Just a quick question:

How long is it supposed to take for tool to compile lightmaps for a map around 150,000 by 150,000 by 50,000 units?

Because it appears dormant, though...

hoshizzlemonizzle.

it'll finish around christmas.

or just about?

ages

Lol.

But really, how long :P?

I have no idea. Probably a while though.

Been over an hour methinks... lol

Ow lol. Why such a big map?

Depends on your light sources, and what you're shooting for (brightness, the number you use in the tool lightmaps command)
the shaders' radiosity property "detail level" plays a big part. Set it to turd for fastest, but ugliest results
the sky's radiosity, at the top and bottom of the sky tag, play a big part too

tool lightmaps 0 .9999 for quickest results


how big the map is doesn't effect how long lightmaps takes, but how many polys does
Edited by bobbysoon on Aug 16, 2008 at 02:22 AM

Well, you can put large and fun vehicles in, you can have a wide variety of weapons, you can be as creative as you want with big maps.

I just like them, too.

My new map here is called pitfall. Want to know why?

E: Thanks bobby. I was using 0 0.9
Edited by Officer egg on Aug 16, 2008 at 02:15 AM

I always use that as well.

Pitfall...hmmm...I bet it's a castle floating in the sky!?!

[/sarcasm]

Sounds interesting

Pretty simple, actually, but it shuld make for interesting gameplay.

You see, well, I'll post a picture.



Basic, I know. But simplicity can be good, no?
Edited by Officer egg on Aug 16, 2008 at 02:20 AM

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It reminds me of coldsnap XD

Lol. XD

Same textures :O

Not bad XD

:P Thanks XP

Is it alright, though? I just started mapping.

It's nice, though add more cliffs and whatnot.

i was inspired by obsolete, I love that map.

Hmm...might try that sometime.

good night.

Np lol

Good night

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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition>tool lightmaps levels\pitfa
ll\pitfall pitfall 0 0.9
Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'
i'm going to render debug lightmaps for pitfall of levels\pitfall\pitfall, and i
'll stop when red+blue+green = 0.900000.
Hit control-c now if this isn't right.
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ound or sound environment.
start levels\pitfall\pitfall
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radiosity error: smooth triangle group too big for page levels\ice_gorge\shaders
\cliffs
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EBX: 0x00000101
ECX: 0x0012F9B8
EDX: 0x000002CC
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ESI: 0x00000000
EBP: 0x0012F890
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This r teh suxor

Wtf? Double post?

I pressed enter and it posted twice. Wierd.

mai roflpost goes post post post post post post

Map is too big. Shrink it.

Also, select all the sky material faces (select by material id), then select inverse (edit menu), so you have the 2 terrain types selected (cliff & snow). Then click Auto Smooth. That'll divide the smoothing groups for you

Okay, but how do I shrink it?

scale it.

but keep the "whole object" at 100x100x100%
Unhide all the faces (in case some are hidden), select all (edit menu), and scale those.
Change the coordsys to world (from View, in a drop down box in the middle of the top toolbar), and select "Use Transform Coordinate Center" (next to coordsys:view or world) to scale relative to world center

I mean, how do I get to the scaling menu?

The button next to the rotate button.

Shaders are messed up.

When I compile the structure ony one shader gets selected.

Why the heck does it do this? Why does it not have what i had in 3ds?

Good morning

Foggy, nice.

Unless that's just a bad picture XD

Are you sure you named the shader's correctly? Or if they aren't tool created? (which absolutely sucks, never wait for tool to create shaders)

Tool made one.

How can I set the cliffs and ground to a different texture? I don't want large grass and non icefields cliffs.

Not sure what you mean? Tool made one, open it in guerilla, go down and edit it so it isn't blank.

No, it made ONE, for the base areas, aka, the place in the pit with snow.

It did NOT make shaders for the cliffs or ground. Those became dangercanyon cliffs and large grass.