leak not found

i have a fairly simple map and it is all square based so there are no angled walls.

and it has a 3d skybox as well

and when i compile it says that there is a leak at func illusionary,

and when the map loads ingame it looks fine, except when i noclip outside and look around, i see a mirage of the exact map im in projected off in the diastance.

and as im flying over to it it takes litterally forever, and when i get to it, it looks as if it is huge, it takes 2 minuted to fly from one side of the room to the next.

anyway because there is a leak and i load the pointfile it isnt helpful

its just a single straight line that doesent touch any walls or entities on the map

so i dont know how to fix this

Load the point file in hammer silly :smile:
map----> loadpointfile (follow the line and fix the leak......Its
much better than the previous hammer (where you get gobs and gobs of
lines eveywhere)

edit: here is more on leaks http://www.snarkpit.net/editing.php?page=tutorials&game=HL2&id=139

ive done that but the line that it gives me just extends from one random place to another and it doesent pass thru any geometry, it doesent even touch the boundaries of the brushes

edit: Okay I re-read you post for the fifth time and I get it this time (before I didnt get it because of random sentences), the other "map" your talking about in the distance is actually a mirage that is generated when you use hardware exceleration. HL1 had this and im asuming thats what your talking about. Ignore it!

Please post your compile log, and take a sceeen shot of the loaded pointfile in hammer (in the 3d view) use photo bucket or similar hosting page to host your image.

I've had that to, just deleted some walls and everything whas fine :biggrin:

ive managed to fix it by putting skybox at the edge of every wall.

other than that there was nothing that i could get it to do

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Remember, map needs to be completely enclosed into world brushes.
Displacements, brush based entities etc won't work. Neither do models.

Your case might be that the func_illusion is trying to surround the
world... but it can't, you only have to, if it is somewhere trying to
enclose the map, cover the behind of it with skybox or a nodraw.

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warlord said:
ive done that but the line that it gives me just extends from one random place to another and it doesent pass thru any geometry, it doesent even touch the boundaries of the brushes

Pointfile ALWAYS finds the leaks. you need two things to do so successfully.

1) enough particles to extend to the leak. (you may need to increase the particle limit)
2) enough skill to follow it to the leak(s).

if you have even one of these 2 points missing, you will fail to find the leak.

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