Anyone know the official max sides to a leaf node. I’ve gotten the error that a leaf nodes has too many sides in the past, but it would be helpful to know the actual limit.
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stephanbay
(stephanbay)
#2
isnt that a Vis-compile error? if so then just make it detail. To answer your question : i have no idea :P. I have already used a 100 side but had no problem with it
ACROBAT
(ACROBAT)
#3
Ya if you make giant sections of you map all one leaf node by using “_blocksize 0” you can get big ones. I make hallways going outside of my skybox that are drawn and seen by players standing in the main area because they are connected by narrow hallways.
It’s almost like having a sky portal, but in only affects that one area of the map since you can section off other areas with hint brushes etc.
If you make the leaf node too complex though, you get some sort of leaf node with max planes error.
By doing this trick you could have a map with something like an incredibly complex sky portal looking thing that is really just short zig zagging hallways out in the void that are all included in each others PVS set.
Hard to explain what I’m saying here…