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"Spherical lighting: Ran out of space in the sphere arr
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:35 pm
by M&M
well,in my map i cant raise the fps above 40 in a certain area .after trying many ways 2 fix the fps in my map and typing r_showtris 2 in that area i can barely c anything drawn (that shouldnt be).usually in any other map when i see something like that after typing r_showtris 2 the fps is somewhere above 80 .but in this map the fps is somewhere around 30
.i have tried alot of stuff but they all failed .the only problem i can see in that area is this error
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"Spherical lighting: Ran out of space in the sphere array!"
it keeps appearing in the console so much that when i type anything in the console i cant c it as its buffered out quickly .i think thats the reason for the low fps since the processor tries "something" alot then fails and displays this error.
in another post bdbodger wrote:you get that error when you can see too many surfaces that have to be lite . I had a map where you parachuted in and got that error when in the air but ok on the ground
while mapping ,i remember that this error appeared (i think) when i inserted alot of effects that i was trying out of curiosity ,but im sure i removed them all .i even used the entity find tool to search for more but there wasnt .i desperatly need any fix for it so i can finally release the map .
Spherical
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 10:05 pm
by tltrude
Have you tried opening a copy of the .map file with a text editor (like Wordpad)? You can search it for "spherical" to find out which brushes/entities are using it.
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 10:38 pm
by M&M
well,i tried that now and nothing came up.well actually when i typed spherical and did the search this came up
// brush 580
{
( -2751.999756 -124 1200 ) ( -2751.999756 -444.999939 957 ) ( -2759.999756 -445 957 ) mohtest/sootwallflt 95 -43 180.00 1.000008 0.999981 0 0 0 +surfaceparm detail
( -2751.999756 -444.999939 957 ) ( -2751.999756 -437 949 ) ( -2759.999756 -437 949 ) mohtest/sootwallflt 95 83 -180.00 1.000008 -1 0 0 0 +surfaceparm detail
( -2751.999756 -437 949 ) ( -2751.999756 -124 1184 ) ( -2759.999756 -124 1184 ) mohtest/sootwallflt 95 -43 180.00 1.000008 0.999981 0 0 0 +surfaceparm detail
( -2759.999756 -124 1200 ) ( -2759.999756 -124 1184 ) ( -2751.999756 -124 1184 ) mohtest/sootwallflt 95 112 -180.00 0.999985 -1 0 0 0 +surfaceparm detail
( -2759.999756 -445 957 ) ( -2759.999756 -437 949 ) ( -2759.999756 -124 1184 ) common/caulk 28 48 -180.00 0.999985 -1 0 160 0 +surfaceparm detail
( -2751.999756 -124 1200 ) ( -2751.999756 -124 1184 ) ( -2751.999756 -437 949 ) mohtest/sootwallflt 45 112 -180.00 1.000032 -1 0 0 0 +surfaceparm detail
and the red "s" was highlighted .usually when i type something in the search its highlighted .
also ,i tried searching this brush using the find tool because im desperate .and i found it somewhere else in the map far away from the problem zone
models
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:01 pm
by tltrude
Are there a lot of models in the area? Can you show a screenshot of the worst fps view?
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 7:10 am
by jv_map
Yup it's probably too many entities or tempmodels at one particular spot with rgbGen lightingSpherical in their shaders. It might also happen when you put a texture intended for a model on a regular wall...
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 3:09 pm
by M&M
well,its kind of a secret weapons room with alot of weapons.so i guess yes,there are alot of entities .so what is the solution? delete them? .there is another area in the map with a simliar amount of weapons and doesnt make that error when i look in its general direction
also,could that be the reason for lower fps? .ill try 2 post a screenie l8r
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 3:41 pm
by M&M
well,as wierd as it may sound .i loaded up the same versio of the map yesterday and tried to recreate the error and get it on a screenie .but i failed to find the error !!!
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i tried recompiling the map itself but i still couldnt get the error back .its pretty wierd but i guess my problem has been solved
.i hope it doesnt come up after i release the map
