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Anyone know where i can find a tutorial that shows me how to make materials for counter-strike:source.... VERC doesn't help at all lol, thats why I'm here

I used the prop palm_tree_head_skybox from de_dust in my skybox but when i run my map it looks huge. Not multiplied in size by 16 though like skyboxes do becuase that prop should already be scaled down but it look about 4 time the size as it should be. Anyone know why or how to fix it?

are you making a cs map or a cs:s map. Cs:s no longer uses info_playerstart it uses info_playercounterterrorist

just type in sky in your textures list and it shows all the different sky's... in the textures menu they all have something added to the end of the name though like for sky_dust theres sky_dustbk sky_dusttp but the acual name of the sky texture is the part of the name that doesn't change

p.s. No deleting the folder doesn't work... niether does reinstalling all of steam or all the source programs on your computer. Nothing works, steam is gay

I had that same problem. I asked valve... they didn't help... I asked people here... they didn't help. I asked the people at hammer.... they didn't help. I dont think anoyone knows how to fix it.

What i did was went to my <username>/sourcesdk/bin folder, found hammer and made a shortcut of that onto my desktop. So you may not be able to run source sdk but atleast you got hammer :

** Executing...
** Command: Change Directory
** Parameters: "C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdk"

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistocounter-strike sourcecstrikemapsdustmarket.vmf" "C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkcstrike_sample_contentmapsdustmarket.vmf"

** Executing...
** Command: "C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkbinvbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -game "C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkcstrike_sample_content" "C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkcstrike_sample_contentmapsdustmarket"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Nov 22 2004)
1 threads
materialPath: C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkcstrike_sample_contentmaterials
Loading C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkcstrike_sample_contentmapsdustmarket.vmf
Detected multiplayer map, building linux dedicated server data
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)

FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (-816.0, 779.5, 28.0)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_GRATE CONTENTS_TRANSLUCENT
Leaf 1 contents: CONTENTS_WINDOW CONTENTS_TRANSLUCENT
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_WINDOW
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_WINDOW
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_WINDOW
Candidate brush IDs: Brush 245:

ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)

FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (-816.0, 779.5, 28.0)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_GRATE CONTENTS_TRANSLUCENT
Leaf 1 contents: CONTENTS_WINDOW CONTENTS_TRANSLUCENT
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_WINDOW
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_WINDOW
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_WINDOW
Candidate brush IDs: Brush 245:

Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (0)
writing C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkcstrike_sample_contentmapsdustmarket.prt...done (0)
Creating default cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox sky_dust...
Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Finding displacement neighbors...
Finding lightmap sample positions...
Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Building Physics collision data...
done (1) (210292 bytes)
Building Physics collision data...
done (0) (210292 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Writing C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkcstrike_sample_contentmapsdustmarket.bsp
17 seconds elapsed
Memory leak: mempool blocks left in memory: 49
Memory leak: mempool blocks left in memory: 5

** Executing...
** Command: "C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkzhlt30_beta4hlvis.exe"
** Parameters: -game "C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkcstrike_sample_content" "C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkcstrike_sample_contentmapsdustmarket"

Unknown option "-game"hlvis v3.0 rel 3.0 Beta 4 (Nov 11 2004)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools 3.0 For Half Life 1
Based on code modifications by Sean `Zoner' Cavanaugh.
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to (amckern at amckern@yahoo.com)

If you have a Compile error with this stage of compile, please check
http://www.zhlt.info or the Mods Mapping Forum `Search Function'.

= hlvis Options =

-full           : Full vis
-fast           : Fast vis

-texdata #      : Alter maximum texture memory limit (in kb)
-lightdata #      : Alter maximum texture memory limit (in kb)
-chart          : display bsp statitics
-low | -high    : run program an altered priority level
-nolog          : don't generate the compile logfiles
-threads #      : manually specify the number of threads to run
-estimate       : display estimated time during compile
-maxdistance #  : Alter the maximum distance for visibility
-verbose        : compile with verbose messages
-noinfo         : Do not show tool configuration information
-dev #          : compile with developer message

mapfile         : The mapfile to compile

** Executing...
** Command: "C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkzhlt30_beta4hlrad.exe"
** Parameters: -game "C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkcstrike_sample_content" "C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamAppscalistosourcesdkcstrike_sample_contentmapsdustmarket"

Unknown option "-game"
hlrad v3.0 rel 3.0 Beta 4 (Nov 11 2004)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools 3.0 For Half Life 1
Based on code modifications by Sean `Zoner' Cavanaugh.
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to (amckern at amckern@yahoo.com)

If you have a Compile error with this stage of compile, please check
http://www.zhlt.info or the Mods Mapping Forum `Search Function'.

