Brick Reflection Error Created 14 years ago2010-02-07 23:39:01 UTC by hlife_hotdog

I'm using a shipped L4D brick texture, the plain, flat looking ones that get rendered better in-game. But When I run the game, they look fine except that the reflection is the purple and black checkers. Am I supposed to do something else? I've added cubemaps and built them.

Throw "mat_reloadallmaterials" in the console, then rebuild the cubemaps.

Nope, I tried that and it didn't change anything.

Odd. Does the checkered cubemap reflection show up straight away after a fresh compile, as in, before you've even built the new cubemaps?

Yes, I did a fresh compile and it still is the same. Does it matter if it's been compiled in HDR or not? I've heard it does.

if it's anything like CSS, just quit the game and go back in.

Okay, problem solved. I had read this somewhere, which is why I asked, but Left 4 Dead has a requirement that ALL maps are compiled in HDR. I created a test map and put the brick texture on the walls. I ran a normal compile and it was purple. I ran it again in HDR and before I even built the cubemaps it was working. So there you go...