Hey guys. I'm working on a mod, whick gives access to all observation rooms and some invented employee rooms (Control Center, Research Labs...) But first I want to connect those Obsevation rooms. I decompiled the portal maps, but when I recompile them I got some crazy light effects. Look yourself:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/gt670dn/screenshots/?tab=public. How can I fix this?

Edit: I just found out this was portal,
How did you compile and what lights are there

I compiled with BSP-normal VIS-normal RAD-normal and no HDR. The light source is from the observation room with "light_spot" and "light". I wonder why this worked in the original maps. Is there information lost, when you decompile?

Depends on how you decompile. And try to compile with hdr or try to get rid of the observation room lights and replace them with your own lights

It looks like you have leaks in your decompiled maps. I think when you decompile, some architecture information is lost causing leaks.

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Leak

Mevious wrote:
It looks like you have leaks in your decompiled maps. I think when you decompile, some architecture information is lost causing leaks.
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Leak

I don't think valve maps have leaks. Though if he had edit it, then yes there might.

Yeah, there are leaks, but now I won't fix them. I will build everything first and then look for leaks.

Uh, that's REALLY not the way to go about things. If you compile a map, it's vital that it doesn't leak.

Wait a minute, I can run the map and for testing my enities only running is needed. Later I fix the leaks.

Trust me, its easier to get rid of leaks sooner rather than later. The more complicated things get the harder it can be to find the bloody things.

why would you recompile a decompiled map? That is essentially plagiarism. Intead of decompiling and recompiling Valve's maps, why not use them as inspiration for your own maps? I understand what you are attempting to do, but you aren't really getting there by using Valve's maps directly. It would be far better and more fun if you used the original maps as a starting point, rather than as the center of your maps. What I mean is that you should start with a NEW map that has the ideas Valve used as its concept base without using the Valve map as its structural base.