MAX_MAP_CLIPNODES help Created 18 years ago2005-11-28 17:42:52 UTC by Tetsu0

Im making a pretty complex map, actually its a re-make of the entire pokemon world.. more on that on the maps/mods forum.
anyway
I just made pallet town for now but im getting this compiling error "MAX_MAP_CLIPNODES" when i compile.
I checked the tommy14 and it described it as the engine forming convex areas of walkable space.. and there's too many of them.. but somehow im making too many.. WAYY too many. They said something about a clip brush, i looked through the entity list and i didnt notice one, and tommy14 also linked me to the valve erc collective to download an example map on how to lower my clipnodes, but i couldnt seem to find it.

anyone know how to

1)use a clipbrush
2)link me to the example map
3)explain how to have less clipnodes

any help will be greatly welcomed.
thanks in advance
-Tetsu0

I think you have to manu info_node entities in your map. Info_node entities are those yellow blocks.

I have 0 info nodes. I have a lot of Func_illusionarys though.
Like.. a whole lot of them.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/tetsuosho/func_illusionary.jpg

thats a link to the over-head view.
the blue is func illusionary.
its tall grass

Well there's your problem.
To many cillinders.

Good God, so many cylinders!

The cylinders are all Func_walls, not to say that you are calling me this, but im not that stupid.

Try covering all of the cylinders with clip brushes, which are just non-entity brushes covered with the CLIP texture.

Hmm, that didnt work Seventh, Hl Still crashes when it starts.. what if i cover all the high grass with clip brushes? Ill try that, ill let u know if it works.

well, that didnt work either, i even extended the clip brushes to the sky.. still didnt work..
maybe if i delete some of the grass things

I think it has nothing to with clipbrushes, but to many cillinders, meaning to many vertices.

Ok. i fixed it, i cut the cylinders in half.
It worked. thanks muzzle

If you still don't want to clip them just place a clip brush all over them. Then each wall will have much fewer clip nodes. Also if there are areas you can't get into them(or any other thing) place a clip brush all over that area so all the clipnodes in that area will disapear. Clipnodes are the things that tell which area is solid and which aren't.

sweet. thanks for the info guys