[WIP] Precipice

The map loads. Yay. Now to get a lightmap in there so I can see what I'm doing. As for the OS stuff, wouldn't it make sense for me to finish working with the tools I understand, then add that stuff at the end?

Edit: Well, wouldn't you know- the old .bsp file had issues too. I switched it back in when I realized it was the globals with issues, and the map crashed again. Two problems at once. Jeez. Well, at least it's fixed now.

Edit edit: Gyaa. It worked until I added a lightmap, then it crashed again. Maybe it is a bitmap or something, but sapien works fine, and that loads all the bitmaps. Maybe a shader effect then. If there is a way to examine the exception reports, that would be extremely helpful.

Isn't there a crashlog type thing?... I wanna say debug.txt in your CE root... but Iunno it's been forever.

After hours of painful trial and error, I have decided that the most likely issue is tagspace. I was able to track the problem down by deleting groups one by one, but then it would change if I kept something else in. After a while I decided it was either trying to drive me insane, or it was random because it wasn't the particular thing causing a problem, but how many things were in it at once. I checked the tool log, and with all the tags in the map, it's .01Mb from the tag limit. It works fine when it has .55Mb of space left. I wonder if it needs breathing room to function.

Assuming this assumption is correct, I'm going to do more optimization- that should cut down on overall size, and if I'm right, I'll be able to compile with all the tags included at once. If I'm wrong, I'll be even more confused and frustrated than I am right now.

You are using the default tag set, right?

Sorry that I wound up being little/no help :(

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Originally Posted by higuy

You are using the default tag set, right?

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Mostly. I have some holograms from the campaigns, and I've tweaked some stuff, but overall it's normal. It shouldn't really make a difference.

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Originally Posted by Dwood

Sorry that I wound up being little/no help :(

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Don't worry about it. I'm always open to help, but at least if I screw something up I can then spend hours trying to figure out what I did. :P Would be a little harder swapping files back and forth. More variables.

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PRECIPICE LIVES. Cut out 3,000 faces from the Control Room, and although the texturing is now gone to hell, the map compiles and loads with all tags included. Tool reported .70Mb of space for breathing room. Took fucking long enough. Now of course there's a shit ton of stuff to do, especially since if you look in the opposite direction it looks like this:



There is no spoonwall. I decided to delete it all and work from scratch. It had major issues anyway. I may use parts of the old model, but for now that's just a large skybox wall.

Looking good!

Very nice c;

Are you doing what I suggested like 3 months ago over xfire?

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Originally Posted by Dwood

Are you doing what I suggested like 3 months ago over xfire?

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Honestly, I can't remember what your suggestion was. :P Remind me?