weird error texture on glass

[Billo]

it's weird. i made many maps and in some i dont find this problem but in other maps like mvm_snowflake i can't fix it. what should i do in order to fix the problem? i would be very happy to get an answear as soon is possible thanks

http://imgur.com/a/XJKbd

 

[PenolAkushari]

I think that's because of missing "cubemaps". Those are supposed to be made in-game by engine, once you'll put "buildcubemaps" command in console or something like that, after what they'll be built-in bsp. Though, to make things a but more prettier, you'll need cubemap entity near those reflective textures and stuff, as "reference" where to build them.

A bit more info can be found on Valve's hammer and stuff wiki, so here it is: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Cubemaps

 

[Billo]

so i just launch the map and on the consol i write buildcubemaps and thats it? cause i tried adding the cubemaps close to the window but it didnt work.

 

[PenolAkushari]

Supposed to be like so. Though, as mentioned on Valve wiki, it's also suggested to set mat_specular to 0 before loading map, to sped up the process. And I think that's supposed to be it, though, you got at least one cubemap entity on map? Because I think otherwise it might screw up something.

 

[Billo]

ok thanks

 

[henke37]

It's not for speed reasons. It's to avoid capturing bad reflections in the new cubemaps.

 

[PenolAkushari]

Seems like I misread some stuff on wiki. Pardon for misinformation here, missed that they told to do mat_specular 0 before loading the map to sped up the process, since while map would be loaded in and then mat_specular 0 would be done, then it would "get stuck" loding stuff for some time.

 

[MOCOLONI]

Seems like I misread some stuff on wiki. Pardon for misinformation here, missed that they told to do mat_specular 0 before loading the map to sped up the process, since while map would be loaded in and then mat_specular 0 would be done, then it would "get stuck" loding stuff for some time.

I myself wrote that since it was a much more efficient method. I don't know if anybody else realized that loading a map with "mat_specular 1" to later switch to "0" is just pointless and a waste of time, along that other "mat_reloadallmaterials" command, but either way it wasn't posted on the wiki. That command is also automatically fired if loading a map with sv_cheats enabled for some reason, which Does freeze your game and actually nothing else besides that.

 

[Crash]

Follow this guide for building cubemaps.