Compiling takes too long

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 6:23 pm

I realize that the more brushes I'm putting on my map, the bigger is the time to compile. The problem is I've just made a grandstaircase (27 steps, 27 square brushes). Now my compiling time jumps from 15 min (strange I only have 1 house...) to an hour (after the staircase).

So, is that normal? There's nothing there but 1 house.

Post by **Surgeon** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 6:30 pm

Have you made the staircase "detail" (right click with the brushes selected and select detail) ??

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 7:07 pm

No. I just putted the brushes.

MIG · Post by **MIG** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 12:47 am

Have you put a sky around your creation? And completely around it?

Then u should make a tiny gap in your sky brush. So the compiler sees this a little different then and will compile it much more quickly.

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 5:15 am

Sorry MIG, I didn't get the point...Yes, I have a sealed box (one is the ground and the five others are the sky), so I have to "unseal" it? Will the compiler say "leaked"? Is this ok?

Thanks for your reply!

mohaa_rox · Post by **mohaa_rox** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:02 am

it won't leak.

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Mon Jun 09, 2003 2:02 pm

Cool, guys... It worked! My map compiles now in...15 sec. hahahaha... Much better than 2 h. Thanks to this thiny little gap. I see the lights are a little different but who cares, I just wanna test the dam map more often.

Txs, guys.

TheStorm · Post by **TheStorm** » Mon Jun 09, 2003 7:06 pm

This might help you understand! a bit!

VIS for dummies

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 2:05 am

No TheStorm... that one will actually make you understand A LOT!

Its great!

wacko · Post by **wacko** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 5:48 am

mohaa_rox wrote:it won't leak.

mohaa_rox · Post by **mohaa_rox** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 6:15 am

Wacko wrote:
mohaa_rox wrote:it won't leak.

??? did i say something wrong....again? maybe i didn't read the post carefully.

Jack Ruby · Post by **Jack Ruby** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 4:40 pm

I thought the sky box had to be sealed.

Whats the deal with making it open a little ? It wont leak ????
Please explain this technique .

Zip · Post by **Zip** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 4:57 pm

I think if you have a leak in your map it reduces the compile time (it misses out the .prt file) You can then re-seal it at the end for your final compile. That's what he meant i think

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 11:48 pm

Zip wrote:I think if you have a leak in your map it reduces the compile time (it misses out the .prt file) You can then re-seal it at the end for your final compile. That's what he meant i think

Not really shure how you ment this, but this is what happens if you "open the skybox":

The VIS compile process is destroyed completely and can not be done: so the VIS stage takes virtually no time at all ( compared to a proper VIS compile ).
Because of this, all VIS optimizations are gone, and the map will have bad FPS...

So why would I do it?

Because when mapping you often want to just see "how it looks with that thing moved to there"... and if you dont give a rats ass about preformance: you sacrifice it to the God of fast compiles.

Because of this it is NOT a solution for released compiles and for complies made to test map performance.

Zip · Post by **Zip** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 10:05 am

Yep, that's what I meant

That is how I check my progress of a map. Actually I don't even use any sky, just compile it as it is (all void out there!).