Shadows are showing up on the wall behind my props

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Yerocrg
2 Posts
Posted Jul 30, 2008

Like the title says, when I run my levels, a big ugly shadow appears on the wall behind my props. I suspected a leak, and found and fixed two, with no changes in the appearance of these shadows. Thanks for your help. My compile message:

** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\yerocrg\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\SourceMods\Delta Facility" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\delta facility\maps\level_1_107"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Mar 11 2008)
4 threads
materialPath: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\SourceMods\Delta Facility\materials
Loading c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\delta facility\maps\level_1_107.vmf
"materials/glass/glasswindow_refract01.vtf": cached version doesn't exist
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
Chop Details...done (0)
Find Visible Detail Sides...
Merged 64 detail faces...done (0)
Merging details...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (0)
writing c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\delta facility\maps\level_1_107.prt...Building visibility clusters...
done (0)
Creating default LDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
   skybox/sky_wasteland02*.vmt
 ! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Creating default HDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
   skybox/sky_wasteland02*.vmt
 ! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
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 (0) (176655 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Compacting texture/material tables...
Reduced 1161 texinfos to 528
Reduced 133 texdatas to 97 (6066 bytes to 4589)
Writing c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\delta facility\maps\level_1_107.bsp
17 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\yerocrg\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vvis.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\SourceMods\Delta Facility" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\delta facility\maps\level_1_107"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (Mar 11 2008)
4 threads
reading c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\delta facility\maps\level_1_107.bsp
reading c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\delta facility\maps\level_1_107.prt
 217 portalclusters
 616 numportals
BasePortalVis:       0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
PortalFlow:          0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
Optimized: 39 visible clusters (0.00%)
Total clusters visible: 19920
Average clusters visible: 91
Building PAS...
Average clusters audible: 159
visdatasize:11869  compressed from 13888
writing c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\delta facility\maps\level_1_107.bsp
1 second elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\yerocrg\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vrad.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\SourceMods\Delta Facility" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\delta facility\maps\level_1_107"

Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Mar 11 2008)

      Valve Radiosity Simulator     
4 threads
[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[53 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\delta facility\maps\level_1_107.bsp
Setting up ray-trace acceleration structure... Done (0.63 seconds)
1366 faces
51568 square feet [7425879.50 square inches]
0 Displacements
0 Square Feet [0.00 Square Inches]
1366 patches before subdivision
12012 patches after subdivision
282 direct lights
BuildFacelights:     0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (14)
BuildVisLeafs:       0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (4)
transfers 967705, max 344
transfer lists:   7.4 megs
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
   Bounce #1 added RGB(162535, 151895, 154128)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
   Bounce #2 added RGB(37973, 37600, 38179)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
   Bounce #3 added RGB(9506, 9886, 9946)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
   Bounce #4 added RGB(2488, 2712, 2686)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
   Bounce #5 added RGB(680, 772, 748)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
   Bounce #6 added RGB(193, 227, 214)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
   Bounce #7 added RGB(57, 68, 62)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
   Bounce #8 added RGB(17, 21, 19)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
   Bounce #9 added RGB(5, 7, 6)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
   Bounce #10 added RGB(2, 2, 2)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
   Bounce #11 added RGB(1, 1, 1)
Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.0065 sec>
FinalLightFace:      0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (5)
FinalLightFace Done
208 of 264 (78% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.
ThreadComputeLeafAmbient: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (4)
Writing leaf ambient...done
Ready to Finish

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dispinfos                0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_verts               0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
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Level flags = 0

Total triangle count: 4397
Writing c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\delta facility\maps\level_1_107.bsp
32 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\delta facility\maps\level_1_107.bsp" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\SourceMods\Delta Facility\maps\level_1_107.bsp"
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Remmiz
631 Posts
Posted Jul 30, 2008
Replied 2 hours later
Just disable shadows from the model.
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taco
504 Posts
Posted Jul 30, 2008
Replied 26 minutes later
When you are doing your final compile in expert mode (HDR Full compile -final (slow!)) add -StaticPropPolys to the $light_exe command parameters.

It will cause shadow tests to be performed at polygon precision rather than using the default collision models.

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Yerocrg
2 Posts
Posted Jul 31, 2008
Replied 2 hours later
Setting StaticPropPolys worked. Looks great now. Thank you very much.
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dvlstx
183 Posts
Posted Aug 01, 2008
Replied 1 day later

taco wrote:
When you are doing your final compile in expert mode (HDR Full compile -final (slow!)) add -StaticPropPolys to the $light_exe command parameters.

It will cause shadow tests to be performed at polygon precision rather than using the default collision models.

This seems to be one of Tacos prefab'd answers, as it seems to appear repeatedly across the mapping forum.

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rellikpd
1,053 Posts
Posted Aug 01, 2008
Replied 1 hour later

well if that answer reappears (from taco) then its likely the question or situation was already asked somewhere else

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taco
504 Posts
Posted Aug 01, 2008
Replied 43 minutes later
Yeah, I've copy/pasted that three or four times now.