mapping VIRGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(fanny cradock) #1

ok ive just started mapping and encountered a problem already!!!

everytime i try to view my map im stuck as a spectator at a single point (cant move from this point, but i can move my ‘head’) and if i try to join axis or allies the came locks and i have to restart the comp.

ive created my basic tutorial room 256 x 256 added the entities like info_player_deathmatch , team_ctf_redspawn, team_ctf_bluespawn and threw in a few lights for the hell of it.
then i entered the mapcoordsmins & mapcoordsmaxs but i dont really understand the process as many of the tutorials either dont mention it at all or if the do only briefly

for my 256x256 room i entered mapcoordsmins of -256, 256
mapcoordsmaxs of 256, -256 is this correct???

if not, is this why i cant wander around my map and why it freezes, or is it something else??

ive tried tutorials like surface which are excellent but dont mention mapcoordsmins & mapcoordsmaxs. but maybe it has nothing to do with mapcoordsmax/min, im just guessing here.
PLEASE, any advice would be appreciated!!!

(dark-tim) #2

for my 256x256 room i entered mapcoordsmins of -256, 256
mapcoordsmaxs of 256, -256 is this correct???

no , between 256, -256 and -256, 256

(MadJack) #3

You can’t move because you’re most likely not inside the box map or you’re in a clip brush. Bring the spawns inside the box.

(Orange) #4

That’s -256 256 (min) and 256 -256 (max)
But make it bigger, something like -320 320 (min) and 320 -320 (max).

(Malverik) #5

if your room is 256x256, and the lower left corner is at (0,0), mapcoordsmins would be 0 256 and mapcoordsmax 256 0

and you need to put some loose so it would be mapcoordsmins -64 320 mapcoordsmaxs 320 -64

And if you cant move its probably because you didnt hollowed it out! If your entities were outside you would probably have leaking errors or you would fall down at game start