Missing props

SN.Wolf

<div class="IPBDescription">Props don't show in engine</div>To make this simple here is a screen shot of what i built in the editor.
<img src="http://www.super-nova-team.com/ns2/ineditor.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

Now i test it out in the engine and props are missing like this.....
<img src="http://www.super-nova-team.com/ns2/inengine.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

So i thought the props where maybe having troubles because of protruding into a surface so i moved them away from the walls and floors a tad but still get the same result.

This happened with a few lights early on so i deleted them and put them back in, same positions but it seemed to fix them. And is there a filter to show lighting colors and shodows without running the engine?

Tunis

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This happened with a few lights early on so i deleted them and put them back in, same positions but it seemed to fix them. And is there a filter to show lighting colors and shodows without running the engine?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

in the perspective view you choose texture lit that will show you the lighting in the map editor ;)

SN.Wolf

Oh, Duh...lol

Some reason i didn't even look at lighting in that view. Thanks for pointing that out, saves allot of time.

BTW: the prop problem must be a bug as i deleted and rebuilt the scene so all is good now. i am thinking it's because i scaled the lockers a bit but rectified by scaling the wall instead. (learning curve)

SN.Wolf

How do you access texture lit? .....the manual says click text, I have no text menu?? my editor is build 137...is that the latest build?

I have a lit option in viewer but it doesn't load levels.

Tunis

click on the name of your view (perspective on the top left of the view)

if you don't have this text menu when clicking on the name that surely because of the version but i don't know much :s

Private

<!--quoteo(post=1792795:date=Aug 8 2010, 01:35 AM:name=SN.Wolf)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SN.Wolf @ Aug 8 2010, 01:35 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1792795"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->How do you access texture lit? .....the manual says click text, I have no text menu?? my editor is build 137...is that the latest build?

I have a lit option in viewer but it doesn't load levels.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

The latest build is build 150. 151 is scheduled for early next week. You have to activate Natural Selection 2 on steam to get them, but I highly recommend that you do.

<!--quoteo(post=0:date=:name=Editor Manual)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Editor Manual)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Viewport Menu<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->

<b>The viewport menu is opened by left clicking on the text in the upper left corner of the viewport.</b>
<ul><li>Top, Front, Side, Perspective - These will change the selected viewport to one of the three orthographic views (Top, Front, Side) or 3D camera view (Perspective).</li><li>Wireframe, Textured Lit, Textured Unlit - These will change the render mode of the selected viewport.</li><li>Show Edges, Show Triangulation - Selecting these will display edges or triangles on world geometry.</li></ul><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Click the word 'Perspective'.

SN.Wolf

my game is activated on steam and i got the last update but maybe i didn't get the editor update? Is that possible as i thought the editor update was in the game update?

Private

The game update is the editor update, you are correct. You should be running the editor that shipped over steam, not the deprecated one the old installer provided. There's no updates for the stand alone editor and most of us have uninstalled it.

Find NS2 in your steam games library, right click and select 'Run Launch Pad...'. The launch pad will give you access to the latest tools. These can also be found in the NS2 steam directory if you want to make shortcuts etc.

SN.Wolf

so is the viewport menu supposed to have submenus for each view, if thats the case then my toy is broken. :(

Maybe the update next week with fix it or i'm gonna have some words for santa!

Private

Mine looks like this after clicking the word 'Perspective'. This is just one viewport menu - there's one for each view port. Textured Unlit is the current mode, Textured Lit is highlighted because my mouse was over it.

<img src="http://imgur.com/aq7pM.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

SN.Wolf

i don't have anything from wireframe down :(

Tunis

tries to delete the file from your file editor in the ns2 folder and re-download them by steam, or if your have a big connection uninstall the games ^ ^
(delete the files and you do then check the cache or directly uninstall the game :) )

hoping that this resolves the problem :)

SN.Wolf

I will do the later, Should only take me about a half an hour to re-download it. I've just been lazy about it . Worth the trouble to see the lighting in the editor.

Now all we need is a "test in engine" button in the editor to test in the game engine without launching a listen server.