Exceeded MAX_PATCHESSourced from: http://www.slackiller.com/tommy14/errors.htm
When hlrad runs, it takes all the visible faces in the game, and divides them into sections called patches. These patches are the textures used as the lightmaps for the world. There is a hard limit of 65535 patches that hlrad can deal with. By default, a 64x64 game unit chunk of space is the size of one patch. If the texture scaling (not texture size) is larger or smaller, it will directly affect the lightmap size as well. This means a texture with scale of 2, will have at best 1/4th as many patches as a texture with a scale of 1.
Putting a 'box' around the level to protect from leaks is the most commmon cause of this error, beyond excessively large maps. The box causes vis to keep the faces on the outside which would normally be thrown away. These faces are then required to have lightmaps. Worst case, is that putting a box around the level will usually cause an extra 40-80% more lightmaps to be created than necessary.
Barring having a box, the other cause is large maps. The fixes are varied but can only help so far.
Remove any "box" from around your level and fight the leak leak leak war the right way.
If you have not boxed in your level, then the #1 fix is running HLRAD with the -sparse flag - but compile will be slower.
Using -chop values larger than the default 64 for hlrad will cause the light patches to be larger. However, for values larger than around 96 the map's lights start looking bad, and will more prominently show the 'staircase' effect on shadows.
Using a larger scale on large textures (dirt, rock walls, concrete) will help those large surfaces consume fewer patches for lighting.
see also: skyboxing
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I tried it in the latest WON build and it worked fine for me...
For a beginners tutorial into modeling for Half-Life:
http://www.vlatitude.com/tutorials.php?tutID=54
There are four of them in total. Take a look and see if you can do it.
http://www.vlatitude.com/tutorials.php?tutID=54
There are four of them in total. Take a look and see if you can do it.
I can't remember right now, but I think that the third person mode needs at least the latest WON version of Half-Life to work well.
BTW, Half-Life can't handle really large maps too well. Depending on how big it is will determine whether or not you need to make it smaller.
Worldcraft was the old incarnation of Hammer. It was the version that was included in the retail version of Half-Life.
@Coolfat - Take Seventh's advice, especially if you can't run Hammer!
@Coolfat - Take Seventh's advice, especially if you can't run Hammer!
Yes and no.
If you're using pure Half-Life then no, you would need to code. However, some talented mappers have created some drivable vehicles in Spirit of Half-Life (http://spirit.valve-erc.com/) if you're really desperate.
I wouldn't really suggest using drivable vehicles as they don't really do that good a job. The ones in CS are particularly buggy.
If you're using pure Half-Life then no, you would need to code. However, some talented mappers have created some drivable vehicles in Spirit of Half-Life (http://spirit.valve-erc.com/) if you're really desperate.
I wouldn't really suggest using drivable vehicles as they don't really do that good a job. The ones in CS are particularly buggy.
Afaik, the sky texture will stay in place and only the tunnel will rotate.
Yes it is, although the result may not be too good.
You can turn down the amount of Undo levels in the Options. This problem sounds more like a computer problem to me. Hit Ctrl-Alt-Dlt and see what's sucking up RAM as this is probably the likely suspect. For the wads, load them in, hit Apply, then ok, exit Hammer and open it again. If this doesn't work, check for errors on you Hard Disk(s), check for viruses, increase the virtual memory and check for other crap. If all fails, format. 
Indeed.
Oh, and shutup Seventh.
Oh, and shutup Seventh.
That's a good point Mephs. The only excuses that I see fit to deny a member using correct grammer are:
1.) English is not their natural language
2.) They are uneducated.
If you do not fall into any of these reasons then shame on you! Take the time to type out your questions and comments correctly. It'll do you good, trust me!
1.) English is not their natural language
2.) They are uneducated.
If you do not fall into any of these reasons then shame on you! Take the time to type out your questions and comments correctly. It'll do you good, trust me!
Imagine if all the documentation and in-game text was put together like this: "weelcome 2 blak mesa w00t!!1!" and so forth... I would have burned my CD and salted the earth thereafter, brilliant game or no.LOL!
Yep, I must agree there. Well done everyone. 
Kol's answer is obviously the answer. Listen to his wise words.
Ooooo, cold.
Yes, it sounds incredibly enticing! 
Where do I sign up?
Where do I sign up?
From the Triple M Radio Show Segment 'Captain Obvious'
Olympic Commentator - "All the medals are good, but gold is the best"
Olympic Commentator - "He really needs to get out in front if he wants to win"
Olympic Commentator - "All the medals are good, but gold is the best"
Olympic Commentator - "He really needs to get out in front if he wants to win"
I have no idea where I am. Things are just floating round!
Err....
Google is the prefered search engine of many...
Google is the prefered search engine of many...
c:mapsshmoff2.bspHere is the error. BSP should be going into the maps folder in the Counter-Strike folder. I suggest you take another look at the 'Setting Up Hammer' tutorial and follow it carefully.
Just as long that lessons are learnt
Zoner's tools are a substitute for the old 'qrad', 'qbsp', 'vis' & 'qcsg'. All you have to do is specify Zoner's tools in the Hammer setup instead of the other ones.
Perhaps you could add your decals to the original 'decals.wad'.
You really should be using Zoner's Half-Life tools for compilling. Check the Links page for a download link.
shame but surely u can code or sumthingYes this is possible. Mike created some AI for the Chumbtoad in Spirit of Half-Life! Quite clever.
You need hammer 3.5 betaHe's got that already. Remember to get the FGD and to unpack the models. What type of Half-Life do you have, Retail or Steam?
RETAIL: You need a program like Pak Explorer which will 'unzip' the 'pak0.pak' file.
STEAM: As Rabid said, you need GFCScape to 'unzip' the 'GCF' files.
Make sure that you are using the new FGD in Hammer and it should work.
And that would be cheating anyway. Recreate them yourself.
We definately need a little more info. I can direct you to this tutorial, but unless you give us some more info there's not much we can help you with. Sorry.
True that, and it may discourage beginners who aren't sure whether they should join or not, despite the ease in doing so. Hell, I know I was...
My suggestion: when you save the sprites, save them directly over the old ones. HOWEVER! The default HUD will now be gone. To get it back, you'd probably need to extract the default sprites again.
Ah, I was refering to Half-Life.
I reckon the NS team would probably do it. Most of the major mods would be updated to the source engine I predict.
Try switching to texture from World to Face and vice versa. I know there is another way, I just can't remember it right now. Sorry!
From their site. www.water-wars.net
True, but it's interesting nonetheless.
I thought default gravity was 100.
Water Wars: www.water-wars.net (not finished yet)
lol Don't worry about it. Most people make this mistake when they start mapping.
Exactly.
Like I said, when Half-Life was created, they probably didn't know the engine could be pushed that much.
If I had to pay for a mod I wouldn't get it. Most people make mods for the love of making mods.
Another spooky TWHL mystery...
I'm guessing that the Half-Life engine was revised to get rid of the teleporting method. I read about all the tutorials that were availiable on the trigger_camera and all mentioned the teleporting method. Perhaps an update is needed.
Valve models look 'cartoonish' because dedicated people have decided to push the engine to its limit and create better models. I'm guessing Valve had no idea it could use those models when Half-Life was created.
Alright, Christmas is all planned out for me now!!
Strange. Just create the celing and floor manually with brushes.
Some models you wont be able to use (for example the Chumbtoad because it has no actions).
It happened to me too for some reason. If you want a copy, email me at 'anthony@m0pX.net' with a topic like 'Fonts.wad' and I'll send it.