Hamer bug

Whenever I try to test my map it crashes, suddenly my game shuts down.

I compile my map and I noticed it says the following:

 

As far as I know thats a standard message, ignore it.

 

It's not a bug, your dooing it wrong

Hammer can't detect a custom lights.rad file, hence it loads the default one/skips loading it

 

Did you follow the Empires tutorials? http://wiki.empiresmod.com/index.php?title=Mapping

Make sure you have spawnpoints, emp_info_params, all the proper associated files (resources, models, minimap), and a few other things I don't recall offhand.

 

I did, but it just won't work. I put all basic entities in, the map is air tight, the spawn points work fine. I have got the res files. But the map, won't, work! Couldn't it be I have to reconfigure hammer for Empires?

 

This is the best post yet. I think I might have just cried a little.

 

Clearly you did NOT. If you follow the link, the very first tutorial is "Configuring Hammer for Empires"

PLEASE read the tutorials before posting any more mapping questions.

 

Sigged.

 

The lights.rad file is not in the Empires folder, atleast it wasnt in mine. If Hammer can't find the lights.rad file in the empires folder it looks in the bin folder of the sourcesdk. (Steam\steamapps\account\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin)

If its not there also the map will compile with light textures not working (I think). This problem is easely fixed: make a new lights.rad file!

Open notepad and type in:

Code:

lights/fluorescentcool001a 189 231 232 350
lights/fluorescentcool001b 236 255 182 350
lights/fluorescentcool002a 189 231 232 400
lights/fluorescentcool002b 236 255 182 400
lights/fluorescentcool003a 189 231 232 300
lights/fluorescentwarm001a 239 216 193 350
lights/fluorescentwarm002a 239 216 193 400
lights/fluorescentwhite001a 245 245 245 350
lights/fluorescentwhite002a 245 245 245 400


lights/hazzardred001a 228 37 0 300
lights/hazzardyellow001a 250 215 74 300

lights/HIDcool001a 145 222 172 650
lights/HIDcool001b 205 232 255 650
lights/HIDwarm001a 255 201 116 650

lights/white001 250 240 205 100
lights/white002 189 233 247 425
lights/white003 232 246 190 350
lights/white004 170 228 247 425
lights/white005 234 235 220 375
lights/white006 234 235 220 100

lights/white001_nochop 250 240 205 100
lights/white002_nochop 189 233 247 425
lights/white003_nochop 232 246 190 350
lights/white004_nochop 170 228 247 425
lights/white005_nochop 234 235 220 375
lights/white006_nochop 234 235 220 100

lights/incandescentcool001a 235 235 235 300
lights/incandescentwarm001a 250 226 129 300


glass/glassscreen001a 172 192 161 225
glass/glasspipe001f 214 72 44 200
glass/glassscreen001c 172 192 161 225
glass/glassscreen001d 211 187 134 225
glass/glassblock001a 70 194 209 200
composite/citadelfloor001a 103 143 203 200
props/tvscreen006a 196 0 0 200
shadertest/gooinglass 149 49 15 50

glass/glasswindow002e 189 233 247 425
glass/glasswindow035a 145 222 172 100

dev/DEV_INTERIORLIGHT02B 151 176 204 225

plaster/plasterwall029h 189 223 227 125
building_template/Building_Trainstation_Template001d 230 230 200 65
building_template/Building_Trainstation_Template001e 230 230 200 150
building_template/Building_Trainstation_window002d 230 230 200 300
building_template/Building_Trainstation_window002e 230 230 200 300

lights/physgunlight 189 231 232 20

now save as a rad file in the "Steam\steamapps\account\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin" folder.

This is the standard lights.rad file and it seems to be working for me. I don't think Empires has any light emitting textures.

EDIT: It's a pretty common problem and could be easely fixed by simply googling "lights.rad missing" or something in that context.

 

I did reconfigure it allready, I always reconfigure hammer if there is a new version available.

And thank you Blight, I have done it and it seems to work.

 

The lights.rad file has nothing to do with whether or not your map works.

 

It does work, but the light textures won't emit light. Aleast I think so because when Omni compiled my map he told me the tunnels were not lighted. He also had no lights.rad file.

 

Yes, it controls the light emission from textures, but as texlights are rarely useful and generally should not be used, and most people don't have a lights.rad, and nothing bad comes from not using one, it isn't a problem.

 

Then I don't know what happend, but apperently the map seems to work now.