Relight scene --> engine crashes

#1 Most likely it's the interiors. I currently have an interior that crashes on the first relight every time. Your only hope is to debug the reason for the crash.

#2 Maybe it's a probem with map2dif? Are there any bugfixes for that tool?

#3 If your trying to do to much for your computer it will crash like that time I added 20 houses... but it could be something else.

#4 It wasn't very much. About 9 simple shapes. In a game I'd like to put much more. Engine crashed when I added only one object. Has anyone met that kind of problem? Any suggestions how to solve it?

#5 Could you post the MAP file and DIF here? I'll try it and see if i can spot the issue.

#6 Here are these files: burzuj.nma-fallout.com/kolos/BIS/diffiles.rar
I put them into a default mission from the FPS Starter Kit.

#7 I tried these and they crash on me too. Could you post a wireframe screenshot or the map files themselves? That might help us determine what's wrong.

#8 Here is link : burzuj.nma-fallout.com/kolos/BIS/mapfiles.rar

#9 That file doesn't crash here. Have you applied the shadowmap limitation fix into your TGE branch?

#10 I've simply put them into a default mission from the fps starter kit, just to see how they look like. Nothing else.

#11 Stefan,

What shadowmap limitation fix are you referring to? How does one implement this fix? I tried searching the forums/resources, and I didn't get any hits.

I'm having the same trouble as Marcin. My .map's compile fine, but when I relight the scene in-game the engine crashes. If you could give me more info on this fix I would greatly appreciate it.

#12 This crashing on relight was bugging me for months. Then I found the bug fix mentioned somewhere on the site but can't find the link anymore. It wasn't in the forums but rather an official bug report.

Anyway, open engine/sceneGraph/shadowVolumeBSP.h and find where it says MaxWinding = 32 and change it to 256. Recompile and poof, no more crashing!

This is a temporary fix as you're just hard coding a higher limit. I know this as well as other hard coded stuff were planned on being improved in 1.4 but don't know it's progress.

Hope this helped.

Nick

#13 Thanks a lot for the feedback Nick! You just saved me a lot of headaches, and probably Marcin as well. Now I can get back to focusing on making my interior rather than on keeping it from crashing the engine. It doesn't bother me that it's a hard coded fix, as that can always be dealt with at a later time. At least now I know where to look!

Thanks again,
Jeremy

#14 Glad it worked! The original bug was submitted by Josh Ritter by the way.

Nick