Vrad.exe crashing

By MrJihad 6 years ago

When I compile my map, vrad.exe keeps crashing (the compile stops and the windows message "vrad.exe has to close" message appears) Then the compile finishes and I can play my map, but I notice the "light" entities do not work.

Here is the compile log:

** Executing... ** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vbsp.exe" ** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\steamydan\counter-strike source\cstrike" "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdkcontent\cstrike\mapsrc\surfjihadsracebeta8"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Dec 11 2006) 1 threads materialPath: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\steamydan\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials Loading C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdkcontent\cstrike\mapsrc\surfjihadsracebeta8.vmf fixing up envcubemap materials on brush sides... ProcessBlockThread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1) ProcessBlockThread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1) Processing areas...done (0) Building Faces...done (0) Chop Details...done (0) Find Visible Detail Sides... Merged 530 detail faces...done (0) Merging details...done (2) FixTjuncs... PruneNodes... WriteBSP... done (2) writing C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdkcontent\cstrike\mapsrc\surfjihadsracebeta8.prt...done (1) Creating default cubemaps for envcubemap using skybox materials: skybox/skyday0101*.vmt Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.

No such variable "$hdrbasetexture" for material "skybox/skyday0101rt" Can't load skybox file skybox/skyday0101 to build the default cubemap! Finding displacement neighbors... Finding lightmap sample positions... Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 Building Physics collision data... done (1) (367548 bytes) Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 Water found with no waterlodcontrol entity, creating a default one. Compacting texture/material tables... Reduced 1460 texinfos to 1103 Reduced 13 texdatas to 12 (334 bytes to 269) Writing C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdkcontent\cstrike\mapsrc\surfjihadsracebeta8.bsp 12 seconds elapsed

** Executing... ** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vvis.exe" ** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\steamydan\counter-strike source\cstrike" -fast "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdkcontent\cstrike\mapsrc\surfjihadsracebeta8"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (Nov 8 2007) fastvis = true 1 threads reading c:\program files\steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdkcontent\cstrike\mapsrc\surfjihadsracebeta8.bsp reading c:\program files\steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdkcontent\cstrike\mapsrc\surfjihadsracebeta8.prt 1531 portalclusters 4819 numportals BasePortalVis: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (20) WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster Optimized: 621 visible clusters (0.00%) Total clusters visible: 2322317 Average clusters visible: 1516 Building PAS... Average clusters audible: 1519 visdatasize:597963 compressed from 587904 writing c:\program files\steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdkcontent\cstrike\mapsrc\surfjihadsracebeta8.bsp 21 seconds elapsed

** Executing... ** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vrad.exe" ** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\steamydan\counter-strike source\cstrike" -noextra "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdkcontent\cstrike\mapsrc\surfjihadsracebeta8"

Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Nov 8 2007) ----- Radiosity Simulator ---- 1 threads [Reading texlights from 'lights.rad'] [1 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\program files\steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdkcontent\cstrike\mapsrc\surfjihadsracebeta8.bsp 36689 faces 176705451 square feet [25445584896.00 square inches] 0 displacements 0 square feet [0.00 square inches] 36689 patches before subdivision

** Executing... ** Command: Copy File ** Parameters: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\steamydan\sourcesdkcontent\cstrike\mapsrc\surfjihadsracebeta8.bsp" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\steamydan\counter-strike source\cstrike\maps\surfjihadsrace_beta8.bsp"

I was thinking that maybe:

WARNING: Cluster portals saw into cluster

has something to do with it but I have no idea what this means or how to get rid of it.

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    Sheeprider
    Posted 6 years ago

    Didn't spot anything else in there, and Interlopers had this to say about that one, repeating error:

    Description: (I think) vbsp.exe has made a concave leaf (or in other ways invalid) that can see into itself. I've also heard about this being caused by overlapping brushes or brushes that are off-grid (thuss causing offgrid visleafs). Allthough i find this unlikely, I am not sure if it isn't, so keep those possibilities open too.

    Solution: The solution is to simplify your leafs (func_detail) as much as possible to avoid this error, but usually (or sometimes) you will find no bad things come from it and your map runs as it should. If you got unexpected low FPS somewhere, this may be the cause. Finding it may be hard, and usually ends up in using cordon tools or just not doing it at all. First look at complicated parts of your map, try to use glview glview to find it.

    Don't know if this should make your Vrad crash, but it definately ain't helping, so it can't hurt to try fixing it.

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    MrJihad
    Posted 6 years ago

    Basically I have quite a few large brushes that overlap in places so I will sort that out then hope it works.

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    Sheeprider
    Posted 6 years ago
    Posted by MrJihad Basically I have quite a few large brushes that overlap in places so I will sort that out then hope it works.

    That is one possible cause, yes. Invalid brushed could be another, or as the description says, off-grid stuff and just way too complicated world geometry (although extremely unlikely).

    Just simplify it where you can without loosing too much of your work, fix overlapping and invalid brushes, and tie all world geometry, that isn't blocking VIS or sealing a leak to func_detail.

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    Posted 6 years ago

    Any brushes which don't significantly block visibility should be tied to func_detail.

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    MrJihad
    Posted 6 years ago

    Well I've sorted the brushes out and now vrad works without crashing, thanks for the help.

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