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#41 · May 25, 2011, 9:55 am

EL POLLO LOCO wrote:

I seem to have a problem with mine. On my desktop computer (where I normally do my mapping) I try to make instances and whatever I do they never work. On my laptop (which I only use for mapping in this case since it cannot actually run P2) the instances work fine but as soon as I transfer the map files over to my desktop to test the map the instances don;t work at all.......anyone got any fixes for this?

Could you detail exactly how they don't work? Are you talking about tranferring VMFs or BSPs?

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#42 · May 25, 2011, 3:12 pm

Yeah, it seems that on my laptop doing anything with instances works. on my desktop when i make a Func_Instance and then try to make (for example) an arrival elevator it doesn't work. I don;t know if that answers your question, WinstonSmith, but yeah......

#43 · May 25, 2011, 3:30 pm

What specifically do you mean "it doesn't work"? Does it just sit there as the purple cube? If so you need to make sure a couple things: A.) You have saved the VMF of your map in a location that the instances/ directory can be located, and B.) you actually have the instances/ directory, and the instance you are loading is in the proper path.

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#44 · May 25, 2011, 4:35 pm

Sometimes when you first load an instance it doesn't show up, try reloading your map.

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#45 · May 25, 2011, 5:39 pm

msleeper wrote:

What specifically do you mean "it doesn't work"? Does it just sit there as the purple cube? If so you need to make sure a couple things: A.) You have saved the VMF of your map in a location that the instances/ directory can be located, and B.) you actually have the instances/ directory, and the instance you are loading is in the proper path.

Thanks very much everything works now.

#46 · May 25, 2011, 5:45 pm

What did you do to fix it?

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#47 · May 25, 2011, 5:55 pm

saved it in a different folder. also now that instances are working, i cant compile and load my map for some reason...... i get an error message in red print saying " LoadPortals: couldn;t read d:program filessteamsteamappscommonportal 2sdk_contentmapsMap_04.prt "

(Map_04 is the name of my map fyi)

anything to fix this?

#48 · May 25, 2011, 5:58 pm

Couple things: first, your instance is probably leaking, or something in your map is. Go to map -> load pointfile to find where it is.

Second, I read on the p2 mapping list a while ago (not sure if this is still true) that in addition to being in a separate /instance folder, your map and the instance folder have to be in a folder called /maps for hammer to load them correctly.

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#49 · May 25, 2011, 6:40 pm

Thanks again, it's fixed.

#50 · May 26, 2011, 5:05 am

I consider my self a pretty good mapper but a very big noob in Hammer. All tough Im a quick learner and I understand the basics of Hammer pretty good now. BUT could anyone expain me. How this instance work should be placed in your map? I know what the instances are for and I undestand their purpose. But I can't really put my finger on the placement. Do you make a brush or do you place a door wich links to the instance? And is it possible to link instance after instance? So you can make your map in sections to keep the overview clearer to your self? (Excuse my poor engish. It's the reason I can't really put my finger on instances )

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