SDK tip - fixing critical error.
Posted: 14 Sep 2012, 14:37
A few times I have fixed a map with critical error now. I think there is a routine people can follow.
1. Open the map in "perspective" mode. i.e. make sure you are in "perspective" mode and the 3D view is tiny. Delete the offending mistake, last added brushes/lights/items etc. If you can't guess, delete everything you did before last build, if you have no other version.
2. Update, press F7, Save, Close SDK.
3. Open SDK, open the map again in "perspective mode" Press F7 again, Save, Press F8, don't touch anything, Rebuild.
4. If first rebuild is unsuccessful, repeat whole thing again, with updates and saves in between.
5. Sounds ridiculous, but if 2nd is unsuccessful, close editor, go to sleep, try in the morning. This has worked 3 times now for me. Basically I don't give up now until the 4th attempt and it works.
6. Still not working? My routine is probably not going to help you and you suck at mapping, you were probably off-grid, using lights in a stupid way, left some actor in the wrong place, did stupid with movers, or were trying to sculpt the Cistine Chapel with small 5 sided brushes.
PROGRESS BAR - watch this closely during rebuild. If during the "rebuilding geometry" it sticks around 3rd or 4th blue bar, then the likelyhood is that either, an error still needs sorting out before rebuilding or your processor was interrupted by other software I think. (not responding) is not necessarily critical error either, the display going white is not great, but map can still rebuild fine. Sometimes the display crashes, but the rebuilding is happening. Be patient also, because if a dodgy version is fixing itself, the rebuild does take longer than usual.
STATS - SDK lies. The editor actually loses count of things, quite regularly. So be prepared for error before you expect it.
MOVERS - seem to be the thing that SDK really hates and will double or triple the strain on the rebuild or 3D viewer. I remember one SG map mover took me 17 attempts, but it worked eventually. I am currently working on the theory that it is
best to leave movers until the very last, when you don't need the 3D viewer anymore.
Face taught me the power of "perspective" mode and I am using it more and more now to do the impossible. This routine would have been very useful for SG mapping, where there is mover hell and large spaces being lit.
1. Open the map in "perspective" mode. i.e. make sure you are in "perspective" mode and the 3D view is tiny. Delete the offending mistake, last added brushes/lights/items etc. If you can't guess, delete everything you did before last build, if you have no other version.
2. Update, press F7, Save, Close SDK.
3. Open SDK, open the map again in "perspective mode" Press F7 again, Save, Press F8, don't touch anything, Rebuild.
4. If first rebuild is unsuccessful, repeat whole thing again, with updates and saves in between.
5. Sounds ridiculous, but if 2nd is unsuccessful, close editor, go to sleep, try in the morning. This has worked 3 times now for me. Basically I don't give up now until the 4th attempt and it works.
6. Still not working? My routine is probably not going to help you and you suck at mapping, you were probably off-grid, using lights in a stupid way, left some actor in the wrong place, did stupid with movers, or were trying to sculpt the Cistine Chapel with small 5 sided brushes.
PROGRESS BAR - watch this closely during rebuild. If during the "rebuilding geometry" it sticks around 3rd or 4th blue bar, then the likelyhood is that either, an error still needs sorting out before rebuilding or your processor was interrupted by other software I think. (not responding) is not necessarily critical error either, the display going white is not great, but map can still rebuild fine. Sometimes the display crashes, but the rebuilding is happening. Be patient also, because if a dodgy version is fixing itself, the rebuild does take longer than usual.
STATS - SDK lies. The editor actually loses count of things, quite regularly. So be prepared for error before you expect it.
MOVERS - seem to be the thing that SDK really hates and will double or triple the strain on the rebuild or 3D viewer. I remember one SG map mover took me 17 attempts, but it worked eventually. I am currently working on the theory that it is
best to leave movers until the very last, when you don't need the 3D viewer anymore.
Face taught me the power of "perspective" mode and I am using it more and more now to do the impossible. This routine would have been very useful for SG mapping, where there is mover hell and large spaces being lit.
