MAX_PATCH_PLANES error while loading my map

Ke3pR · Post by **Ke3pR** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:59 am

hi.. like the title said .. while iam loading my map it shuts down to main menu and in the console its says : ERROR : MAX_PATCH_PLANES ..

Post by **jv_map** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:33 am

Hmm

doesn't sound familiar

tried it with low curve detail yet?

Ke3pR · Post by **Ke3pR** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:10 am

i'll make a new map

.. this one is screwed up

Mj · Post by Mj » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:21 am

I had this once, i found a bunck of patch mesh outside the skybox...

Check about for patches...

Ke3pR · Post by **Ke3pR** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:26 am

what do you mean with patches ?

Mj · Post by Mj » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:30 am

Uhm.... in your radiant they should look red (i think - long since i have used that view)... if anything is outside the skybox - delete it

HyperKiller · Post by **HyperKiller** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:47 pm

Did you use the UNDO function in Radiant? It does the strangest things. Once it has duplicated all the brushes in my map. I don't use that anymore.

seere · Post by **seere** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:09 pm

Ke3pR wrote:what do you mean with patches ?

Have you used any patch mesh in your map? if so it could be too complex or too big.
This is a quote I found after a lil digging from..
Balr14
MAX_PATCH_PLANES means you have more than is allowed, for ALL meshes. Also, using terrain patches > 512 can cause unpredictable results, like that error. You can use patch mesh for terrain; I often do. But, you best reduce complexity or you can generate a ton of face planes. Patch mesh deforms much more than terrain mesh. You can get several hundred face planes from a 3 x 3 patch mesh. Terrain mesh appears to be an attempt at improving LOD terrain.

My humble advice would be to take out all terrain and patches(back up your 1st .map) and see if it runs ok then....its going to be a process of trying to track down the guilty mesh/terrain.
Seere.