ERROR: MAX_PATCH_PLANES

 

The MAX_PATCH_PLANE error has much more to do with individual vertex manipulation than I realized--many times, Tolerant Welding vertices that allow even miniscule areas of patches to overlap can solve the max patch plane error. Many times, even when the vertices are already lined up, small planes of a patch that have been manipulated in awkward ways will screw up the triangulation in the compile process but won\'t show up during a compile because the area is usually still sealed--cylindrical patches, bevels, end caps, and \"terraformed\" patches that have undergone vertex manipulation will often yield a max patch plane error.

I personally had luck rebending a series of patches that I had bent slightly past their vertices\' reasonable means of alignment. This error can be eased by spreading the bend across multiple patches that have been split. I recommend using a very low grid setting for this--and make sure you Tolerant Weld all aligning vertices. Take a second and drop a spawn, a skybox, and a couple lights into an empty map for use in testing individual pieces of complicated brushwork and patching--it will go a long way when you get to doing detailed, complex vertex work.

Good luck!
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Posted by GlumBum2 on Thu. Jun. 2, 2005