= hlrad Options =

-sparse         : Enable low memory vismatrix algorithm
-nomatrix       : Disable usage of vismatrix entirely

-extra          : Improve lighting quality by doing 9 point oversampling
-bounce #       : Set number of radiosity bounces
-ambient r g b  : Set ambient world light (0.0 to 1.0, r g b)
-maxlight #     : Set maximum light intensity value
-circus         : Enable 'circus' mode for locating unlit lightmaps
-nopaque        : Disable the opaque zhlt_lightflags for this compile

-smooth #       : Set smoothing threshold for blending (in degrees)
-chop #         : Set radiosity patch size for normal textures
-texchop #      : Set radiosity patch size for texture light faces

-notexscale #   : Do not scale radiosity patches with texture scale
-coring #       : Set lighting threshold before blackness
-dlight #       : Set direct lighting threshold
-nolerp         : Disable radiosity interpolation, nearest point instead

-fade #         : Set global fade (larger values = shorter lights)
-falloff #      : Set global falloff mode (1 = inv linear, 2 = inv square)
-scale #        : Set global light scaling value
-gamma #        : Set global gamma value

-sky #          : Set ambient sunlight contribution in the shade outside
-lights file    : Manually specify a lights.rad file to use
-noskyfix       : Disable light_environment being global
-incremental    : Use or create an incremental transfer list file

-dump           : Dumps light patches to a file for hlrad debugging info

-texdata #      : Alter maximum texture memory limit (in kb)
-lightdata #    : Alter maximum lighting memory limit (in kb)
-chart          : display bsp statitics
-low | -high    : run program an altered priority level
-nolog          : Do not generate the compile logfiles
-threads #      : manually specify the number of threads to run
-estimate       : display estimated time during compile
-verbose        : compile with verbose messages
-noinfo         : Do not show tool configuration information
-dev #          : compile with developer message

-colourgamma r g b : Sets different gamma values for r, g, b
-colourscale r g b : Sets different lightscale values for r, g ,b
-colourjitter r g b : Adds noise, independent colours, for dithering
-jitter r g b : Adds noise, monochromatic, for dithering
-nodiffuse : Disables light_environment diffuse hack
-nospotpoints : Disables light_spot spherical point sources
-softlight r g b d : Scaling values for backwards-light hack

-customshadowwithbounce : Enables custom shadows with bounce light
-rgbtransfers : Enables RGB Transfers (for custom shadows)

mapfile         : The mapfile to compile

there no leaks and my RAD and VIS are working right?

I get this problem in the console when i run my map and it is all birght. I have lights in my map so why does it say its unit?
execing skill1.cfg
Executing listen server config file
32 player server started
couldn't exec listenserver.cfg
Adding master server 69.28.151.178:27011
Adding master server 207.173.177.12:27011
Connected to 127.0.0.1:27015

Counter-Strike: Source
Map: dustmarket
Players: 1 / 32
Build 2217
Server Number 1
Initializing renderer...
Level unlit, setting 'mat_fullbright 1'

--IS-- Calisto connected

thanks

when i start my map it is all bright. It says the map has no lighting but i have lights in it. Anyone no what the problem is?

does anyone no how to make dust? I used the env_dustpuff entity as it is without changing any defualt setting and it doesn't show up when i compile my map.

it looks good to me?

Anyone no how to fix this problem? I get this error in console:

SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_6x8_sill.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_6x8_sill.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_6x8_sill.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_6x8_sill.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_6x8_sill.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_6x8_sill.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_6x8_sill.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_6x8_sill.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_6x8_sill.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_4x8_arch_flat.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_4x8_arch_flat.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_4x4_square_flat.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (./models/props/de_dust/du_window_4x4_square_flat.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (models/props/de_dust/palm_tree_head_skybox.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (models/props/de_dust/palm_tree_head_skybox.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (models/props/de_dust/palm_tree_head_skybox.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (models/props/de_dust/palm_tree_head_skybox.mdl)
SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (models/props/de_dust/palm_tree_head_skybox.mdl)

I get this error when i compile my map:

ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)

FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (-816.0, 779.5, 28.0)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_GRATE CONTENTS_TRANSLUCENT
Leaf 1 contents: CONTENTS_WINDOW CONTENTS_TRANSLUCENT
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_WINDOW
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_WINDOW
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_WINDOW
Candidate brush IDs: Brush 245:

anyoen no how to fix it?

there are no more prefabs... they are now called props. All the prefabs from cs:s will be found under the entitie menu as prop_statice or prop_physics

your awesome anonymous it worked! thanks... my week long headache has finally gone away. TIME FOR SOME FUN!

thanks

i dont have the dust ones in there tho?

can someone just send me the de_dust materials for cs:s please. I cant extract them. Thanks. My e-mail is johnnyboyyy409@hotmail.com

Can anyone send me the newest version of GCFscape for source or give me a link to it? Nemesis' homepage isn't working so I can't download it from there. My e-mail adress is johnnyboyyy409@hotmail.com. Thanks

i mean de_dust from cs: source textures. not from de_dust from cs.

