ok i have added the .sky made the shaders done them right, ran tool lightmaps,

and radiosity_quality 0
all that junk and it still is white in spaein and in game. what do i do
i have a 64 bit vista premeum and the security settings are at admin level.

Did tool make your shaders for you? It doesn't set them up, so your just looking at blank shaders.

nah i dont trust tool i make my own

What. Why not use tool? You always should use tool for preliminary lightmaps, and then run radiosity once all the objects are in place.

ok i do lightmaps levels\map\map map 0 0.9
i did all that stuff and then i open it in sapein and go
~radiosity_quality 0
radiosity_start
then it goes right down to 0 0 0 and it doesnt count down. and i dont know why.
then i try radiosity_save
and its a white again.

You only need to do in tool or sapien. Not both. If it's all white, your shaders aren't set up.

its not the shaders im telling you

You are most likely wrong. Check your scenario_structure_bsp tag for what shaders it is using, and check if there is a base map.