Too many light styles on face

Ok so I compile my map with rad and it starts sending me all these bad messages in the compile log. i havn't run the map yet but this is scaring me.

Heres the log.

** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\sourcesdk\bin\vbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\sourcesdk\sdkcontent" "C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\dj_arendee\half-life 2\hl2\maps\RV_Avalus_Blitz"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Jan 19 2005)
1 threads
materialPath: c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\sourcesdk\sdkcontent\materials
Loading C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\dj_arendee\half-life 2\hl2\maps\RV_Avalus_Blitz.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 (1)
Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
Chop Details...done (0)
Find Visible Detail Sides...
Merged 208 detail faces...done (0)
Merging details...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (0)
writing C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\dj_arendee\half-life 2\hl2\maps\RV_Avalus_Blitz.prt...done (0)
Creating default cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox sky_borealis01...
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 (1) (345642 bytes)
Emitting linux collision data (use -nolinuxdata to disable).
Building Physics collision data...
done (0) (345642 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Writing C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\dj_arendee\half-life 2\hl2\maps\RV_Avalus_Blitz.bsp
9 seconds elapsed
Memory leak: mempool blocks left in memory: 49
Memory leak: mempool blocks left in memory: 4

** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\sourcesdk\bin\vvis.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\sourcesdk\sdkcontent" -fast "C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\dj_arendee\half-life 2\hl2\maps\RV_Avalus_Blitz"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (Dec 15 2004)
fastvis = true
1 threads
reading c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\half-life 2\hl2\maps\RV_Avalus_Blitz.bsp
reading c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\half-life 2\hl2\maps\RV_Avalus_Blitz.prt
245 portalclusters
431 numportals
BasePortalVis: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster
WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster
WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster
Optimized: 1093 visible clusters (0.00%)
Total clusters visible: 26517
Average clusters visible: 108
Building PAS...
Average clusters audible: 156
visdatasize:15062 compressed from 15680
writing c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\half-life 2\hl2\maps\RV_Avalus_Blitz.bsp
0 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\sourcesdk\bin\vrad.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\sourcesdk\sdkcontent" -noextra "C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\dj_arendee\half-life 2\hl2\maps\RV_Avalus_Blitz"

Valve Software - vrad.exe (Mar 8 2005)
----- Radiosity Simulator ----
1 threads
Could not find lights.rad in lights.rad.
Trying VRAD BIN directory instead...
Warning: Couldn't open texlight file c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\sourcesdk\bin\lights.rad.
Loading c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\half-life 2\hl2\maps\RV_Avalus_Blitz.bsp
3162 faces
4 degenerate faces
347713 square feet [50070672.00 square inches]
0 displacements
0 square feet [0.00 square inches]
3158 patches before subdivision
34982 patches after subdivision
86 direct lights
BuildFacelights: 0
WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10441,-8956,-1713)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10441,-9028,-1713)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10526,-11157,-1723)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10527,-11151,-1717)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10377,-11151,-1720)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10434,-11157,-1723)
...1..
WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10428,-9033,-1708)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10426,-9033,-1720)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10534,-9033,-1720)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10427,-9028,-1699)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10539,-9028,-1706)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10421,-9028,-1706)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10433,-9028,-1720)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10419,-9028,-1720)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10541,-9028,-1720)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10527,-9028,-1720)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10660,-9336,-1593)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10660,-9592,-1593)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10660,-9848,-1593)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10659,-9345,-1547)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10312,-9345,-1544)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10301,-9345,-1547)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10312,-9288,-1585)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10312,-9544,-1585)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10312,-9800,-1585)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10300,-9336,-1593)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10300,-9592,-1593)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10300,-9848,-1593)
.
WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10659,-9791,-1547)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10312,-9791,-1544)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10301,-9791,-1547)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10596,-11157,-1723)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10368,-11157,-1723)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10424,-11991,-1822)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10536,-11991,-1822)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10416,-11991,-1837)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10536,-11991,-1836)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10542,-11991,-1788)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10409,-11991,-1784)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10411,-11995,-1822)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10437,-11995,-1822)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10523,-11995,-1822)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10549,-11995,-1822)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10411,-11995,-1836)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10436,-11995,-1836)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10549,-11995,-1836)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10524,-11995,-1836)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10551,-11995,-1814)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10545,-11995,-1768)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10409,-11995,-1814)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10415,-11995,-1768)
2...3..
WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10655,-9416,-1736)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10655,-9912,-1736)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10305,-9416,-1736)

WARNING: Too many light styles on a face (10305,-9912,-1736)
.4..
** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\dj_arendee\half-life 2\hl2\maps\RV_Avalus_Blitz.bsp" "c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\dj_arendee\half-life 2\hl2\maps\RV_Avalus_Blitz.bsp"

I turned it off through the compile because it takes too long and it just goes on like that.

What should I do?

Sounds like you have gone crazy with dynamic lights (eg. anything
moving, flashing, flickering, etc...) in a small area. Solution? Don't go so crazy with
dynamic light effects, or at least keep them spread out. I've never come across this problem in HL2, but
it was common in HL1 when people would try and use too many funky
lights.

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Designer @ Haiku Interactive | ReNo-vation.net

I second that reno.

It was caused in HL1 by having too many lights with different names shining on the same surface. I would imagine it means the same thing in HL2.

If they're all lights that don't need parenting or linking, don't name them. Or name them all the same thing.

But, if you do have dynamic lights, you'll have to take some out or make them normal lights.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

well, i only have 1 dynamic light in my map, which is aiming at the floor. I checked the "no world light" box too. I dont have any pulsating lights, no flickering lights, I just now realised i DO have 3 portal cluster problems which im having extreme difficulty finding, but i dont know if that would do it. This problem arose after I added a new room with a long hallway and turned on the vis group for the rest of the map.

The only lights i have named are in a hallway on the other side of an area portal that dont affect the room it seems to be affecting.

But then, i did name about 6 lights differently that turn off when you pull the monitors off the wall witht he grav gun, lemme check.

Ok the light style thing is fixed. thanks Crono. Now i just gotta find those cursed portal cluster saw dealies. how do i activate gl view?

Tell us what you did to fix the light style thing, and ask your other question in a new thread please :smile:

Lights that turn off will cause this!

If you have 6 lights with diffrent names in the same area that toggle
on or off, you will get this problem. Try and use the cordon tool
to pin point the area where you have the problem, or tie the lights to
a VIS group and hide them before you compile the map.

Cause of Problem: 6 lights named c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, and c6, that turn off when a computer monitor is pulled off the wall and is designated for each light.

Solution: No more cool turning off lights, and they're all the same name.