Wtf?

Terawatt_99Terawatt_99 Join Date: 2002-02-09 Member: 188Members
in Mapping Forum
<div class="IPBDescription">How is this possible?</div>ok, i have no idea what is happening here, i know i have to get the wpoly down in this shot, but how did it get so damn hihg in the first place? the compile i did before the current one, shown below, the wpoly was under 200 in this hallway...  <!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->

also, there was lighting in my last compile, and it's gone now...

and, you probably can't see what the wpoly is cause i had to make the image lowest quality, because of that 66k filesize limit...  anyways, it's <b>878</b>...
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  • realityisdeadrealityisdead Employed by Raven Software after making ns_nothing Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 94Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Did you accidentally not run RAD?
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  • badmofobadmofo Join Date: 2002-01-28 Member: 121Members
    yeah for some reason...rerunning VIS without RAD makes VIS useless...i dont know why...other people tell me you can run them in any order...but i've noticed that running VIS then RAD gives the best results
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  • Terawatt_99Terawatt_99 Join Date: 2002-02-09 Member: 188Members
    as far as i know, i ran them all, but i'll check...
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  • mr_Nebelmr_Nebel Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 36Members
    Maybe you've got a LEAK, that'll make it so VIS and RAD don't run.
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  • YolmerYolmer Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 84Members
    Since the map is fullbright, you either have a leak, or haven't run RAD. It's probably a leak since VIS doesn't seem to have been run either.
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  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Yeah, that shot looks fullbright.  No one in their right mind would purposely make a fullbright hallway, so obviously rad didn't run here.  And that usually means vis didn't run, which usually means you have a leak.  This means that the player can see every poly in the map that is in that general direction.   And if this isn't the case, then you probably used the carve tool.
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  • Shuvit_ViperShuvit_Viper Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 62Members
    this is why i always save my map after i created a new chamber/hallway (in a backup) and then check if it has leaks. It does? i know that they are in this chamber, and if i can't find it, i rebuild the chamber.
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  • MerkabaMerkaba Digital Harmony Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 22Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    Running VIS and not RAD does not increase your r_speeds though, it just makes everything run slower.

    My guess is that you have a LEAK. Look for any gaps leading into the void.
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  • RhoadsToNowhereRhoadsToNowhere i r 8 Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 33Members
    Definitely sounds like a leak.  Open up the log file generated by the compile tools (should be called <name of map>.log) and take a look.  And VIS not running as a result of a leak would definitely explain your higher r_speeds.
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  • Terawatt_99Terawatt_99 Join Date: 2002-02-09 Member: 188Members
    ok, i checked it, re-compioled, and it wasn't a leak, i guess i just didn't run rad, it's fine now, thanks for all the comments/suggestions

    (wow, 9 replies, i think that's the most i've ever gotten in a thread at these forums <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
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