Error: ReadSurfs (line 1): 3162 > g_numplanes

help I don't know how to fix this..

Error: ReadSurfs (line 1): 3162 > g_numplanes

reign

Oh God, that one's a pain in the arse :sad:

As I remember, this is often caused by lots of complex geometry in the same area. Try simplifying or (temporarily) deleting complex rockwork etc.

This error has caused me to completely remove or remake rockwork in the past.

The following site gives some good details about the error and how to fix it.

http://www.slackiller.com/tommy14/errors.htm#numplanes

However, in my personal experience the cause has always been some sort of leak.

From that I would guess that you have a leak. If you fix the leak, the error will very probably go away. Yes, I know its difficult to find the leak since no pointfile is generated (this error occurs before leaks are checked for), but if you fix the leak the error inevitably goes away.

Either that, or your map is horribly complicated, but if that is the case you probably should have gotten some OTHER error before this such as max_map_planes or somesuch.

try here

MAZE, make your suggestion yellow, for future askers..

Oh heh i was wondering how you guys got spiffy colors on your posts (-:

And also what gollum said is another probable possibility.

mazemaster said:
Oh heh i was wondering how you guys got spiffy colors on your posts (-:

And also what gollum said is another probable possibility.

so??!!?? hit "edit" and switch yours please :smile:

this site shows all the errors in hammer and how to fix them...

www.frankclan.ca/maps/map_resources/mirrored/errors.shtml

thanks for all the advice..it am pretty sure i have way to many triangles in one room..so i am going to remake the room.

thanks

reign

I get this error a lot in my own maps. Triangle geometry should rarely be the source of this problem, unless you manipulated the brushes strangely or done something else strange. Also be aware that the number it spits out is usually meaningless. I think.

There are several possibilities for the cause:

• Messed up brush shapes that are too unorthodox/complicated. Simplify the geometry a bit.
• At/Over the "Planes" limit for a BSP. Organize your geometry better to bring planes down or use that XP Cagey tool.
• At/Over the "Leaves" limit for a BSP. Leaves are the pieces CSG/BSP chop your map up into. Brush entities greatly contribute to the leaves limit, as they tend to overlap several leaves themselves. The solution to this problem is to convert brushes to World or reorganize the map to minimize leaves.

i remember an error very like that, that was caused by a manhole cover that had been clipped to as near perfect a circle as could be. in effect it was a cylinder with more than 32 sides, which proved to be a bad thing. something about one plane (either the top or bottom face of the cover) has more than 32 edges.

Orpheus said:
try here

MAZE, make your suggestion yellow, for future askers..

What the crap? I assumed everyone used Google. What kind of fly-by-night search engine is this?

Hornpipe2 said:

Orpheus said:
try here

MAZE, make your suggestion yellow, for future askers..

What the crap? I assumed everyone used Google. What kind of fly-by-night search engine is this?

is it really important?

i use google,jeeves,yahoo, anything it takes to get what i need.. it just depends on what i click on first i reckon...

i assume the answers are all the same, as long as they are correct answers :/

chances are real good, that google uses the same search options, i dunno, and don't want to.

BTW Orph - Lemme know next time you're going to be in or around Fayetteville and we'll go get some coffee or something.

Hornpipe2 said:
BTW Orph - Lemme know next time you're going to be in or around Fayetteville and we'll go get some coffee or something.

when i lived in conway, i went thru there about 10 times a year, but from jonesboro its out of route ant i havent been thru there in 3 years :sad:

but i will holler if i can swing thru that way.. i do go to tulsa every once in a while for a bus :smile:

FOR ANYONE WANTING TO CREATE OBJECTS OF THE 32 SIDED VARIETY.

i had errors galore attempting to create Double_Trouble.

i found out that HL royally hates these objects :sad:

it didnt matter if they were columns, or arches, it glitched on me :sad:

what i did discover tho was, if you made them in 1/2, or 1/4's it would work just fine, so if you needed a 360* circle, make it that way and you will be fine. if need be group them for ease of movement, but be sure they are not one piece and it will compile.

/my 2 cents

I just love the way subject change around here..no wonder it was hard for me to find an answer to my problem...not that its a bad thing its just funny this is twice now that my post has changed directions..I like that keeps me on my toes..i'm not used to it but I like it.

reign

Well at least all they do here is get a little side tracked.. prefab land you would of been attacked, slanderd, and called stupid..

These peeps here seem to help more, and are more constructive.

I know both sites have alot of the same people on them.. but for some reason here its more friendly & helpful.

As for the error.. U know I have no clue.. =) lol but we'll get it whooped up on sweetness.

($)

You can't change your post type by editing your post.

mazemaster said:
You can't change your post type by editing your post.

scratches buttocks

i can

look under the text window for the two optons..

Orpheus said:

Hornpipe2 said:
BTW Orph - Lemme know next time you're going to be in or around Fayetteville and we'll go get some coffee or something.

when i lived in conway, i went thru there about 10 times a year, but from jonesboro its out of route ant i havent been thru there in 3 years :sad:

but i will holler if i can swing thru that way.. i do go to tulsa every once in a while for a bus :smile:

Make sure it's some time I'm here, since I do go home for the summers and holidays and all. That is, if you have a choice...

Hornpipe2 said:

Orpheus said:

Hornpipe2 said:
BTW Orph - Lemme know next time you're going to be in or around Fayetteville and we'll go get some coffee or something.

when i lived in conway, i went thru there about 10 times a year, but from jonesboro its out of route ant i havent been thru there in 3 years :sad:

but i will holler if i can swing thru that way.. i do go to tulsa every once in a while for a bus :smile:

Make sure it's some time I'm here, since I do go home for the summers and holidays and all. That is, if you have a choice...

sometimes i only know a day or two in advance, so you will not get much warning :smile:

?? my editpost looks like this:

after the question has been answered, and some are blue, you lose the chance to alter it..

next time, try to do it before then :smile: