Plane With No Normal

Plane With No Normal

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eDan Co.
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I tried compiling spraymoreplease's map, and it's being a pain.
LOG:

hlcsg v2.5.3 rel Custom Build 1.7 (Dec 9 2002)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools -- Custom Build
Based on code modifications by Sean 'Zoner' Cavanaugh
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to (merlinis@bigpond.net.au)
----- BEGIN hlcsg -----
Command line: hlcsg church
Entering church.map

Current hlcsg Settings
Name | Setting | Default
---------------------|-----------|-------------------------
threads [ 2 ] [ Varies ]
verbose [ off ] [ off ]
log [ on ] [ on ]
developer [ 0 ] [ 0 ]
chart [ off ] [ off ]
estimate [ off ] [ off ]
max texture memory [ 4194304 ] [ 4194304 ]
priority [ Normal ] [ Normal ]

noclip [ off ] [ off ]
null texture stripping[ on ] [ on ]
clipnode economy mode [ on ] [ on ]
onlyents [ off ] [ off ]
wadtextures [ on ] [ on ]
skyclip [ on ] [ on ]
hullfile [ None ] [ None ]
min surface area [ 0.500 ] [ 0.500 ]
brush union threshold [ 0.000 ] [ 0.000 ]

Using mapfile wad configuration
Wadinclude list :
[zhlt.wad]

3 brushes (totalling 18 sides) discarded from clipping hulls
CreateBrush:
Error: Entity 0, Brush 234, Side 0: plane with no normal
Error: plane with no normal
Description: The map has a problem which must be fixed
Howto Fix: Check the file ZHLTProblems.html for a detailed explanation of this problem

Error: Entity 0, Brush 238, Side 0: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 234, Side 1: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 238, Side 1: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 234, Side 1: has a coplanar plane at (832, -1280, -256), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 238, Side 1: has a coplanar plane at (224, -1280, -256), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 234, Side 3: has a coplanar plane at (832, -1216, -256), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 238, Side 3: has a coplanar plane at (224, -1216, -256), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 234, Side 4: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 238, Side 4: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 234, Side 4: has a coplanar plane at (832, -1216, -128), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 238, Side 4: has a coplanar plane at (224, -1216, -128), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 234, Side 4: has a coplanar plane at (832, -1216, -128), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 238, Side 4: has a coplanar plane at (224, -1216, -128), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 234, Side 5: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 238, Side 5: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 234, Side 5: has a coplanar plane at (832, -1280, -256), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 238, Side 5: has a coplanar plane at (224, -1280, -256), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 234, Side 5: has a coplanar plane at (832, -1280, -256), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 238, Side 5: has a coplanar plane at (224, -1280, -256), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 234, Side 5: has a coplanar plane at (832, -1280, -256), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
Error: Entity 0, Brush 238, Side 5: has a coplanar plane at (224, -1280, -256), texture GRYSTUCCOSPADE
(1.23 seconds)

----- END hlcsg -----
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2008 Jan 26 at 17:27 UTC
Down Rodeo
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2007 Oct 19 • 5486
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A normal to a plane is a vector formed from taking the 'vector' or 'cross' product of two vectors on its surface. I don't know how you'd end up with a plane that "doesn't have one".

The coplanar plane bit sounds like there might be two (or more) brushes occupying exactly the same area in the hammer world. Does hammer get sniffy about that sort of thing?

Oh yeah, what does ZHLTProblems.html say about it? I don't have the compile tools on this.
 
 
 
2008 Jan 26 at 19:20 UTC — Ed. 2008 Jan 26 at 19:21 UTC
eDan Co.
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2007 Sep 24 • 2921
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I saw it tells me to look at zhltproblems, where can I find it?
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2008 Jan 26 at 20:50 UTC
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OK, for the planes with no normals it says that the vertices have been mucked around with- basically, one of the corners has been 'merged' with another resulting in a line. You can't take normals from single lines in 3D. It says the only solution is to delete the brush involved :(

Again for the coplanar planes it seems that vertex maniplation is the issue. It seemingly involves moving a vertex kinda funnily such that it moves two planes to be in exactly the same bit. The file suggests trying to remove the offending vertex, or something else. Fortunately I have here a link. I pretty much should have put this at the top shouldn't I? :D
 
 
 
2008 Jan 27 at 02:43 UTC
melloyellow582
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Brisk.
2005 Mar 22 • 12862
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look for exploded brushes
 
 
 
2008 Jan 27 at 02:51 UTC
eDan Co.
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Ok I'm just deleting them. thx allot.
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2008 Jan 27 at 12:45 UTC
eDan Co.
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OK! I've deleted the problematic brushes.

