Different Cubemap Problem Created 18 years ago2006-05-27 16:18:25 UTC by cyanide

ok, the cubemaps are all there as per usual,
and the previous compiles worked fine until now.

I type in buildcubemaps and it does it but doesnt save.
The cubemaps haven't been created; nasty blue reflections.

Heres what it says in console after:
Any help please?

] buildcubemaps
bounce: 1/1 sample: 1/4
bounce: 1/1 sample: 2/4
bounce: 1/1 sample: 3/4
bounce: 1/1 sample: 4/4
Reading unknown lump #49 (258093 bytes)
Creating default cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox sky_day02_01...
Writing unknown lump #49 (258093 bytes)

Could it be the same as the HL error

WARNING: Texture lump "xxxxxx" not found ?

See Tommy's error page (Links).

Did you place cubemaps, or assign them faces? Also, do you have a leak? That could be the cause. Also, to you have too much different lights close to the cubemaps? Also, are your cubemaps too close to eachother?

Sorry for all the "also's" lol

No leaks,
too many lights/cubemaps close? Maybe, but not more than i usually do..

ps: This is the first time ive played with the lightmap scales, if that makes a difference.

What did you find from Tommy's lump error?

*What did you find from Tommy's lump error?.*

nothin

its got something to do with lights or lightmap scales... :

i removed all lightmap scales just incase and readded my cubemaps, problem remains
*heres what the compile says*

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Jan 2 2006)
1 threads
materialPath: c:program filessteamsteamappskilvertm@hotmail.comhalf-life 2 deathmatchhl2mpmaterials
Loading C:Documents and SettingsMartMy DocumentsHL Stuffhl2mapshouse2006Light.vmf
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
Chop Details...done (0)
Find Visible Detail Sides...
Merged 76 detail faces...done (0)
Merging details...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (1)
writing C:Documents and SettingsMartMy DocumentsHL Stuffhl2mapshouse2006Light.prt...done (0)
Creating default cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
skybox/sky_day02_01*.vmt
Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.

No such variable "$hdrbasetexture" for material "skybox/sky_day02_01rt"
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_day02_01 to build the default cubemap!
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) (259954 bytes)
Emitting linux collision data (use -nolinuxdata to disable).
Building Physics collision data...
done (0) (259954 bytes)
Error! prop_static using model "models/props_docks/channelmarker02b_chunk01c.mdl", which must be used on a dynamic entity (i.e. prop_physics). Deleted.
Error loading studio model "models/props_docks/channelmarker02b_chunk01c.mdl"!
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Compacting texture/material tables...
Reduced 1351 texinfos to 949
Reduced 95 texdatas to 93 (3295 bytes to 2749)
Writing C:Documents and SettingsMartMy DocumentsHL Stuffhl2mapshouse2006Light.bsp
10 seconds elapsed
Memory leak: mempool blocks left in memory: 7

Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_day02_01 to build the default cubemap!

Make sure that sky really exists, which means going into the gcf and looking for the file yourself. Weird stuff happens without default cubemaps.

I get the same error.

It's not the sky I'm sure, and it's not the cubemaps being too close together mainly because the sky texture and cubemaps are in the same place as before the engine update. (And they worked fine then)

I actually deleted all the cubemaps,
so when i buildcubemaps it shouldnt even do anything but it still comes up with.

Reading unknown lump #49
Creating default cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox sky_day02_01...
Writing unknown lump #49

So what the heck can mess cubemaps us so bad, i already re-installed the whole game.

It's the engine. Valve updated it last week.

Join the other hundreds of people who have been having problems with the update...

cool, its drove me crazy all of this week, thanks.
I guess ill just keep mapping until they fix it.

From the compile log:

fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...

Do you have cubemaps attached to brush faces which get thrown away or aren't visible?

The cubemaps are fine, its just that HL2DM doesnt create them properly(on any map), however when in Garrysmod i typed buildcubemaps and it worked.
I already re-installed HL2, what does it take?! Argh!

The only game which doesn't seem to be affected by the engine update is HL2. Which is why people who map for HL2 haven't had any stupid errors in Hammer.

Just wait for a fix.