I had a good map going that compiled every time and was perfectly playable with no errors showing. I attempted to put in a collmap and a prefab and now when I try to play the map in my arena file the terrain is either missing or little triangles of it are missing.
C:\Program Files\game\Call of Duty\uo\maps\mp>cd ..\..\..\uotools\bin

C:\Program Files\game\Call of Duty\UOTools\bin>q3map -game uo -samplesize 32 ../
../uo/maps/mp/neo_tarawa
Q3Map v1.2 (c) 2003 Id Software Inc. / Infinity Ward / GMI Studios
---- q3map ----
lightmap sample size is 32x32 units
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo07.pk3 (157 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo06.pk3 (12 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo05.pk3 (3 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo04.pk3 (7646 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo03.pk3 (2275 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo02.pk3 (790 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo01.pk3 (1657 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo00.pk3 (6233 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\neo_tarawa.pk3 (43 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\mp_test_1.pk3 (13 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty//uo
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty//Call of Duty
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pakb.pk3 (60 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\paka.pk3 (41 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak9.pk3 (149 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak8.pk3 (235 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak6.pk3 (3 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak5.pk3 (4858 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak4.pk3 (1668 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak3.pk3 (1992 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak2.pk3 (694 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak1.pk3 (2642 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak0.pk3 (12816 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty//main
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\localized_english_pakuo02.pk3 (12 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\localized_english_pakuo01.pk3 (37 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\localized_english_pakuo00.pk3 (2578 files
)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak5.pk3 (46 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak3.pk3 (7 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak2.pk3 (9 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak1.pk3 (3736 files)

C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak0.pk3 (1204 files)


File Handles:
----------------------
51616 files in pk3 files
Loading map file C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/UOTools/bin/../../uo/maps/mp
/neo_tarawa.map
writing C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/UOTools/bin/../../uo/maps/mp/neo_tara
wa.prt
32 unique shaders
35 actual shaders
finding triangle windings...
merging into concave windings...
added 629 points for thin polygons (0.3% more points)
fixing t-junctions...
finding index mapping and snapping vertices...
triangulating all windings...
2 self-tjunctions fixed
82 degenerate tris removed
simplifying triangles...
299 tris simplified away (0.4%)
emitting triangles...
14224 vertices couldn't be merged because the textures point different ways
Writing C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/UOTools/bin/../../uo/maps/mp/neo_tara
wa.bsp
382 seconds elapsed

C:\Program Files\game\Call of Duty\UOTools\bin>q3map -vis -fast -game uo ../../u
o/maps/mp/neo_tarawa
Q3Map v1.2 (c) 2003 Id Software Inc. / Infinity Ward / GMI Studios
---- vis ----
fastvis = true
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo07.pk3 (157 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo06.pk3 (12 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo05.pk3 (3 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo04.pk3 (7646 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo03.pk3 (2275 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo02.pk3 (790 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo01.pk3 (1657 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\pakuo00.pk3 (6233 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\neo_tarawa.pk3 (43 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\mp_test_1.pk3 (13 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty//uo
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty//Call of Duty
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pakb.pk3 (60 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\paka.pk3 (41 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak9.pk3 (149 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak8.pk3 (235 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak6.pk3 (3 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak5.pk3 (4858 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak4.pk3 (1668 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak3.pk3 (1992 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak2.pk3 (694 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak1.pk3 (2642 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\pak0.pk3 (12816 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty//main
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\localized_english_pakuo02.pk3 (12 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\localized_english_pakuo01.pk3 (37 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\uo\localized_english_pakuo00.pk3 (2578 files
)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak5.pk3 (46 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak3.pk3 (7 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak2.pk3 (9 files)
C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak1.pk3 (3736 files)

C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/\main\localized_english_pak0.pk3 (1204 files)


File Handles:
----------------------
51616 files in pk3 files
reading C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/UOTools/bin/../../uo/maps/mp/neo_tara
wa.bsp
reading C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/UOTools/bin/../../uo/maps/mp/neo_tara
wa.prt
2023 portalclusters
8075 numportals
4879 numfaces
16150 active portals
0 hint portals
visdatasize:517896
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9... (68)
creating leaf vis...
Average clusters visible: 1932
writing C:/Program Files/game/Call of Duty/UOTools/bin/../../uo/maps/mp/neo_tara
wa.bsp
71.00 seconds elapsed

C:\Program Files\game\Call of Duty\UOTools\bin>flare -extra -sundiffusesamples 3
-game uo ../../uo/maps/mp/neo_tarawa
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
C:/Program Files/game//uo
C:/Program Files/game//main

File Handles:
----------------------
0 files in pk3 files
Couldn't load default.cfg. Make sure Call of Duty is run from the correct folde
r.
C:\Program Files\game\Call of Duty\UOTools\bin>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

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I had the map backed up three time and all 3 copies now do it even though one of them did not have any changes done to it. please help!

Ok.. first of all oyu don't have to put collmaps in yourself. The compiler does that for you if you've set up the editor correctly.

second, are you using the UO compile methode as described in the UO compiling tutorial? Because some lines seem to be missing. Compile the correct way and see if it still happens.

I believe i'm using the same bat file that was used for Foy except I changed the names to match my map. Is that bad? Because up to now its been working fine.

thanks.

fireball1 writes...

Yes.. that's bad. As you can see, your flare isn't working correctly. This is because the mapmakers over a IW used a slightly different setup that your computer does. They installed their compiler and flare on a network drive or something (I'm not totally sure how, why etc.). On the left there is a link to the UO tutorial. There is a compile tutorial in there. Use it.

ok. thanks

WOW if that map is ready then i'm gonna download it!(next month)because i already used 10.6GB bandwitch of 15GB