BSP Texture problem?

Hi.
OK, so, here's the scenario:
I'm getting a problem with my textures when I design maps. So I hope you can help me. Below I will post first what works when I compile maps and second, what doesn't work.

What works:
I design a map in GMax.
I select every face and change its material ID to 1.
I go into the material editor and make a new multi-material, change the number of materials to 1, and rename Mtl #1 to +sky.
I export it as a .jms and compile it.
(But then every face is sky and that would be really annoying)

What doesn't work:
I design a map in GMax.
I select the bottom faces (The ground) and change their material IDs to 2. I select every other face and change its material ID to 1.
I go into the material editor, select new multi-material, (amount of materials = 2), rename material 1 to +sky and material 2 to ground. I edit material 2, click the dots next to Diffuse, select bitmap, navigate to data\levels\mylevel\bitmaps and select ground.tif.
I export as a .jms, compile the bitmaps with "tool bitmaps levels\mylevel\bitmaps" and then try to compile the level.
The bitmaps compile fine.
The errors it gives me for the level part are as follows:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition>tool structure levels\skybo
x skybox
Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'
building intermediate geometry...
EAX: 0xFFFFFFFE
EBX: 0x03160101
ECX: 0x0012E860
EDX: 0x000002CC
EDI: 0x0012E860
ESI: 0x00000000
EBP: 0x0012E738
ESP: 0x0012E728
EIP: 0x7C90E514, C3 8D A4 24 ?????
EXCEPTION halt in \halopc\haloce\source\tag_files\tag_files.c,#1358: full_name

Can anyone help? Thanks,
-Arightwizard

PS: Thanks also if you actually read this long post : P.

Are you using bluestreak exporter?

Every face is the sky because you assigned +sky to material 1 and assigned every face material 1.

You also have to create a shader_environment for the ground.

I suggest you read through the HEK. This is all covered.

I don't see why this shouldn't work, but then again, gmax could differ from 3ds max.

ARE you using bluestreak? if you do, i don't see any problem. send the file over to me, and let me have a try at your JMS. (gmax file would be pointless, i use max 2010)

Second option would be making a skybox bsp, and then make a bsp which you place as scenery... lol well that would be your last resort option if you tried all but failed.

add me on xfire, sar93

I am using bluestreak. I have created shader_enviroment tags for the ground. And I don't have xfire, so I can't add you, W1zard. Paladin, I know why it would be all sky, I'm just saying that that's annoying. But as each of you said, I don't see why this wouldn't work.

W1zard, here is the download link of a .zip file I made containing data\levels\skybox:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mojumkymtyr

alright i just tried compiling it, and at first i got an error when i used a shader model tag for it since mtl# cannot be used in such shaders.

then i deleted those shaders so it would ask again for the shader type, and then entered shader enviroment, when i redid the command it worked flawlessly

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4ymazmgmnln

so yea, it's purely your side, compiles fine for me

I don't know why it wouldn't work for me, I used shader_environment as well.
But thank you, anyway.
-Arightwizard