Giant Texture followed by FREEZING!!

[Wolf Man]

Im making a map with BSP that almost reaches each of the boundaries but stays a distance away, and every time I try to play it, when it starts to load Map:Coolness *couldnt think of any other name*, It just displays a texture on the screen and nothing else, then it freezes and i have to end task it. Whats wrong with the stupid thing?

[Cobo]

I'm guessing you tried to make a cube map and didnt make all 6 faces, and it creates a HUGE leak.
When you move the camera around, does it look like the image gets stuck?

[Wolf Man]

The map doesnt even load, it shows just a texture, nothing else, no ammo count or anything!

[Eiii]

I'm pretty sure there's some overload that can do this. Could you send the BSP file?

[Wolf Man]

yea, its a crappy start for a map, i was just trying to figure out how big i should make buildings

[Eiii]

Yeah, that's way too big. QBSP just craps out. Quake2 was not designed for huge areas, lower the sky.

[Zorchenhimer]

Holy friggin crap! That is massive! that needs to be much smaller. Use y00tz's "Useful Mapping Tool" to get the scale right.

[Wolf Man]

Hmmm, guess ill just contour the sky with the level of the buildings! Im making a city based map so I need it to be open

[DrRickDaglessMD]

Beware of open maps, the Quake II engine isn't optimised for open spaces - more for corridor and room type maps. You're in for a world of hurt if the room is too large and open, in terms of r_speeds and fps.

- Dag

[Wolf Man]

O.o you have a good point there, guess i should just make a smaller map, o well

[SmackWaters]

Beware of open maps, the Quake II engine isn't optimised for open spaces - more for corridor and room type maps. You're in for a world of hurt if the room is too large and open, in terms of r_speeds and fps.

- Dag

*ahem

[DrRickDaglessMD]

yeah, exactly, SmackWaters.

- Rick