So how can i load the textures from de_dust and use them in my custom map in hammer?

Okay, this is a newb question but source is different from cs and i dunno what the problem is here but when i load my map from hammer under the console on cs:s it says:

cmodel loader: :map isvalid : No such map as 'mymapsname'
map load failed. No map or map is invalid

what the problem is? haha

is there a way to trigger an entity every other round?

does anyone no how to alternate team start points? Like one round have ct's start somewhere and t's start somewhere else and the next have the T's start where the ct's did last round and visa versa. Like in that awp_knives map with the launching start point

does anyone no how to alternate team start points? like one round have T's start one place and t ct's in another and the next have the ct's start were the t's were and the t's start were the ct's were. Kinda like in that awps_knives map with the launching start point.

nvm

is there a way to turn .bsp files into .rmf so i can edit the already made levels in cs like cs_italy?

what does "fatal error Alloc: block full" mean and what is a patch?

how do u chnage it from a func_wall back to no entity?

right! fun_wall to world!... UHHH what does that mean? WHY HAVE I NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE? aight so its only my third map... shut up im a noob

there are no sky brushes in any of my entities tho? sorry i prolly should have said that before but the only sky texture is on the sky and thats a func_wall... i searched for the given entities and none of them have a sky texture

whatd does sky brusges not allowed in entity mean?

nvm i got it

im using func_conveyor to make an excalator but i dont no how to switch which way the conveyor takes you. It only take me up, I want a different escalator to take me down. How do u switch the direction it take you?

why are all my .wad files in cs empty? I want to use all the textures from cs_office so when i click cs_office.wad and set it to my .wad list in hammer there are still 0 wads i can use. anyone no why?

whats does missing frame 0 of -corn mean?

sorry, its "missing frame 0 of -corn"

i get an error that says "missing 0 of -corn" (-corn is my texture) What does that mean?

i have a night map and my water always glows... how do i make it stop?!

you make my life so much easier... thank you rabid monkey

d3d

uh... what does this mean... i cant find the problem on those coordinates

0 brushes (totalling 0 sides) discarded from clipping hulls
CreateBrush:
10..20..30..40..50..60..70..Error: Entity 0, Brush 114, Side 0: plane with no normal
Error: plane with no normal
Description: The map has a problem which must be fixed
Howto Fix: Check the file ZHLTProblems.html for a detailed explanation of this problem

Error: Entity 0, Brush 114, Side 2: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 114, Side 2: has a coplanar plane at (1022, 744, 242), texture C3A1_CRATE2
Error: Entity 0, Brush 114, Side 3: has a coplanar plane at (1022, 745, 242), texture C3A1_CRATE2
Error: Entity 0, Brush 114, Side 4: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 114, Side 4: has a coplanar plane at (1022, 744, 554), texture C3A1_CRATE2
Error: Entity 0, Brush 114, Side 4: has a coplanar plane at (1022, 744, 554), texture C3A1_CRATE2
80..Error: Entity 0, Brush 118, Side 0: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 118, Side 1: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 118, Side 1: has a coplanar plane at (1022, 745, 553), texture C3A1_CRATE2
Error: Entity 0, Brush 118, Side 3: has a coplanar plane at (1022, 744, 246), texture C3A1_CRATE2
Error: Entity 0, Brush 118, Side 4: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 118, Side 4: has a coplanar plane at (1022, 744, 246), texture C3A1_CRATE2
Error: Entity 0, Brush 118, Side 4: has a coplanar plane at (1022, 744, 246), texture C3A1_CRATE2
Error: Entity 0, Brush 120, Side 0: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 120, Side 2: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 120, Side 2: has a coplanar plane at (1153, 718, 248), texture C3A1_CRATE2
Error: Entity 0, Brush 120, Side 3: plane with no normal
Error: Entity 0, Brush 120, Side 3: has a coplanar plane at (1153, 718, 165), texture C3A1_CRATE2
Error: Entity 0, Brush 120, Side 3: has a coplanar plane at (1153, 718, 165), texture C3A1_CRATE2
Error: Entity 0, Brush 120, Side 4: has a coplanar plane at (1153, 719, 248), texture C3A1_CRATE2
90.. (4.03 seconds)

tried it... thats not the problem... ne one else no why?

whenever i turn night vision on in my map the game just closes, there arent any errors in the console or ne thing, it just closes. Anyone knows why?

how do u make a info_playerstart into a ct only start or a T only start?

is there a way to auto-select all object of the same genre. Like if i wanted to select all crates i didnt have to go one by one.

toggle is checked and there no flag that syas "use activates". It still wont turn on and off and on and off.

can someone send me a link to where i can dl the sky texture with the moving clouds or atleast a texture with sky only, no mountains or anything. Ive googled looking for it but i cant find one!

my func_button wont toggle? why not?