Weird error when lighting mission
by Paul Fassett · in Artist Corner · 06/29/2005 (10:44 am) · 12 replies
I have an area that is quite huge which I have not yet added any static lighting to of any kind, and when I go to load up my map it crashes with the generic windows error halfway through lighting the mission. I went through and deleted all micro brushes and got rid of any errors that existed in the .dif and reexported. I still get the same error. The console log stops here.
*** Phase 3: Mission Lighting
Lighting mission....
Missing terrain texture: Purgatory/data/missions/demo1/data/terrains/grassland/grass
Missing terrain texture: Purgatory/data/missions/demo1/data/terrains/grassland/patchy
Missing terrain texture: Purgatory/data/missions/demo1/data/terrains/grassland/sand
Any idea what could be causing this? It's worked up until now and I haven't changed anything at all in the .mis file. I'm sure it's a quark error, but not sure whats causing it.
Any one?
*** Phase 3: Mission Lighting
Lighting mission....
Missing terrain texture: Purgatory/data/missions/demo1/data/terrains/grassland/grass
Missing terrain texture: Purgatory/data/missions/demo1/data/terrains/grassland/patchy
Missing terrain texture: Purgatory/data/missions/demo1/data/terrains/grassland/sand
Any idea what could be causing this? It's worked up until now and I haven't changed anything at all in the .mis file. I'm sure it's a quark error, but not sure whats causing it.
Any one?
#2
Example, I started up a new mission and loaded my dif into it. Then I hit relight scene and it crashed.
06/29/2005 (10:47 am)
Like I said, I haven't changed anything that has to do with the mission. Just the .dif file.Example, I started up a new mission and loaded my dif into it. Then I hit relight scene and it crashed.
#3
06/29/2005 (10:48 am)
Never mind. . . 
#4
06/29/2005 (10:49 am)
Try running the debug? it gives better error messages.
#5
06/29/2005 (10:50 am)
Try placing accompanying textures in that directory and see if it works then
#6
06/29/2005 (10:51 am)
I don't have a debug version compiled unfortunatly. Has anyone run into this error before?
#7
06/29/2005 (10:55 am)
@chris: I tried replacing the textures in the scene like you suggested and I still got the same error. From my understanding if the engine doesn't find a texture for the terrain it replaces it with the detail or the vertex color. So that shouldn't have an effect on my problem.
#8
Not to mention this is about the fourth time I have had to do this with both the map2dif and map2difplus exporters.
Is there a way I can check to find the bad brush in my map that is causing this error? I did all the search commands quark allows and deleted all bad brushes, holes, and microbrushes it came up with but I still get the error until I delete the entire room then it works. ANYONE PLEASE. This is not the first time I have wasted a whole day pulling out my hair over a brush but it will be the first time I have lost an entire map.
06/29/2005 (11:46 am)
Ok so after much deliberation I deleted half of my map, just to ensure my suspicions were right, after I loaded the .dif in it loaded up fine. Of course I lost about 2 weeks worth of work, but it's there. YAY ME!!Not to mention this is about the fourth time I have had to do this with both the map2dif and map2difplus exporters.
Is there a way I can check to find the bad brush in my map that is causing this error? I did all the search commands quark allows and deleted all bad brushes, holes, and microbrushes it came up with but I still get the error until I delete the entire room then it works. ANYONE PLEASE. This is not the first time I have wasted a whole day pulling out my hair over a brush but it will be the first time I have lost an entire map.
#9
06/30/2005 (5:38 am)
No one has ever had this error?
#10
Got the crash when i rotated the buildings , if i only placed them without any rotating it worked fine , i always got the crash when i relighted the mission.
Not so much help but atleast something to think of.
06/30/2005 (9:14 am)
I got bad crashes mostly from stairs with small brushes and other complex shapes, so i made them detail brushes.Got the crash when i rotated the buildings , if i only placed them without any rotating it worked fine , i always got the crash when i relighted the mission.
Not so much help but atleast something to think of.
#11
It's a shame theres no release date for the constructor. I aould have waited for it if they were to release it soon.
06/30/2005 (12:29 pm)
Well I have abandoned all hope for fixing my map. I have since bought Cartography shop and will redo the whole level in it. It's a shame to see all that work down the shitter.It's a shame theres no release date for the constructor. I aould have waited for it if they were to release it soon.
#12
03/10/2008 (6:04 pm)
Same problems here - the mission editor is pathetic guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Torque Owner Chris Labombard
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It is something to do with the ter file... You may have changed hte names of the textures or deleted them while trying to load a .ter file with those textures stlil there.