MAP

Spartan 34 said:
----- BEGIN hlcsg -----
Command line: C:\PROGRA~1\VALVEH~1\TOOLS\HLCSG.EXE "C:\Program Files\hammer_testbuild04\maps\box"
Entering C:\Program Files\hammer_testbuild04\maps\box.map
Error: Entity 5 has no visible brushes

Error: No visibile brushes
Description: All brushes are CLIP or ORIGIN (at least one must be normal/visible)
Howto Fix: self explanitory
----- END hlcsg -----

One of your brush entities has no solid brushes. Give it a non-clip, non-origin brush.

Spartan 34 said:
Sorry but that is not my problem. I made a test map and all I made was a block. I exported it to a MAP file and opened it up and got the same error.

It "might" be the FGD.

i wish i knew what ur talking about
im not into mapping

so the point of you posting that was?

i wish i knew what ur talking about
im not into mapping

!!!

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!

I finally figured out my problem. I can now
compile my maps. I simply reinstalled DoD into the Sierra/Half Life
folder and resetup Hammer to the Half Life directory so that it doesn't
run through steam and now I can look at the MAP file with no problems.



[Edit - this has been deemed the solution to this problem, as this thread has dragged on far too long :razz: - Gwil]

thinking back to the TWHL days. some really obvious questions:

you are using ZHLT-MHLT?
ive seen so many people getting huge compile errors simply because they were still compiling with qtools.

batch compiler?
these things are your holy grail in mapping. only one i can think of is nems batch compiler. google for it.

btw, i find it easier to avoid errors by simply mapping in WON half life and just moving my map to steam when its done.

of course these are just the really obvious questions, and you should be able to say "yes" to both of them.

ministeve said:
thinking back to the TWHL days. some really obvious questions:

you are using ZHLT-MHLT?
ive seen so many people getting huge compile errors simply because they were still compiling with qtools.

batch compiler?
these things are your holy grail in mapping. only one i can think of is nems batch compiler. google for it.

btw, i find it easier to avoid errors by simply mapping in WON half life and just moving my map to steam when its done.

of course these are just the really obvious questions, and you should be able to say "yes" to both of them.

Spartan 34 said:
PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!

I finally figured out my problem. I can now compile my maps. I simply reinstalled DoD into the Sierra/Half Life folder and resetup Hammer to the Half Life directory so that it doesn't run through steam and now I can look at the MAP file with no problems.

there is a moral here new people..

1) hammer/WC is a very stable program, if you have wierd errors, look
OUTSIDE the editor for the root cause. chances are very high, you have
screwed up something, somewhere else!

2) .maps do NOT cause mapping issues, if you get an error while loading a .map into hammer, the error was ALREADY PRESENT...
in my 5 years of mapping experience, i have yet to see a .map cause an
error.. people have claimed it has, but upon further research, it
usually boiled down to the .map saving their ass.. most errors caught
by a loading of a .map or the dreaded vertex manipulation errors..
depend on the .map, it will eventually save your ass.

new people, if you have issues with your editor, try loading a map, one
you can confirm is errorless, and at least from another mod to narrow
down the options..

one last issue to resolve now.. somehow the guy who solved this must
get credit, or the database search will be unable to locate it next
time... fix this last issue please.

Um I guess the credit should go to me then for finding out the problem on my own. I still appreciate all the help you guys gave me. I had been dealing with this problem for two weeks now and I had narrowed the problem down to an issue with Hammer reading a MAP file that was produced using steam settings.http://www.snarkpit.com/editing.php?page=tutorials&game=HL&id=59

So I tried many things to fix this but failed. So finally in a chance of luck when steam screwed up on me yesterday I reinstalled steam but this time instead of installing Day of Defeat through Steam I downloaded 3.0 off of FileFront and then installed it into my Half Life directory. Then set up Hammer and used these settings.http://www.dodmaps.com/public/articles/tutorials/tutorial01_04/gameconfig.jpg

Oh hope this will solve the problem for future mappers.

Spartan 34 said:
PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!

I finally figured out my problem. I can now compile my maps. I simply reinstalled DoD into the Sierra/Half Life folder and resetup Hammer to the Half Life directory so that it doesn't run through steam and now I can look at the MAP file with no problems.

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Um I guess the credit should go to me then for finding out the problem on my own.

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So im guessing that your not running through steam anymore? And you just went around the problem by installing Steam version and sierra version of DoD without solving your first problem....getting hammer DoD maps to run through steam

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PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!

I finally figured out my problem. I can now compile my maps. I simply reinstalled DoD into the Sierra/Half Life folder and resetup Hammer to the Half Life directory so that it doesn't run through steam and now I can look at the MAP file with no problems.

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Um I guess the credit should go to me then for finding out the problem on my own.

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So im guessing that your not running through steam anymore? And you just went around the problem by installing Steam version and sierra version of DoD without solving your first problem....getting hammer DoD maps to run through steam </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Yes. After I finish the map and compile it I will just place the BSP in the correct folder so that I can play it on Steam. Problem solved. It was better than the alternative when I couldn't even map.

Tracer Bullet said:
Try opening your DOD map as a HL map. If that works, try reconfiguring VHE so it's NOT using steam for DOD. As I think was said in your last topic there is absolutely no reason to bother with a steam config. I honestly don't see how this could make a difference though.

one last issue to resolve now.. somehow the guy who solved this must
get credit, or the database search will be unable to locate it next
time... fix this last issue please.

make TB's answer blue , assuming its yellow, and did indeed solve this issue.. :rolleyes:

but it was me who told you to map in WON, and move the finished .BSP to steam!

It is implied that by not using Steam you are using WON.

Oops.

Gorbachev said:
Oops.

i said that once, she forgave me though :dodgy:

BTW, why has this question not been rendered blue?

I haven't looked at it. Plus I figured 80% of it out on my own.

Spartan 34 said:
I haven't looked at it. Plus I figured 80% of it out on my own.

really? is this a result of quality research, or not reading the replies?

course, i could be mistaken..

eeeh. sorry I am just too lazy I guess. I'll read through it again and if I see someone who posted something really good I'll give them credit but for now...no

to lazy to read a few pages of replies?

way to go if you're gonna be looking for people to take time out to help with any future problems.

fishy said:
to lazy to read a few pages of replies?

way to go if you're gonna be looking for people to take time out to help with any future problems.

i was... attempting to be less abrasive, but i was thinking this too.

not that it looks likely that he's actually gonna read or pay attention to either of us anyways.

fishy said:
not that it looks likely that he's actually gonna read or pay attention to either of us anyways.

careful, it wouldn't look right, if we agreed this soon..

lets at least keep up the facade of annoyance :biggrin:

Orpheus said:

fishy said:
not that it looks likely that he's actually gonna read or pay attention to either of us anyways.

careful, it wouldn't look right, if we agreed this soon..

lets at least keep up the facade of annoyance :biggrin:

LoL, see I read it.