ok...ive updated my map, the 1st screen shot is the updated version, the 2nd is the old version, and as for the third, its the other bomb site

the one thing i dont like is the opening in the roof, the lighting across it is really dodgy

any comments will be accepted [within reason :biggrin: ]

Yup, its just called a big box method but can have more than 4 side walls.

beer hunter said:

Thanks BH, so would it be better just to put a sky above the outside areas just upto the rocks?-in pic 1
[did that sound right?]

Yeah, that sounds about right and i would go with what other peeps said - texture the ceiling with the sky brush on all faces.

But if you remove the big box i suspect that there may be a lot of compile errors from leaks and entities that are outside the world. It could take a while to fix them and may be easier to leave the big box for this map.

or a complicated many sided box ?

Thanks BH, so would it be better just to put a sky above the outside areas just upto the rocks?-in pic 1
[did that sound right?]

Yeah, that sounds about right and i would go with what other peeps said - texture the ceiling with the sky brush on all faces.

But if you remove the big box i suspect that there may be a lot of compile errors from leaks and entities that are outside the world. It could take a while to fix them and may be easier to leave the big box for this map.

Yeah :smile:

the big block method is a good accepted way of finding leaks beerhunter... but not for creating skyboxes. As JFry said, build a brush textured sky (on all sides!) which acts as the "ceiling".

oh, and dont forget to put ~CLIP brushes on cliff edges/the sky as well, just in case.. (they stop people falling out of the level by creating an "invisible wall")

yes that is correct. Simply build the sky as if it were the "ceiling" to your outdoor areas.

beer hunter said:
/slaps you for being naughty :smile:

Don't get too hung up on it, its prolly one of the easiest fixes to
get a map to compile and i can understand why peeps do it. Just try not to use it again as it can kill a map - bigger file size, increased compile times, usually higher r_speeds etc.

/me rubs self where been slapped

Thanks BH, so would it be better just to put a sky above the outside areas just upto the rocks?-in pic 1
[did that sound right?]

/slaps you for being naughty :smile:

Don't get too hung up on it, its prolly one of the easiest fixes to
get a map to compile and i can understand why peeps do it. Just try not to use it again as it can kill a map - bigger file size, increased compile times, usually higher r_speeds etc.

or the result of enclosing the map in a big box to solve a leak - not a good idea.

if you mean that the sky is a big hollow box around the map then yes it is me hides in shame of being noobed at

There's some lighting bugs in there, could be due to a poorly constructed map or the result of enclosing the map in a big box to solve a leak - not a good idea.