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Topic: sun/shadow work

Kleineman

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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 09:32 pm
Also posted this on IW forums: let me start of with a pic. http://www.bokh.nl/files/cod4/sun_shadow_bug.jpg Now is this a bug with the shadows dissapearing the further away i get from them? And also i can't find the reason why everything is glowing so much. I haven't changed anything on the map worldspawn settings wise and suddenly it's being overly bright. Anyone got a clue whats going on? Might it have to do with the shader bin error i get when using reflection probes? (not used in this map) help would be appreciated edited on Feb. 2, 2008 04:32 pm by Kleineman
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 10:37 pm
which shadow is disappearing? The one from the overhead railing? My guess.. you're so far away, the ground texture switches to a lower mipmap. The glowing.. no idea.. did you place reflection probes in this map? If so, how many? If not, did you run the reflection compile? Got any errors when compiling? It may have something to do with the shaderbin error... post the exact error and we might know more. edit: I just noticed you haven't made a grid file yet.. this might also be it. edited on Feb. 2, 2008 05:38 pm by The_Caretaker
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Kleineman

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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 11:26 pm
It has never done the dissapearing shadow in previous compiles. No textures have changed and no worldspawn settings have changed. I have not placed any reflection probed because i keep getting the shader bin error when trying to compile them. The error is Can't find shader: shader_bin/ps_2_0_3fe1c8af Weird thing is that i did make a gridmap but it doesn't seem to get used. edited on Feb. 2, 2008 06:28 pm by Kleineman
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 12:34 am
get modtools update v1.1 to fix the shader problem fourzerotwo: Quote: Hey Everyone -- As always, please check the Mod Tools Download and Revision History IWiki page for the most recently updated revisions and updates. However, we already have a small update for the Mod Tools to address and fix for shader_bin error in CoD4Radiant and CoD4EffectsEd. Please download the following zip and unzip in the same directory as the tools, overwriting any necessary files: http://patches.infinityward.com/modernwarf...v1.1_update.zip Note: After downloading the update, you should delete the shader_bin copies made as a work around (if any). Since there are lots of files in shader_bin, it will slow down file operations if you have copies of them. edited on Feb. 2, 2008 07:35 pm by Sevenz
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 12:37 am
Already have the update and i am running the newest version of .NET Frameworks 3.5 Also checked if my card (nvidia 7950GT) supported SM3.0 (ShaderModel3.0) and it does. So i am completely clueless on this subject.
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 12:42 am
check this out: http://www.modsonline.com/Forums-top-71048-30.html%23604336
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Kleineman

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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 08:52 pm
Life saver Sevenz, thanks a lot. That is the reflection probe error fixed. Now to get this extreme glow fixed.
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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 11:15 pm
world spawn: ambient > 1 ?
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Kleineman

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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping
Posted: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 11:02 am

I posted this over at IW forums.

I checked the Debuglightmaps option and did another compile. For starters it did change the way the map looked. And i can now see through the glass in my doors/windows. Now to fix the rainbow buildings :D. It has something to do with my reflection probes. I have only 1 per room and there is no direct visual line to be made between the reflection probes so they are not conflicting. Might it be that i dont have enough?

BTW, nothing casts shadows anymore... none of my buildings.

http://www.bokh.nl/files/cod4/lighting_bug.jpg

Here is the latest compile log.

Code:

Er bestaat al een submap of bestand C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\raw\maps\mp\.

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                COMPILE BSP
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        1 bestand(en) gekopieerd.
CoD4Map v1.1 (c) 2002 Id Software Inc. / Infinity Ward
---- cod2map ----
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\bin\CoD4CompileTools/main
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_12.iwd (33 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_11.iwd (448 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_10.iwd (230 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_09.iwd (447 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_08.iwd (66 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_07.iwd (34 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_06.iwd (416 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_05.iwd (716 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_04.iwd (765 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_03.iwd (670 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_02.iwd (1296 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_01.iwd (1456 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_00.iwd (1054 files)
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//main
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//main_shared
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\bin\CoD4CompileTools/raw
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\bin\CoD4CompileTools/raw_shared
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\bin\CoD4CompileTools/devraw
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\bin\CoD4CompileTools/devraw_shared
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//players
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//raw
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//raw_shared
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//devraw
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//devraw_shared
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw06.iwd (7 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw05.iwd (1338 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw04.iwd (1730 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw03.iwd (3705 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw02.iwd (3483 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw01.iwd (3181 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw00.iwd (2903 files)
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//raw/english

File Handles:
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23978 files in iwd files
Loading map file C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\map_source\mp_ravens01.map
writing C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\raw\maps\mp\mp_ravens01.d3dprt

finding triangle windings...
coalescing coincident windings...
removing occluded winding fragments...
assigning primary lights...
finding sun shadow casters...
splitting large windings...
merging into concave windings...
finished in 1399 seconds
fixing t-junctions...
tethering holes to their concave windings...
building lightmap groups...
finished in 7 seconds
assigning lightmaps...
finding index mapping and snapping vertices...
triangulating all windings...
0 self-tjunctions fixed
0 degenerate tris removed
smoothing normals...
emitting triangles...
triangulating all windings...
0 self-tjunctions fixed
0 degenerate tris removed
smoothing normals...
emitting triangles...
combining layered materials...
207 vertices couldn't be merged because the textures point different ways
emitting cells and portals...

building curve/terrain collision...
Adding brush neighbor bevels...
Removing redundant brush collision planes...
removed 228 brush sides
elapsed time 0 seconds
Finished processing world entity

Writing C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\raw\maps\mp\mp_ravens01.d3dbsp
 1426 seconds elapsed
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----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\bin\CoD4CompileTools/main
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_12.iwd (33 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_11.iwd (448 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_10.iwd (230 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_09.iwd (447 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_08.iwd (66 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_07.iwd (34 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_06.iwd (416 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_05.iwd (716 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_04.iwd (765 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_03.iwd (670 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_02.iwd (1296 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_01.iwd (1456 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\iw_00.iwd (1054 files)
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//main
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//main_shared
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\bin\CoD4CompileTools/raw
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\bin\CoD4CompileTools/raw_shared
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\bin\CoD4CompileTools/devraw
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\bin\CoD4CompileTools/devraw_shared
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//raw
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//raw_shared
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//devraw
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//devraw_shared
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw06.iwd (7 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw05.iwd (1338 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw04.iwd (1730 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw03.iwd (3705 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw02.iwd (3483 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw01.iwd (3181 files)
C:\Gaming\Games\Call of Duty 4\main\localized_english_iw00.iwd (2903 files)
C:/Gaming/Games/Call of Duty 4//raw/english

File Handles:
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23978 files in iwd files

using map radiosityScale 2


using default contrastGain 0.3

building collision data...

Ran out of triangle refs.
This can happen in a big map with simple geometry and default blocksize.
Try using -blocksize 0 in cod2map.
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                       DONE
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Druk op een toets om door te gaan. . .

Does anyone have an idea what is next on the agenda?

edited on Feb. 5, 2008 06:06 am by Kleineman

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Sevenz

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Category: CoD4 MP Mapping Posted: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 01:43 pm
Quote: Ran out of triangle refs. This can happen in a big map with simple geometry and default blocksize. Try using -blocksize 0 in cod2map. set blocksize to 0 in compiler and retry you should add at least one brush with a solid texture to your map. don't know why but that helped me out when i couldn't compile my map.
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