game crashes on map load

For some reason, when I tell HL2 to run my map - through the console -
the whole thing crashes and my PC beeps a few times (I think its a
warning message but because of HL2's console etc I can't see it). There
doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the compile either:

** Executing...

** Command: "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk\bin\vbsp.exe"

** Parameters: "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\part3"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Jan 19 2005)

1 threads

materialPath: c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\half-life 2\hl2\materials

Loading c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\part3.vmf

fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...

ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)

ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)

Processing areas...done (0)

Building Faces...done (0)

Chop Details...done (0)

Find Visible Detail Sides...

Merged 6 detail faces...done (0)

Merging details...done (0)

FixTjuncs...

PruneNodes...

WriteBSP...

done (0)

writing c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\part3.prt...done (1)

Creating default cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox sky_wasteland02...

Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.

Finding displacement neighbors...

Finding lightmap sample positions...

Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10

Building Physics collision data...

done (0) (54650 bytes)

Emitting linux collision data (use -nolinuxdata to disable).

Building Physics collision data...

done (0) (54650 bytes)

Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10

Writing c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\part3.bsp

3 seconds elapsed

Memory leak: mempool blocks left in memory: 48

Memory leak: mempool blocks left in memory: 5

** Executing...

** Command: "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk\bin\vvis.exe"

** Parameters: "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\part3"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (Dec 15 2004)

1 threads

reading c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\part3.bsp

reading c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\part3.prt

83 portalclusters

213 numportals

BasePortalVis: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)

PortalFlow: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)

Optimized: 25 visible clusters (0.00%)

Total clusters visible: 5632

Average clusters visible: 67

Building PAS...

Average clusters audible: 83

visdatasize:2469 compressed from 2656

writing c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\part3.bsp

1 second elapsed

** Executing...

** Command: "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk\bin\vrad.exe"

** Parameters: "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\part3"

Valve Software - vrad.exe (Jan 18 2005)

----- Radiosity Simulator ----

1 threads

[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']

[45 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\part3.bsp

416 faces

11930 square feet [1717987.38 square inches]

0 displacements

0 square feet [0.00 square inches]

416 patches before subdivision

1716 patches after subdivision

0 direct lights

BuildFacelights: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)

BuildVisLeafs: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)

transfers 62584, max 138

transfer lists: 0.5 megs

GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)

Bounce #1 added RGB(0, 0, 0)

Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.0027 sec>

FinalLightFace: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)

FinalLightFace Done

Ready to Finish

0 of 0 (0% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.

ComputePerLeafAmbientLighting: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10

Object names Objects/Maxobjs Memory / Maxmem Fullness

------------ --------------- --------------- --------

models
3/1024
144/49152 ( 0.3%)

brushes
155/8192
1860/98304 ( 1.9%)

brushsides
1068/65536
8544/524288 ( 1.6%)

planes
780/65536 15600/1310720 (
1.2%)

vertexes
690/65536
8280/786432 ( 1.1%)

nodes
192/65536 6144/2097152
( 0.3%)

texinfos
76/12288
5472/884736 ( 0.6%)

texdata
28/2048
896/65536 ( 1.4%)

dispinfos
0/0
0/0 ( 0.0%)

disp_verts
0/0
0/0 ( 0.0%)

disp_tris
0/0
0/0 ( 0.0%)

disp_lmsamples
0/0
0/0 ( 0.0%)

faces
416/65536 23296/3670016 (
0.6%)

origfaces
326/65536 18256/3670016 (
0.5%)

leaves
196/65536 10976/3670016 (
0.3%)

leaffaces
496/65536
992/131072 ( 0.8%)

leafbrushes
199/65536
398/131072 ( 0.3%)

surfedges
3261/512000 13044/2048000 ( 0.6%)

edges
1957/256000 7828/1024000 (
0.8%)

worldlights
0/8192
0/720896 ( 0.0%)

waterstrips
35/32768
350/327680 ( 0.1%)

waterverts
0/65536
0/786432 ( 0.0%)

waterindices
633/65536
1266/131072 ( 1.0%)

cubemapsamples
0/1024
0/16384 ( 0.0%)

overlays
66/512
23232/180224 (12.9%)

lightdata
[variable]
68924/0 ( 0.0%)

visdata
[variable] 2469/16777216 (
0.0%)

entdata
[variable]
3339/393216 ( 0.8%)

occluders
0/0
0/0 ( 0.0%)

occluder polygons
0/0
0/0 ( 0.0%)

occluder vert ind
0/0
0/0 ( 0.0%)

detail props
[variable]
1/12 ( 8.3%)

static props
[variable]
1/12 ( 8.3%)

pakfile
[variable]
20903/0 ( 0.0%)

Win32 Specific Data:

physics
[variable] 54650/4194304 (
1.3%)

Total Win32 BSP file data space used: 296865 bytes

Linux Specific Data:

physicssurface
[variable] 54650/6291456 (
0.9%)

Total Linux BSP file data space used: 296865 bytes

Total triangle count: 1144

Writing c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\part3.bsp

1 second elapsed

** Executing...

** Command: Copy File

** Parameters: "c:\program
files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\sourcesdk_content\hl2\mapsrc\part3.bsp"
"c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\joinee_rj\half-life
2\hl2\maps\part3.bsp"

Finally got the error message. It reads thus:



EDIT: All my other maps work fine

It means you dont have enough Free Ram?

Try recompiling or something. I'm not sure but I think I got this error once on a map, and I just recompiled it (not sure if I renamed it first) and it ran fine.

Just a guess though...

I've tried recompiling - not working

I will try renaming it though

i've received that error. My ram was filin up so i just restarted
my cpu and it went away. try this program called cachemanXP to
monitor your ram and cpu usage. hammer sucks up all my 1 gig of
ram.

I get one error sometimes, after i compile and CSS turns on it says
"loading" in the bottom right corner but then i hear an error beep
and CSS just turns off. do u ever get that ?

Copy your entire map into a separate new hammer file, save as and
rename as something else, then re-compile and test it then, this seems
to work for me all the time. AND I CANT EXPLAIN WHY IT WORKS! :biggrin:

by looking at your compile log, it appears this is a new, or tiny map. so i am in doubt that its a ram issue.

methinks you have added something recently that HL2 dislikes, i would load a recent backup and try compiling it to see if its you, and not the game.

if you are smart, you have at least a half dozen progressive backups, load them till you get a functional copy to work. then examine it to see what you did wrong, and fix it.

This was actually my first save - so no backup. I'm trying the renaming thing now

It doesn't work. Looks like I'll have to remake it!

sighs Have you got any glass (or glass textures) in your map? If so, delete it, and try again.

Glass textures? Why them?

EDIT: yes I do have glass textures

I've read of two different things that can cause crash-on-load

1. Using the <em style="color: orange;">glasswindowbreak070b </em>texture (note the b) on a breakable window.

2. Using prop_vehicle with incorrect options.

If you have either of those, try recompiling with them in a hidden visgroup, and see if that fixes it.

Why are these marked incorrect?