What is that and how do I fix it?

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What is that and how do I fix it?

Post by EvilGrins » Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:50 pm

Already on a released map.
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See that bright patch on the ground? It's a distortion. At the time it wasn't a BSP hole or anything so I wasn't worried. You can walk over it fine but it tends to do this to the visuals:

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I've seen this kinda thing before but not for a very long time.

What is it? More importantly, how would I go about fixing it??

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Re: What is that and how do I fix it?

Post by Terraniux » Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:10 pm

It's a BSP cut, a real nasty one. that part must be rebuilded with proper brushes.
Most likely also a wrong single vertex edit would cause this.. Certain surfaces aren't "straight".I encountered this many times too during my mapping projects. Especially the first crystalmine (building the ''mines" ) had these all over. Remove and rebuild with proper brushes will fix it.

And the definition of a bsp cut means that it's surface is not straight and lets you see trough outside the map, but out of range perspective.

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Re: What is that and how do I fix it?

Post by EvilGrins » Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:59 pm

Sadly a rebuild is currently out of my range of skills. Still, I might be able to align it better. Worth a shot.

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