[Hammer] Game crashes when opening the map in Garry's mod (prop_static?)

[Diddern97x]

So i am making a map in hammer. But when i try to load the map in Garry's mod, it stops at "Initializing world...", about 1/4 of the loading, but then the game crashes.

So i have tried to find what the problem is, and i found out that deleting all the "prop_static" props worked, but i really need props that aren't movable. So i heard about a limit for how many prop static i can have, but i only had like 5 static props. So i am really sure thats not the problem. So is there an solution to this? I have worked on this map in two months, so i really hope i don't have to trash this.



Thanks and Merry christmas! ;)

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By the way, here is the whole "timeline" of what i have done to make this map, in case the props might be connected to anything in this:

I started out by making grouped rectangles in sketchup, and then used a converter plugin to convert the sketchup file into a ".vmf" file. After that i opened that .vmf file and added textures. I have met loads of errors, like t-junction errors, portal errors and more stuffs like that, but they are fixed. Now when i went over to adding props, a new error appeared. And yes, before i added the props i were able to play on the map in garrys mod. So most likely its the props, or the connection between props and something else.

[D.B Creation [GER]]

When you compile the map there is a compile log. please copy the log and paste it here, so we can help you ^_-

[Diddern97x]

materialPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\materials
Loading c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.vmf
material "<auto>4" not found.
Material not found!: <AUTO>4
ConVarRef mat_reduceparticles doesn't point to an existing ConVar
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...100...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (1)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (2)
writing c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.prt...Building visibility clusters...
done (0)
*** Error: Skybox vtf files for skybox/sky_trainyard_01 weren't compiled with the same size texture and/or same flags!
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_trainyard_01 to build the default cubemap!
*** Error: Skybox vtf files for skybox/sky_trainyard_01 weren't compiled with the same size texture and/or same flags!
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_trainyard_01 to build the default cubemap!
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) (1473165 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Compacting texture/material tables...
Reduced 20145 texinfos to 10022
Reduced 38 texdatas to 36 (840 bytes to 754)
Writing c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.bsp
9 seconds elapsed



8 threads
reading c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.bsp
reading c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.prt
9162 portalclusters
24584 numportals
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...100...1...2


[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[37 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.bsp
No vis information, direct lighting only.
33219 faces
1604323 square feet [231022560.00 square inches]
0 Displacements
0 Square Feet [0.00 Square Inches]
2 direct lights
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.0345 sec>
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10FinalLightFace Done
0 of 0 (0% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Writing leaf ambient...done
Ready to Finish

Object names Objects/Maxobjs Memory / Maxmem Fullness
------------ --------------- --------------- --------
models 20/1024 960/49152 ( 2.0%)
brushes 3531/8192 42372/98304 (43.1%)
brushsides 31889/65536 255112/524288 (48.7%)
planes 28880/65536 577600/1310720 (44.1%)
vertexes 55131/65536 661572/786432 (84.1%) VERY FULL!
nodes 16762/65536 536384/2097152 (25.6%)
texinfos 10022/12288 721584/884736 (81.6%) VERY FULL!
texdata 36/2048 1152/65536 ( 1.8%)
dispinfos 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
disp_verts 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
disp_tris 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
disp_lmsamples 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
faces 33219/65536 1860264/3670016 (50.7%)
hdr faces 0/65536 0/3670016 ( 0.0%)
origfaces 13674/65536 765744/3670016 (20.9%)
leaves 16783/65536 537056/2097152 (25.6%)
leaffaces 35720/65536 71440/131072 (54.5%)
leafbrushes 10065/65536 20130/131072 (15.4%)
areas 2/256 16/2048 ( 0.8%)
surfedges 185577/512000 742308/2048000 (36.2%)
edges 137996/256000 551984/1024000 (53.9%)
LDR worldlights 2/8192 176/720896 ( 0.0%)
HDR worldlights 0/8192 0/720896 ( 0.0%)
leafwaterdata 0/32768 0/393216 ( 0.0%)
waterstrips 0/32768 0/327680 ( 0.0%)
waterverts 0/65536 0/786432 ( 0.0%)
waterindices 0/65536 0/131072 ( 0.0%)
cubemapsamples 0/1024 0/16384 ( 0.0%)
overlays 0/512 0/180224 ( 0.0%)
LDR lightdata [variable] 7508288/0 ( 0.0%)
HDR lightdata [variable] 0/0 ( 0.0%)
visdata [variable] 0/16777216 ( 0.0%)
entdata [variable] 250658/393216 (63.7%)
LDR ambient table 16783/65536 67132/262144 (25.6%)
HDR ambient table 16783/65536 67132/262144 (25.6%)
LDR leaf ambient 37796/65536 1058288/1835008 (57.7%)
HDR leaf ambient 16783/65536 469924/1835008 (25.6%)
occluders 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
occluder polygons 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
occluder vert ind 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
detail props [variable] 1/12 ( 8.3%)
static props [variable] 1/1304 ( 0.1%)
pakfile [variable] 678/0 ( 0.0%)
physics [variable] 1473165/4194304 (35.1%)
physics terrain [variable] 2/1048576 ( 0.0%)

Level flags = 0

Total triangle count: 63828
Writing c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.bsp
29 seconds elapsed



materialPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\materials
Loading c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.vmf
material "<auto>4" not found.
Material not found!: <AUTO>4
ConVarRef mat_reduceparticles doesn't point to an existing ConVar
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...100...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (3)
writing c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.prt...Building visibility clusters...
done (0)
*** Error: Skybox vtf files for skybox/sky_trainyard_01 weren't compiled with the same size texture and/or same flags!
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_trainyard_01 to build the default cubemap!
*** Error: Skybox vtf files for skybox/sky_trainyard_01 weren't compiled with the same size texture and/or same flags!
Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_trainyard_01 to build the default cubemap!
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 (1) (1473165 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Compacting texture/material tables...
Reduced 20145 texinfos to 10022
Reduced 38 texdatas to 36 (840 bytes to 754)
Writing c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.bsp
9 seconds elapsed



8 threads
reading c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.bsp
reading c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.prt
9162 portalclusters
24584 numportals
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...100...1...2.


