troubleshooting in mapping

(Tweekzor) #1

first of all i get
**ERROR: Q_strcat: Already Overflowed
what does it mean and how do i fix it?

second of all i got a prefab tank from a tutorial site + script, and it is not working
when the game starts (before that q_strcat bug) the tank is not solid and has broken tires at the floor and tank body flaoting above it :S no chance of repairing the tank bcause the tank triggers are nowhere to be found in the map

and third i would like to know how to get the tank to blow something up :wink: (a wall it has to drive trough) and a main gate for reaching the obj

thanks for all replys

(Tweekzor) #2

i got the q_strcat error fixed, but somehow in et the sky gives light but no textures accept it (dunno how to say it properly) i see the sky, with lights but everything else is completely black

(-SSF-Sage) #3

One pic tells more than a thousand words. Probably you’d get away with adding a key _ambient with a value about 8 (to the worldspawn). When you compile the light with that does it still look same? :smiley:

(Tweekzor) #4

it worked, but it is still darker then it was before that happened :S i got _ambient at 15 and i still think it is too dark to play nice on :S

i can walk into the tank, and cant build it


a bit too dark to see good

http://www.xfire.com/screenshots/tweekz0r/?ss_file=fe745b7ece65da08c3539158e55cec40c1a650e8.png
read what it says under it

(IndyJones) #5

don’t use ambient, use “_minlight” “18” (without ") and compile with:
-meta
-vis
-light -patchshadows -samples 3

(Tweekzor) #6

************ ERROR ************
Error opening C:/Program Files/Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory/etmain/maps/ghost_depotNo brushes selected.
: Invalid argument

get that while compiling

and this while saving:

ERROR: couldn’t open C:/Program Files/Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory/etmain/maps/ghost_depotNo brushes selected.
for write

i tried repair function with gtk radiant but still the same. and i uninstalled and reinstalled

(IndyJones) #7

do u have new q3map2 (not the one that radiant comes with)?

(Tweekzor) #8

i installed 1.5.0 now (instead of 1.4.0 which is way easier in use) and everything works again :S no weird errors