So I compiled and everything went well. But when I try to run the map CS tells me it can't load "counte.wad" (not counter). Now, I have no idea what this wad is, so is there a way to find the brush that has a texture from that file on it? (So I can change it..?)

IF NOT: Where the f@#k can I find this. I Google whacked it and found one French site that has it... but I can't download from there (I doubt it's the same .wad, anyway).

HELP?!
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2008 Jan 27 at 17:33 UTC
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I don't suppose -nowadtextures would help no? No, it wouldn't sorry for the retardedness. I don't know how you'd find the offending textures; is there some way of compiling maps without using any textures?
 
 
 
2008 Jan 27 at 17:52 UTC
eDan Co.
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It's not the compiling. I just need the wad. OR I need to remove that specific texture from the map.
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2008 Jan 27 at 17:54 UTC
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2008 Jan 27 at 22:03 UTC
SuperJer
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2005 Mar 21 • 6673
Remove counte.wad from your wad list in Hammer.

If it's not there, do you have any wads that are similar to that name? It looks like the name is cut off (?).
 
 
 
2008 Jan 27 at 22:56 UTC
eDan Co.
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I cannot find it, never heard of it, don't where in the map it is being used, and no other file has similar name...

EDIT: I read the compile log. It says that having more than 8 wad's MAY be a source for unexplained problems. Could this be it?
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2008 Jan 28 at 12:07 UTC — Ed. 2008 Jan 28 at 18:56 UTC
SuperJer
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2005 Mar 21 • 6673
That could be the problem. It's annoying but you're only supposed to have 8 wads loaded at a time. (Goddamn old-timey 1997 game engines.)
 
 
 
2008 Jan 28 at 19:24 UTC
eDan Co.
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Arrrg! I can tell you for sure that this map is not using more than 8 wads, if only I knew which 8!
Is there a way to see? In map errors (I removed ALL the wads from the list) it gives me only the texture name missing, not the wad file missing.
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2008 Jan 28 at 19:38 UTC — Ed. 2008 Jan 28 at 19:38 UTC
SuperJer
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2005 Mar 21 • 6673
Maybe try merging all your wads together?

http://www.telefragged.com/wally/tutorials/wad_merge.html
 
 
 
2008 Jan 28 at 19:43 UTC
melloyellow582
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Brisk.
2005 Mar 22 • 12862
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i have a question about that.
if you have like 5 wads in your map and you use them all, and then combine all the wads and replace the 5 with the 1, will you have to re-texture everything in your map, or will hammer recognize the endings?
 
 
 
2008 Jan 28 at 19:55 UTC
eDan Co.
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OK, NOW I'M REALLY PISSED!!
I merged all my wads, compiled, and started a new local server. It loaded the map and everything, but got stuck at "Verifying Resources". What does that even mean?? Verifying what? You just loaded everything needed! WHAT IS THERE TO VERIFY????

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2008 Jan 28 at 21:19 UTC — Ed. 2008 Jan 28 at 21:21 UTC
Down Rodeo
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The solution lies in destroying your uncooperative computer. I have many memories of a 6-year-old Dell chugging away... fruitlessly.
I suppose if you were only wanting a look at the map geometry etc rather than the specific textures applied you could replace all the textures with like the defaults...
 
 
 
2008 Jan 28 at 22:04 UTC
SuperJer
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2005 Mar 21 • 6673
Hammer doesn't care what your WADs are called or how many there are. If you rename your WADs your textures will still work. Only the texture name matters.

EdAn: Did you use -nowadtextures? And I hope you re-exported your .MAP and re-compiled.
 
 
 
2008 Jan 28 at 23:51 UTC — Ed. 2008 Jan 28 at 23:51 UTC
melloyellow582
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Brisk.
2005 Mar 22 • 12862
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ok thats good to know, i always needed to make them into one, but i never want to have to go through and re-texture everything, so im glad i can do that now.
 
 
 
2008 Jan 29 at 00:03 UTC — Ed. 2008 Jan 29 at 00:03 UTC
eDan Co.
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I don't know what else I can do... :(
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2008 Jan 29 at 19:45 UTC
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2008 Jan 29 at 22:34 UTC
eDan Co.
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HA! I fucking got it!
apparently, I don't know how to use ambient_generic. That was the problem. (In the beginning the problem WAS textures, but this was the last one).

thx everyone!
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2008 Jan 30 at 12:23 UTC
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2008 Jan 30 at 14:33 UTC
eDan Co.
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It's a map of a curch by spraymoreplease. I just fixed leaks, planes with no normal, and added some basic stuff. It's a very nice map, but not a good one- asymmetrical and small. so...yep.
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2008 Jan 30 at 14:54 UTC — Ed. 2008 Jan 30 at 14:54 UTC
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