FloatPlane: bad normal / WARNING: brush plane with no normal

 

it often occurs when you try to manipulate vertices of a clipped brush--if you cut a long brush into a triangular shape from the side and then try to alter vertices into a diagonal or angled orientation, you\'ll get this error. It\'s not always an error that stops you from building the map, as long as you keep the vertices somewhat close to eachother as you alter them. Many times, when manipulating the vertex, a diagonal line will appear on a side that appears to be a single face. Even when you select this face of the brush individually, it will come up as a single solid face, but for some reason it may to the compiler as a \"degenerate\" plane. In this case, simply remake the brush, making sure the vertices stay as close and as similarly positioned as possible--it\'s best to select them all and move them all if you\'re angling a brush into position, and then position them individually if needed. Make sure the vertices NEVER intersect or overlap another brush, and make sure the brush doesn\'t have multiple face contents. Good luck--email me if you would like an example of this sort of manipulation. (GlumBum2@yahoo.com)

Posted by GlumBum2 on Tue. Jun. 7, 2005