[Solved] Compile two maps into one .bsp & HQ lighting
Hi there,
my current project is split into two different .vmf files, two custom instances and one custom texture. How can I compile them, so that I can release them as one file, because I'd like to publish it in the Steam workshop without forcing the player to take further install actions.
I'm also interested in knowing, if it's possible to get better lighting quality than the standard compiling options set to "normal" + "HDR". Some objects I use are casting much nicer shadows when I compile them withing PTE.
Best regards,
iSpectra
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adjust your layout in such a way that you can link the maps together, once you've done that; import one map into the other by adding in an instance. Generally the easiest way of doing this is hiding the exit from the first map and hiding the entrance from the second map.
If you want more fancy lighting: Go to expert compile and compile with the both final (slow!) thingy 
I can't add any more instances because my entrance is already near the max. allowed objects of 4092.
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erm; o_O okay... yeah in that case; I'm afraid you can't then 
4096.
Yes, more than this isn't possible. Garry's Mod is so far the only Source based game that can handle up to 8192 entities in one map.
That is wrong.
"-final" only casts better light for light_environemt. It makes compile take about 4 times longer and only adds visible better lighting at places where sunlight fades to (absolute) darkness (like sun light shining into an dark tunnel).
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Vrad#Effects
You should use the following additional parameters for VRAD in expert mode:
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-both -StaticPropLighting -StaticPropPolys -TextureShadows
"-both" means LDR and HDR.
For sharper shadows you have to decrease lightmap scale on surfaces. https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Lightmap
That is wrong.
"-final" only casts better light for light_environemt. It makes compile take about 4 times longer and only adds visible better lighting at places where sunlight fades to (absolute) darkness (like sun light shining into an dark tunnel).
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Vrad#Effects
You should use the following additional parameters for VRAD in expert mode:
- Code: Select all
-both -StaticPropLighting -StaticPropPolys -TextureShadows
"-both" means LDR and HDR.
For sharper shadows you have to decrease lightmap scale on surfaces. https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Lightmap
Yea; sorry I ment the preset with final (slow!) in it; it also has -staticproplighting; polys and textureshadows 
So there's really now way to get custom instances and textures into one file? So any mod around that uses custom stuff needs them to be manually installed?
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I thought you would be talking about entity limit? Textures and instances themselves don't have anything to do with that.
yes you can get custom stuff in your map; however an instance is a vmf; vmfs arent playable. Bsps are. In order to get an instance playable you will need to compile it. So it becomes a bsp.
I'd love to see your vmfs if they're so big that they're hitting hammer limits.
Why? Not of course. I guess by "mod" you mean "map". To have your custom texture in your map file (.bsp) you should use some programm like Pakrat to pack your custom stuff into your map file (.bsp) And don't worry about your "custom" instances because they all are made of stock entities (unless you have some custom models in them) and on compiling they are collapsed into map. So instances exist only in .vmf.