where's the pointfile?

So I was compiling my map and noticed I had the error "can't find a match for brush... blah blah " "CONTENTS SOLID"... I read a couple of the tutorials that said it meant there was a leak. The problem is that when i try to load the pointfile, there are no pointfiles in my mapsrc directory. Are they somewhere else or am I just doing something wrong in compiling?

Once you compile your map it will generate a point file for you. When your in hammer, load your map, go to the menu bar up top and select "map" scroll down to "load pointfile"

Also, read through your compile log and you should see a line that says
it is making a copy of the point file, after that there will be a
adress, you should find it there.

Well here's the compile log (I just ran bsp, not vis or rad since they aren't needed for this, or at least that's what i read in a tut)

** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\james_bond_007_jw@hotmail.com\sourcesdk\bin\vbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\james_bond_007_jw@hotmail.com\counter-strike source\cstrike" "C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\james_bond_007_jw@hotmail.com\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\militia5"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Dec 15 2004)
1 threads
materialPath: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\james_bond_007_jw@hotmail.com\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials
Loading C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\james_bond_007_jw@hotmail.com\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\militia5.vmf
Detected multiplayer map, building linux dedicated server data
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...Brush 440804: WARNING, microbrush
Brush 440228: WARNING, microbrush
4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (4)

FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (-1631.3, -588.6, 925.7)
Leaf 0 contents:
Leaf 1 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID
Candidate brush IDs: Brush 535672:

FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (-1732.3, -293.1, 946.1)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID
Leaf 1 contents:
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID
Candidate brush IDs: Brush 535660:

FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (-1732.3, -293.1, 946.1)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID
Leaf 1 contents:
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID
Candidate brush IDs: Brush 535660:

ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...Brush 440804: WARNING, microbrush
Brush 440228: WARNING, microbrush
4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (3)

FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (-1631.3, -588.6, 925.7)
Leaf 0 contents:
Leaf 1 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID
Candidate brush IDs: Brush 535672:

FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (-1732.3, -293.1, 946.1)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID
Leaf 1 contents:
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID
Candidate brush IDs: Brush 535660:

FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (-1732.3, -293.1, 946.1)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID
Leaf 1 contents:
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID
Candidate brush IDs: Brush 535660:

Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
Chop Details...done (0)
Find Visible Detail Sides...
Merged 22 detail faces...done (0)
Merging details...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
NODRAW on terrain surface!
done (1)
writing C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\james_bond_007_jw@hotmail.com\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\militia5.prt...done (2)
WARNING: node without a volume
WARNING: node without a volume
Creating default cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox canyon...
Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Finding displacement neighbors...
Found a displacement edge abutting multiple other edges.
Finding lightmap sample positions...
Displacement Alpha : 0...1....1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Building Physics collision data...
done (1) (949713 bytes)
Building Physics collision data...
done (2) (1937839 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Writing C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\james_bond_007_jw@hotmail.com\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\militia5.bsp
31 seconds elapsed
Memory leak: mempool blocks left in memory: 48
Memory leak: mempool blocks left in memory: 4

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\james_bond_007_jw@hotmail.com\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\militia5.bsp" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\james_bond_007_jw@hotmail.com\counter-strike source\cstrike\maps\militia5.bsp"

Unless I'm blind... i didn't see it writing the .lin file anywhere

You have microbrushes - brushes extremely small and so they are
discarded from the map during the compile process. Go to the brush
numbers the compile log gives you (there is an option in hammer that
lets you jump to a brush number), delete or fix the brushes, and then
try compiling. Be very careful in future of making extremely small
brushes - typical culprits are using carving or clipping off tiny
sections of other brushes.

Ok, well I deleted the microbrushes and recompiled. The error messages were still there. I had already checked which brushes they were and they weren't near the microbrushes, but fixing up those little buggers seemed like a good idea anyway. I deleted the 2 brushes that gave the CONTENTS_SOLID error and recompiled. This time a different brush gave the CONTENTS_SOLID error. Deleted it and compiled again, this time with no CONTENTS_SOLID error. Now I understand I dont' have an error anymore, but the brushes I deleted were just normal brushes. Any idea why they would cause that error? Also if I delete them, and its just a quick fix, isn't it very possible that another brush down the road will mysteriously develop the same problem? thanks!

I didnt find ****leaked**** in the compile log, if there is no leak, then loading the point file is useless.

well, i read the tutorial on leaks and it said that if that CONTENTS_SOLID message was displayed, it meant there was a leak. should i just ignore the marked brushes?

Edit: when i compile there is no pointfile created, does that mean there is no leak?

NO it says "this error usually just means you have a leak."

Press CTRL+SHIFT+G to go to the brush numbers given in your CONTENTS_SOLID error, and tell us what's they're made of- are they all textured "properly" with normal textures? And are you using any HINT brushes or the like?

If you get stuck you could try using GLView on it:
http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/Levels/performance_and_visibility.html
(which is basically running VBSP with a -glview parameter, then opening up your map with glview.exe)

Sorry I was just referencing omegaslayer's tutorial on leaks that simply said if you had that message it meant you had a leak. The brushes are textured with a normal texture (not a tool texture, not even self-lum, transparent, etc.. and I've used this texture successfully in many other areas). They aren't tied to any entities at all, just a plain ol' box-like brush. oh well, no matter. If they don't really leak then that's fine with me :biggrin:

Ok, so there's probably nothing wrong wrong with the brushes. What's actually inside the region of the co-ordinates given? (-1732, -293.1, 946.1 etc.) There's something going wrong, and VIS may not work properly unless you fix it :/

I've noticed if certain props are sticking out of the map at all, you'll get those errors. but again it would cause a leak and a pointfile would be created.