[SOLVED] "SurfIsOffscreen called on non-bmodel" -

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:27 pm

I don't know what this error is

I get this line in the consol when running the map:

WARNING: SurfIsOffscreen called on non-bmodel!

It repeats over and over very fast...

What causes it?
Is it dangerous?

Post by **jv_map** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 7:12 am

Never seen it before

only thing I can think of is that maybe you used a shader specifically written for model entities or static models on a solid wall... but that usually results only in a lighting error instead of this crap

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:26 am

Hmmm... well, the only visible effect is console messages... nothing else... lets hope it's not lethal. If it is: Tell my girl I love her...

wacko · Post by **wacko** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:16 pm

just an idea: have u scripted onscreen messages?

crunch · Post by **crunch** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:24 pm

This sounds like an openGL issue.

I am not sure exactly what is going on, but it appears that a brush/model may be beyond the limits of the grid.
The game is trying to draw something that has no "space" in which to be drawn.

This is just a guess, but is also a possibility.
Check the proximity of models/brushes to the edge of the grid in all 3 2D views. Be sure to look past the bounding boxes of models, as the models usually extend well beyond the bounding box.

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:26 am

Wacko wrote:just an idea: have u scripted onscreen messages?

Yes... I have:

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parm.other iprint "Elevator is busy" 0

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iprintlnbold_noloc  "A landshark is beeing burned in hell!" 1

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self iprint "Scout mod not installed" 0

Could this be the source?

( And I saw you had the same SurfIsOffscreen problem in some thread about a bright player model? )

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:09 pm

I cracked it in the most strange way

As the error gave no clue as to WHERE the error was: I walked around in the map, stopping at about 5 distinct points. From these points I slowly turned the player while looking at the console... at the exact angle where the error started pumping into the console: I took a screenshot... then I turned the other way around and did the same the other way.

After getting the triangulations from these placec: I returned to Radiant, drew a brush around all of the map and started Clipping the brush in accordance with the triangulation screenshots... when I was done I had a brush that almost exactly encased a single patch-mesh that made up the floor in the tobaconist:s shop in the Canal.

I deleted it and re-made it... Problem gone!

Whooopie!!!

This was really exiting detective work... seeing the brush slowly closing in on the criminal