[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[37 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.bsp
No vis information, direct lighting only.
33219 faces
1604323 square feet [231022560.00 square inches]
0 Displacements
0 Square Feet [0.00 Square Inches]
2 direct lights
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.0292 sec>
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10FinalLightFace Done
0 of 0 (0% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.
0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10Writing leaf ambient...done
Ready to Finish

Object names Objects/Maxobjs Memory / Maxmem Fullness
------------ --------------- --------------- --------
models 20/1024 960/49152 ( 2.0%)
brushes 3531/8192 42372/98304 (43.1%)
brushsides 31889/65536 255112/524288 (48.7%)
planes 28880/65536 577600/1310720 (44.1%)
vertexes 55131/65536 661572/786432 (84.1%) VERY FULL!
nodes 16762/65536 536384/2097152 (25.6%)
texinfos 10022/12288 721584/884736 (81.6%) VERY FULL!
texdata 36/2048 1152/65536 ( 1.8%)
dispinfos 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
disp_verts 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
disp_tris 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
disp_lmsamples 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
faces 33219/65536 1860264/3670016 (50.7%)
hdr faces 0/65536 0/3670016 ( 0.0%)
origfaces 13674/65536 765744/3670016 (20.9%)
leaves 16783/65536 537056/2097152 (25.6%)
leaffaces 35720/65536 71440/131072 (54.5%)
leafbrushes 10065/65536 20130/131072 (15.4%)
areas 2/256 16/2048 ( 0.8%)
surfedges 185577/512000 742308/2048000 (36.2%)
edges 137996/256000 551984/1024000 (53.9%)
LDR worldlights 2/8192 176/720896 ( 0.0%)
HDR worldlights 0/8192 0/720896 ( 0.0%)
leafwaterdata 0/32768 0/393216 ( 0.0%)
waterstrips 0/32768 0/327680 ( 0.0%)
waterverts 0/65536 0/786432 ( 0.0%)
waterindices 0/65536 0/131072 ( 0.0%)
cubemapsamples 0/1024 0/16384 ( 0.0%)
overlays 0/512 0/180224 ( 0.0%)
LDR lightdata [variable] 7508288/0 ( 0.0%)
HDR lightdata [variable] 0/0 ( 0.0%)
visdata [variable] 0/16777216 ( 0.0%)
entdata [variable] 250657/393216 (63.7%)
LDR ambient table 16783/65536 67132/262144 (25.6%)
HDR ambient table 16783/65536 67132/262144 (25.6%)
LDR leaf ambient 37797/65536 1058316/1835008 (57.7%)
HDR leaf ambient 16783/65536 469924/1835008 (25.6%)
occluders 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
occluder polygons 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
occluder vert ind 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%)
detail props [variable] 1/12 ( 8.3%)
static props [variable] 1/1304 ( 0.1%)
pakfile [variable] 678/0 ( 0.0%)
physics [variable] 1473165/4194304 (35.1%)
physics terrain [variable] 2/1048576 ( 0.0%)

Level flags = 0

Total triangle count: 63828
Writing c:\users\didrik\documents\sketchup\jvgs3test7.bsp
31 seconds elapsed

[Diddern97x]

By the way, i kind of fixed the problem by changing "prop_static" to "prop_dynamic_overwrite", which worked perfectly. I think the prop acts in the same way as what i need it to, and i am able to open the map. But still, a bug is a bug, and im still interested in what to do about it and what caused it ;)

[Wazanator]

It sounds like you were using the wrong type for the prop. Using an _overwrite is a temporary solution but it will also eat more ent data then necessary. In the model browser it should tell you what kind of prop the model is.

[Litronom]

Do not use TF2 to compile your map.
TF2 got an update around Sep-Oct that added lightmapping on prop_statics. Gmod still does not support it.

[Diddern97x]

I have to use TF2, since none of the other Source SDK's works. Also i don't have other source games that TF2, Garry's mod and Portal 2. Also none of the Source SDK that are in steam as a tool program, is not working either. But TF2 worked for some reason. But thanks ;)

[Vintage Sniper]

An update for Gmod has been released.....I've had problems with it as well, so this could fix the problem.....try your map now and tell me what happens...if you could?

[libertarian ettin]

Yeah don't use TF2, try installing Source SDK Base 2013 MP and running it's hammer (located at Steam/SteamApps/common/Source SDK Base VERSION/bin/hammer.exe).

[ComedyGTV]

Sorry I know this post is old.

I also have this problem but in the log there are no errors (I fixed them), I gave my friend the map and it works perfectly fine and I can join it too with no problems.
The only problem is me starting the map and trying to test to out for myself, please anyone help me out.