HELP!!!!!

[xid]

My level that Ive been making for months has a leak!! I tried to patch it and got nothing!! So i deleted the rooms that were having the problem and patched the wall up that connected to them. I tried to rerun it after that but I still get a leak error!! help!! I only have one copy of my map saved and so if it cant fix this leak the a month worth of work is ruined!! my editor doest have a feature that shows where the leak is. what the hell can i do?

[Paul]

theres a thing that makes a trail of dots to the leak in quake... cant remember what it is - a pointfile is it? or am i thinking of the quake3 engine...

[randall]

Run the map in Quake. Once the map loads, drop the console and type "pointfile". Then wander around your map until you find a series of dots. Follow that line of dots and it will lead you to the leak.

[Paul]

hey i got it right!

[xid]

I cant open the map in quake because my editor wont compile the map to run in quake with the leak, so i cant get a bsp file.

[randall]

It'll compile with a leak. It'll just have horrible r_speeds.<br><br>I use Worldcraft as my editor, and the standard BSP compiler that comes with it. I'd recommend using those tools since they are far more stable than anything else I have ever used. (note: I din't say EASIER to use... I said MORE STABLE)

[xid]

i got it to work and typed pointfile in the concole and got "reading maps/wewelsburg2.pts...<br>not enough free particles<br>2049 points read"<br><br>and then i walked around the map and didnt see any dots, so whats wrong?? pleeze help my hearts in my throat here

[randall]

There aren't enough particles to draw the lines. Try upping the r_maxparticles (I think that's the command) to 10,000 or something wacked like that.

[xid]

whats the exact line i need to type the maxparticles and r_maxparticles are coming up as unkown commands<br>

[randall]

damn... I can't remember if that is a PocketQuake ONLY command. Let me check.

[xid]

randall here is a list of all the quake copnsole commands and r_maxparticles isnt on there a bunch of other ones that are close are though

[randall]

yeah, I just checked. r_maxparticles is POCKETQUAKE ONLY. I don't know if any other commands will help with the particle problem.<br><br>You can load you map into pocketQuake and try it.<br><br>Alternatively the WorldCraft editor allows you to load a pointfile- I have found it doesn't work that great though.<br><br>Anyway, you should be able to find at least a partial line to follow. Normally if I run out of particles the line just "ends". Try noclipping outside your map and see if you can see anything from out there.

[Dan East]

r_maxparticles is something I added for Pocket Quake. However, there is a command line switch to have Quake allocate more particles:<br>-particles n<br><br>Quake's default is 2048.<br><br>Dan East

[randall]

THAT'S IT!

[xid]

ok i see the dots but they are all over the place kinda hopefully i can fig this out if not is there anyway i can send u the map randall?