What Specificly Do I Need To Just...

DeathToll_David

<div class="IPBDescription">test my ready room</div> I made a ready room and all I want to do is test it. I lauch NS and pull up the map and it crashes.

What specifc entities do I have to have just to test my ready room.

At least this is why I assume it crashes cause I just have an info_player_start only.

Ollj

one info player start is enough for a test.
if it crashes at start its most times because of a big leak that you see from the start or that your info_player_start is inside a wall or a mayor compiling error (check the compile log).

DeathToll_David

The room is just a hollow brush so it cant leak

There is nothing inside a wall. All I have is 1 info_player_start and nothing else but a light.


As you can see. No errors:

** Executing...
** Command: Change Directory
** Parameters: C:\Sierra\Half-Life\ns

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "C:\ns_test.map" "C:\Sierra\Half-Life\ns\maps\ns_test.map"

** Executing...
** Command: C:\PROGRA~1\VALVEH~1\tools\qcsg.exe
** Parameters: "C:\Sierra\Half-Life\ns\maps\ns_test"

qcsg.exe v2.8 (Jan 31 2000)

---- qcsg ----
entering C:\Sierra\Half-Life\ns\maps\ns_test.map
CreateBrush: 0...1...2...3...5...6...7...8... (0)
CSGBrush: 0...1...2...3...5...6...7...8... (0)
Using WAD File: \sierra\half-life\valve\halflife.wad
Using WAD File: \sierra\half-life\ns\ns.wad
1 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: C:\PROGRA~1\VALVEH~1\tools\vis.exe
** Parameters: "C:\Sierra\Half-Life\ns\maps\ns_test"

vis.exe v1.3 (Dec 30 1998)
---- vis ----
1 thread(s)
LoadPortals: couldn't read C:\Sierra\Half-Life\ns\maps\ns_test.prt
No vising performed.

** Executing...
** Command: C:\PROGRA~1\VALVEH~1\tools\qrad.exe
** Parameters: "C:\Sierra\Half-Life\ns\maps\ns_test"

quazilin

have you read the mapping guidelines and other stuff?
you need to download latest compiling tools (zoners)
check this thread
<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=8143' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...t=ST&f=4&t=8143</a>

DeathToll_David

Zoners has not had a working download in weeks.

info_join_team
info_spectate
info_join_autoassign
info_gameplay
info_team_start entities

etc

I know how to map so there is no doubt in my mind that I have the files setup correctly. Something is just seriously wrong somewhere.

Is the FGD file that came with the game the correct one?

ChromeAngel

You don't seem to be running BSP. You must run BSP to end up with something playable.

DeathToll_David

Um no. I'm running the bsp file.

I map all the time, I know how to run maps. This plus the missing entities in the FGD file have made me not want to map at all.

ChromeAngel

Sorry. You misunderstand me. In that log file you posted, there is no log entries for QBSP.exe or HLBSP.exe. So when I say you're not running BSP I meant to say you're not using the BSP compiler program, which you MUST do to produce a playable .BSP file.

Fam

What chromeangel meant was that you must run the program hlbsp.exe (or qbsp.exe, etc) after you run qcsg.exe. The reason why you get the following error:

LoadPortals: couldn't read C:\Sierra\Half-Life\ns\maps\ns_test.prt

is because you have not run the BSP program. The .bsp map file is a totally different beast.

Ollj

Without bsp he maybe could run the map when he includes "noclip" in the loadmap command line <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Better run BSP.