i am modeling my map to have underground bases with several tunnels to allow players to get to the surface. i exported my jms file and did the bitmaps. when i go to structure in tool i get this error.

Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'
building intermediate geometry...
building collision geometry...
reducing collision geometry...
building collision bsp...
### ERROR found z buffered triangles (red).
### WARNING found nearly coplanar surfaces (red and green).
reducing collision bsp...
verifying collision geometry...
verifying collision bsp...
building portals...
building render geometry...
building subclusters...
building pvs... building pvs... building structure lens flares...done

this is what my tool says after i run the tool structure command... what does it mean and how do i fix it
Edited by viperfast1992 on Feb 28, 2010 at 07:08 PM

these are a pain because they're the same color. start with the coplaners. fix them by moving verts to make them less 'planer' or by making them completely planer instead of 'nearly'.

once you've fixed all the coplaners the z-buffers will be easier to see. i usually find them around the edges in places like where the skybox meets the level.

well i got the z buffer error to go away. it was near the entrance to my underground base where the map face went through the entrance. as for the nearly coplanar error i still havnt found them but its not a big deal because it still lets me make the map. i went throung the whole level and didnt find any major problems with that so i may just leave it for now.

you should probably fix them, just import your wrl to find them

they are on the inside wall to my base. it dosnt mess up the texture at all, i tried to fix them but it just messes up the wall. any idea how i can fix it without messing up my wall

Delete the face and create it again. Also, when I get an errror for z buffered triangles, it's never literally 'buffered triangles'. Use chimp to imprt the levelname.wrl AND debug.wrl.

optimize and re-uv

or just leave it