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Ki11a_FTW
July 24th, 2007, 01:34 AM
Well i made like a million portals for my map but i still get the same error, even when add more and more portals

Portals are greenish blueish:

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/8376/demonportalsul6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

And the error:

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6710/ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhwm3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Unforgivable16
July 24th, 2007, 01:36 AM
lol i wish i knew that ment...but i would say to many portals! (note - i am retarded dont listen to me.)

Ki11a_FTW
July 24th, 2007, 01:40 AM
No, that is not what it means, it means add more portals, but nothing is happening :-( when i add to much it wont compile

Phopojijo
July 24th, 2007, 05:19 AM
Hmm, just a question... did you have to clean up all your lamina faces?

Tweek
July 24th, 2007, 06:15 AM
i've always wondered how someone can manage to even GET lamina faces while modelling.

Talin64
July 24th, 2007, 10:41 AM
Well
Most likely you have a ton of triangles in that level.
I think there is a cap, although I am not sure.

You need to use portals wisely.
Since they are used to create the Potential Visible Set
Portals are used in lots of ways when proccessed by tool,
1. They are used as splitting planes for the Visible BSP
2. They are used to calculate what clusters you can see from another cluster.
I will give you some general rules to place them..
Maybe someone else can help out with there ideas in a later post.

1. Use portals to enclose parts of the level that are hidden behind other geometry.
2. Use portals to enclose geometry that has a lot of triangles. i.e. Bases