I made RMG instances before (loooong time ago), but i am stuck on this one:

I am trying to make more types of RMG maps (extra ones, i dont want to overwrite the existing ones). Currently i am experimenting with an Egypt theme: desert with mainly some archological building (temples, pyramids, obelisks, etc). I also want a FEW palmtrees in it (for the variation).

AFAIK there is no existing instance for palmtrees, so i will have make one myself

So i opened one of my deserttheme cusom instances (which works fine), saved it under a different name, got rid of everything in it, placed a palmtree in it, clipped it, saved it and then i tried to compile but all i get is an error: palmtree.bsp not found...

I tried to get more info via the junk.txt but that didnt help one bit

I saw one thing that might be the cause but i have no idea what it means: Backwards tree volume (in junk.txt)...

Anyone knows what i need to do to get an palmtree instance for my Egypt RMG maps?

yes, the backwards tree volume is evil...

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This is a standard q3map error message, not a bug. Q3map generated a badly- formed BSP-tree from your map. Your map probably uses structural brushes in a bad way.

maybe this helps a bit as well:

http://swat-clan.com/marko....+volume

Thanks for the answer but i *think* my prob is different... the only brush i used was tree-clip-textured (1 brush) and i get the same error with the model only (no brushes at all).

did you try without the model? or the model as a static model?

I made more instances, without models and they compile fine...

For this instance i used a static model... are there more ways to add a model to a map?

ASE models can be used and might be an option for you although I have yet to get them to work in SOF2 myself. I know they get compiled into the map which is one reason why I wanted to use them but again I am not very experienced with models of this type.

yes, you can use misc_models too, they are much better, as they are taken up in compiling the map and don't behave as entities. try using that instead of the static_model, rmb > misc > misc_model

Oh yeah, i forgot misc_model  

But it didnt work either... same problem as with model_static!

Without the clipbrush i get a different error: Unspecified error - please contact John or Rick

You can import an ase or md3 mapmodel. Though I thought the ase format had more accurate vertex information.