My Map

steelsam · February 2004

alrite... i have a map... i compiled it and i dont know what is wrong with it. can someone help me make it so I can actually play it... (it is not even close to being finished, i started it a half hour ago)

Kouji_San · February 2004

It's tooooooooo big <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

2731863 square feet [393388384.00 square inches]
Error: Exceeded MAX_PATCHES

means you have to large areas brushes. If you look at your topview you can see that you almost used the entire area of the grid. with only 2 square rooms. My advice is to you is: scale it way down (since this size isn't really needed)

Also you put two boxes arround your map. This is a bad thing I assume you tried to fix leaks? look at the sticky above by DarkATi on solving leaks. Avoid a box arround your map at all cost since the performance of the map will suffer greatly and you get compile errors like this

steelsam · February 2004

hmm...is a marine 64 by 64?

Kouji_San · February 2004

You can see the size of the entities in the status bar at the buttom 3 one from the right.

Have a look at this link

<a href='http://nsworld.ns-central.co.uk/mappingguide/appendix7.htm' target='_blank'>Appendix Seven - Sample Map </a>

so you can get a better idea on the size of a map in hammer (download at the bottom)

steelsam · February 2004

umm ok... so, will you show me some stuff to do... like thru AIM cuz i find that a lot lot easier than 2 read from tutorials.... (if you even have aim

TRaead · February 2004

XP-Cagey said:
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>The sizes are 32x32x36 (width x length x height) for skulk/gorge/lerk/crouching marine/crouching fade, 32x32x76 for standing marine/standing fade/crouching onos and 64x64x108 for standing onos.

I think this is probably a good question for the FAQ... I'll add it to the next revision.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

If you wonder about the size. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

steelsam · February 2004

o ok thanks

steelsam · February 2004

ok, haha i starteda new map and here it is.... so far its only 1 room and vents but o well. and i was wondering if it is in porportion.

DarkATi · February 2004

Still kinda big but much better.

~ DarkATi

steelsam · February 2004

ya i made it a bit big so people can jump and stuff

steelsam · February 2004

it takes so long to like think of the way you want your map.... u hafta have a lot of creation...

steelsam · February 2004

uhm ive been doing more to the map and i have this but there is practically no texture to it.... i havnt gotten to it yet <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

TRaead · February 2004

Once I did a map only ment for being lerk. The map was huge and you could fly around (lots of fun, by my opinion)

My Map

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