I have followed directions in previous posts about finding a leak. I have turned on the red line and the attached picture shows the red line originating just above my skybox. I have checked and rechecked the intersections of that skybox multiple times.

If I cannot find any issues, what are the next steps to solving?

Rebuild the skybox?

Thanks in advance.



edited on Jun. 22, 2006 06:55 pm by blmeanie

Look for an errant entity outside the box...zoom out and look for something that might be planted outside of your skybox.

In the 3d view it looks like the brushes don't fit to each-other.
so try to rebuild it or use the Hollow button (I know it's one of the GSC tools)

thanks - I believe it was just the angle it was showing

I did rebuild regardless and extended the box out in all directions quite a bit to try to cover anything that might be placed outside of it but still get the exact same red line showing the leak.


Any other suggestions?

Could there be something up with the worldspawn settings that would cause it? I am at work but could post the worldspawn settings tonight.

Is that supposed to be your skybox? Why is it caulk? And it looks like those patches are up against or inside those brushes you're using to make your skybox. I'd make sure you select all your skybox brushes and change them to a skybox texture, not just one face of it.

Worldspawn will have no bearing on if your map/brushes are leaking. Worldspawn is for environment lighting and shadowing.

edited on Jun. 23, 2006 11:57 am by p0z3r

p0z3r writes...

Thanks.
One of the video tuts had the skybox made out of calk, that is what I followed. Is there a default skybox texture? I will look.

Also the patches go up to 1 unit short of the inner edge of the skybox brush.

I have since moved the skybox further away (out) in all directions in an attempt to solve this issue, it didn't work though.

Still looking.

blmeanie writes...
Filter your textures to show only skyboxes and start trying them out..
Textures->Usage->Sky

edited on Jun. 23, 2006 02:46 pm by p0z3r

ok , will do.

The tutorial, unless I misunderstood, was specific about only having the actual top brush using a texture and to leave the other 5 internal brush facings as calk and the exterior as calk too.

On my map, I just selected all the brushes that made up the skybox(i.e. Top, Bottom, and all four walls) and textured them in their entirety instead of doing a single face like you'd do for buildings.

Works for me when I compile and test run my map.

Not sure which tutorial told you that.. but my way works just great for me.

Normal practice is to caulk the exterior surfaces of your skybox and to texture all six internal surfaces of your skybox with your sky texture.

Generally any surface that is not visible in game should be caulked. All interior skybox surfaces need a sky texture.

edited on Jun. 23, 2006 05:52 pm by qrz