Can someone please optimize my map? Created 18 years ago2006-07-26 16:34:18 UTC by Elementalwindx

I am new to maping in source and I sucked at mapping in hl1, can someone please optimize my hl2 map as I really do not understand how to do it myself?

Also I need someone to fix the player starts, everyone keeps spawning at the same info_player_start.

Thanks guys.

Map can be found at:
http://www.helpmehit9s.com/maps/test.bsp
http://www.helpmehit9s.com/maps/test.lin
http://www.helpmehit9s.com/maps/test.log
http://www.helpmehit9s.com/maps/test.prt
http://www.helpmehit9s.com/maps/test.vmf
http://www.helpmehit9s.com/maps/test.vmx

Thanks!

Also I need someone to fix the player starts, everyone keeps spawning at the same info_player_start.

So its a deathmatch map? You need info_player_deathmatch for those. Info_player_start is only used in singleplayer maps.

ah ok. i wish someone would help me with the optimizing it though

valve developer wiki. Type optimizing in it. It has a Looong article about it.

just so you know, all you need to optimize the map is the .vmf file.

I dont understand the article As you can see when you download my map I tried to optimize it but um....yeah. it didnt work.

Here's some quick tips:

Use func_detail. If you have detail bits of brushwork that don't serve to block VIS (i.e. they're not huge walls or something) then turn 'em into func_detail.

Use nodraw to texture faces that the player never sees.

Map intelligently. Make sure brushwork doesn't collide with each.

Don't use a gigantic skybox to seal your map. This extends the length of the compile and makes your map laggy.

Try this site: http://www.student.kun.nl/rvanhoorn/Optimization.htm

It doesnt even have a skybox cause its just a REALLY tall box that everyone places in that teleports to smaller rooms. But when your at the top of that box and your looking down thru the glass you have to break, it gets REAL laggy. None of my brushwork is colliding with each other, I did the nodraw stuff, even on faces you cant see but had textures, I dont think I really did anything with details yet because there really is not much with details in the map :- Still learning that part.

Just out of curiosity, what are your comp specs? They may be just enough to run HL2, but perhaps not an area so large.

nodraw stuff, even on faces you cant see

you mean only on faces you cant see, right?

I wrote a big tutorial on Optimization, as soon as ant Finishes it Ill send you the link.

its just a REALLY tall box that everyone places in that teleports to smaller rooms. But when your at the top of that box and your looking down thru the glass you have to break, it gets REAL laggy

First problem: the type of map you are making is a huge killbox. No way to optimize that I'm afraid.
Second problem: each time there's a layer of glass, the engine takes a performance hit rendering everything behind the glass. In this case, you have multiple layers, so the effect is multiplied.
If we add the 13 barrels, 8 apc wheels, airboat, 4 ragdolls, a ship and lots of weapon models, the effect must be pretty bad indeed
If you do things the engine wasn't meant to do, you're bound to run into problems.