? How about the idea of making new content and new maps instead of turning the old ones into a blur of variations. How will you know what map is what map now if they're in a constant state of flux?
 
Apr 19, 2009
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A bunch of fanboys you are. Don't any of you do anything other than lap up any new change as "awwweeesummm" every time Valve does something? How about the idea of making new content and new maps instead of turning the old ones into a blur of variations. How will you know what map is what map now if they're in a constant state of flux?
Fine if you don't like it here than leave!

EDIT I checked that compile log and this is what I found.
HL2 Interlopers said:
occluder "occluders_b2" straddles multiple areas. this is invalid!

Description:
This error means you have a func_occluder (by the name of occluders_b2) that is touching an areaportal or is inside a brush that's touching two area's. ( An area is a part of your map closed off by a areaportals and world-brushes)

Solution:
Move or delete the occluder or areaportal(s).


The affected object may not work and/or cause general errors

Last contribution: Anonymous

can't load skybox file skybox/sky_goldrush_01 to build the default cubemap!

Description:
You have entered a skybox texture which doesn't seem to be valid. Make sure you don't specify the last three letter (_UP, _DN, etc) of any skybox texture you use. You may also need to fix your vmt files if they are broken. It may also be caused by compiling a non-HDR skybox texture.

Solution:
Fix errors first
WIKI: Skybox


The affected object may not work/appear properly

Last contribution: Anonymous

found a displacement edge abutting multiple other edges

Description:
A displacement is touching more than one other displacements at the same point along one of its edges; in other words: at some point, three displacements are touching each other along an entire edge. This may cause lighting errors, as vrad doesn't know which displacements need to have their light smoothed out, if you know what i mean. I guess it can also be a wanted situation, in which cause this 'error' can be ignored.

Solution:
The usual cause i can think of is the accidental non-deletion of displacements along the sides of brushes. Eg, if you have two brushes next to each other, and their tops displaced, and you accidentally also displaced the vertical brushsides between these two, you get a T-shaped intersection of three.
displ.png

image: purple: side that should've been destroyed, red: the edge.

This is no real error, but it could be the cause of lighting anomalies. There is no easy way to find the displacement either, the fastest way would be to go through your displacements one by one.
The wost part is that it is only the big stuff and the full problem list is massive!
 
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