my log.

C:\Program Files\Call of Duty\Main\maps>cd ..\..\tools\bin

C:\Program Files\Call of Duty\Tools\bin>q3map ../../main/maps/Hill
Q3Map v1.1 (c) 2002 Id Software Inc. / Infinity Ward
---- q3map ----
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\UserTextures.pk3 (13 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pakb.pk3 (60 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\paka.pk3 (41 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak9.pk3 (149 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak8.pk3 (235 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak6.pk3 (3 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak5.pk3 (4858 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak4.pk3 (1668 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak3.pk3 (1992 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak2.pk3 (694 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak1.pk3 (2642 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak0.pk3 (12816 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\blood.pk3 (8 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty//main
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak5.pk3 (46 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak3.pk3 (7 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak2.pk3 (9 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak1.pk3 (3736 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak0.pk3 (1204 files)

File Handles:
----------------------
30267 files in pk3 files
Loading map file C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/Tools/bin/../../main/maps/Hill.ma
p
WARNING: Couldn't find image for shader textures/common/clip_nosight_dirt
WARNING: entity 0 brush 10: tris with 2+ major axes; bad lighting likely
WARNING: entity 0 brush 9: tris with 2+ major axes; bad lighting likely
**********************
******* leaked *******
**********************
    7 unique shaders
    6 actual shaders
finding triangle windings...
merging into concave windings...
added 820 points for thin polygons (18.0% more points)
fixing t-junctions...
finding index mapping and snapping vertices...
triangulating all windings...
0 self-tjunctions fixed
24 degenerate tris removed
simplifying triangles...
186 tris simplified away (6.9%)
emitting triangles...
566 vertices couldn't be merged because the textures point different ways
Writing C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/Tools/bin/../../main/maps/Hill.bsp
    3 seconds elapsed

C:\Program Files\Call of Duty\Tools\bin>q3map -vis ../../main/maps/Hill
Q3Map v1.1 (c) 2002 Id Software Inc. / Infinity Ward
---- vis ----
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\UserTextures.pk3 (13 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pakb.pk3 (60 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\paka.pk3 (41 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak9.pk3 (149 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak8.pk3 (235 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak6.pk3 (3 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak5.pk3 (4858 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak4.pk3 (1668 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak3.pk3 (1992 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak2.pk3 (694 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak1.pk3 (2642 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak0.pk3 (12816 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\blood.pk3 (8 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty//main
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak5.pk3 (46 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak3.pk3 (7 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak2.pk3 (9 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak1.pk3 (3736 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak0.pk3 (1204 files)

File Handles:
----------------------
30267 files in pk3 files
reading C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/Tools/bin/../../main/maps/Hill.bsp
reading C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/Tools/bin/../../main/maps/Hill.prt
LoadPortals: couldn't read C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/Tools/bin/../../main/ma
ps/Hill.prt


C:\Program Files\Call of Duty\Tools\bin>flare -extra -sundiffusesamples 10 -dump
options ../../main/maps/Hill
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\UserTextures.pk3 (13 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pakb.pk3 (60 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\paka.pk3 (41 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak9.pk3 (149 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak8.pk3 (235 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak6.pk3 (3 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak5.pk3 (4858 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak4.pk3 (1668 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak3.pk3 (1992 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak2.pk3 (694 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak1.pk3 (2642 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\pak0.pk3 (12816 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\blood.pk3 (8 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty//main
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak5.pk3 (46 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak3.pk3 (7 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak2.pk3 (9 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak1.pk3 (3736 files)
C:/Program Files/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak0.pk3 (1204 files)

File Handles:
----------------------
30267 files in pk3 files
models in world bsp:           enabled
model shadows:                 enabled
model alpha shadows:           enabled
occluder merging:              disabled
area light backsplash:         enabled
smooth normals:                enabled
visual debugging:              disabled
keep visual only polys:        disabled
verbose messages:              disabled
debug lightmap areas:          disabled
debug lightmap bleeding:       disabled
poly in solid correction:      enabled
diffuse sunlighting:           enabled
point-sampled diffuse sun:     enabled
single-sample diffuse sun:     disabled
lightmap calculation:          enabled
extra alpha check:             enabled
max alpha pixels:              1024
find leafs for lights:         enabled
max polys:                     1048576
max vertices:                  4194304
max brushes:                   262144
max occluders:                 0
bsp poly split cost:           8
axis-aligned bsp threshold:    500
point light scale:             7500
linear light scale:            0.000125
light grid scale:              1
overbright scale:              2
one over min intensity:        255
hemicube edge size:            10
surface light step world:      16
surface light step sky:        128
Couldn't derive lightmap <-> vertex equations for poly at (475.75, 266.833, -75.
5833)
Q3Map_ReadPortalFile: could not open '../../main/maps/Hill.prt'

C:\Program Files\Call of Duty\Tools\bin>cd ..\..\

C:\Program Files\Call of Duty>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

Make sure nothing is touching the skybox ( likes trees or something) and/or if you use the CSG Subtract it could leave small brushes that are not on the grid. Im not sure if they could cause it though :(

checked the skybox... nothing touching.... and i never use any csg function so.... :/

ill check skybox one more time.

Have you tried the pointfile to see if it can point you to the leak?

With your map loaded in the editor, go to "file" then down to "pointfile" click.

See if it shows a red line and if so follow it, it should show you the leak. It could be that your sky box may just be one grid 1 gap open. Sometimes very hard to spot.

Cheers Dad of Azz

tried point file... did get the red line, followed it, zoomed all the way in.. no gap :/

Along with checking for gaps and anything outside or touching your skybox make sure your skybox brushes are structural. I'm pretty sure that it they're detail or non-colliding your skybox will leak and the pointfile won't show you where.

I did this once. copied and pasted into a map and it shot it like waay outside my box. Pan out and see if you have anything hanging out there. Another direction.

Also if you angle your edges on the skybox corners make sure all your angle moved all the way to each other.

nothing was way outside my skybox... but the funny thing is that i was missing ( wasnt really missing but it was sticking outside of the skybox from inside) was a mountain lol....




only a little piece from the bottom tho :P