here's another little bug for you guys to atempt to squash

[noddy101]

how come whenever i create something that looks good and im proud of, my lump of excreetment of a computer goes and finds a way to destroy it?

right, my problem is envolving displacements. somehow i managed to spend three years of mapping without realising they existed. When i did it was fluffin amazin. I created a pretty kinky map with little cliffs on the edge, loaded it up, full of exitment. And then my computer completely failed to create a DXL file for it. I got that little message telling me the computer can't find the file and if i want to continue.

so, then i experimented to find out what might be causing the problem. Tried just loading up an uber simple map, skybox light and player_start ext. It worked 'whoopie!'. Right, so add a displacement, a simple floor. It worked 'Whoopie!'. Ok, so add some cliffs. oh, doesnt like that, fails to make DXL. Ok, delete a cliff. Nope. another one, nope. my god, another one, nope. Ok all cliffs deleted. Oh, it works... so i can get a rare total of 1 displacement in my map.

so i try grouping all the displacements together... nope. Ok, try showing the computer that it can load up more than one displacement at a time, i load up an allready made SDK map with displacements. Woot it works.. although of course my computer crashes five seconds in because it is, as previousally stated, the excreetment of the commen bull. BUT, we had it, it worked.

now hopefully... no. OK... err... well... lets just put this printer through the screen... ok... that didn't help.

ok, well.. at least i feel better.

here's the compile (well, as far as i got until it crashed...):


** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\half-life 2\hl2" "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\td_smokeymap_1"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Dec 11 2006)
1 threads
materialPath: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\half-life 2\hl2\materials
Loading C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\td_smokeymap_1.vmf
Error: displacement found on a func_detail entity - not supported


** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vvis.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\half-life 2\hl2" "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\td_smokeymap_1"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (Nov 8 2007)
1 threads
reading c:\program files\steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\td_smokeymap_1.bsp
Error opening c:\program files\steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\td_smokeymap_1.bsp

** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vrad.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\half-life 2\hl2" "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\td_smokeymap_1"

Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Nov 8 2007)
----- Radiosity Simulator ----
1 threads
[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[45 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\program files\steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\td_smokeymap_1.bsp
Error opening c:\program files\steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\td_smokeymap_1.bsp

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\td_smokeymap_1.bsp" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\td_bringer_of_death\half-life 2\hl2\maps\td_smokeymap_1.bsp"

The command failed. Windows reported the error:
"The system cannot find the file specified."

im all out of ideas.. if you can help i'd be much obliged.

 

[Unarmed]

Error: displacement found on a func_detail entity - not supported

I so wish you'd read just a snipet of that log yourself.

Displacements may NOT IN ANY WAY be connected to entities. That's your problem.

Also keep in mind that displacements do not block VIS so they often cause leaks for people who just started to use them