Some decals don't appear when I compile on expert mode

[Watsonnn]

However I have to compile in expert mode otherwise props are black. :[

Any help?

[holly’s tea]

why don't you use "Full both"? That one takes the longest but is the highest-quality-like-one-thing-you-know

[Watsonnn]

I tried every mode but none work

[holly’s tea]

Originally posted by Sam:

I tried every mode but none work

What do you mean by decals? When you shoot on to a wall?

[Watsonnn]

Originally posted by Raybe:

Originally posted by Sam:

I tried every mode but none work

What do you mean by decals? When you shoot on to a wall?

As in graffiti, stains, leaves

[holly’s tea]

and in hammer they are overlays? Or something called anything with decals (i don't use decals, I always use overlays, they're static and less buggy)

[Watsonnn]

Originally posted by Raybe:

and in hammer they are overlays? Or something called anything with decals (i don't use decals, I always use overlays, they're static and less buggy)

How do you use overlays instead? I find textures in /decals/ etc then click on the target looking tool and put on a surface

[holly’s tea]

I mean the entity type (info_overlay), not the texture type.
In hammer, over the clipping tool, there is the overlay tool.
Place an overlay in your level on a wall, in its properties you can choose the wall(s) it should be visible on and you can choose ANY texture

[Watsonnn]

That still doesn't explain why it only works on normal compile mode :[

[Watsonnn]

Can I just change mydecals to overlays or not ?

[holly’s tea]

Originally posted by Sam:

That still doesn't explain why it only works on normal compile mode :(

Here a few explanation:
-Valve
-Hammer is buggy
-Source isn't Unity

[Watsonnn]

Originally posted by Raybe:

Originally posted by Sam:

That still doesn't explain why it only works on normal compile mode :(

Here a few explanation:
-Valve
-Hammer is buggy
-Source isn't Unity

True :[

[holly’s tea]

Originally posted by Sam:

Can I just change mydecals to overlays or not ?

Yea. If you change the infodecal to info_overlay you still have to select your wall(s) that it should be visible on. Also the used texture becomes the name when you port it. So copy and paste the overlay name into 'material' and for 'brush faces' click on the wall(s) you want it to be drawn on. hold ctrl for muliple walls

[76561198041347291]

Decals and overlays pretty much work the same way. The differences between them are that a decal is static and you cannot do much with it except of toggling it on/off through I/O -- decal requires an edict, so that sucks -- and overlays are much more powerful. They work the same way as a decal would but you can rotate them, resize them and apply it to different faces, basically they have more control over a simple decal and that is why good level designers use overlays instead of decals.

[holly’s tea]

yea, and you see overlays in hammer, decals not I think

[76561198041347291]

Decals do appear but it quite buggy ever since Steampipe.