[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] Want to share with the rest of us exactly what you did to stop non-standard maps from randomly crashing the server, besides removing them?
A. To Annoy Mike Q. Why top post? ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Ooks Server" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [hlds] precache error Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:31:02 -0700 I cycle through almost 200 non-standard maps. I don't tolerate crashing maps. If I can't fix them, I scrap them. MATTHEW REED Vancouver, Washington, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pacific Standard Time (PST) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Whisper ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] precache error > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] > > Dude > > Don't worry about it > > Those non-standard maps have always been problematic. > > We just set HLDS to auto-restart and forget about it. Otherwise you will just > go crazy! > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Ooks Server" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [hlds] precache error > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:09:07 -0700 > Would you please? I would appreciate it. I had thought I had run it before, > as I've run several of the badtaste maps, but it's been a while. I'm not > running HPB_Bot anymore, and getting rid of them got rid of most of my > crashing problems. Because my server has been so stable lately, I've been > adding more off the wall maps to my mapcycle, and found a few crashers, this > one included. The log tells you absolutely nothing! It cuts off in mid line > with no clue whatsoever what is wrong. You have to watch the console when it > crashes to find out what the problem really is. > It would be nice if HLDS would write something to the log explaining why it > crashed. If it appears on the console, you think it could also make it into > the log? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Ottalini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:16 AM > Subject: Re: [hlds] precache error > > I run this map without the error, sounds like you might have a bad BSP. > > > > I can send you the map if you wish. > > quick > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ooks Server > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 8:54 AM > > Subject: Re: [hlds] precache error > > > > I'm thinking that the reference to "item count" means there are too many > > items in the map, like, it has too many sprites, etc.? Is this just a > fatal > > flaw in the map that can only be fixed by modifying the map, or is there a > > server setting that can be used to increase this limit? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ooks Server" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 8:13 AM > > Subject: [hlds] precache error > > > > > > > When I change to BADTASTE2, I get this error. I have replaced the file > > > fire.spr with a very small and known good sprite, so the problem most > > > definitely isn't in my fire.spr file. There are no other copies of > > fire.spr > > > on the server. What else would cause this? > > > Host_Error: PF_precache_model_I: Model 'sprites/fire.spr' failed to > > precache > > > because the item count is over the 512 limit. > > > Reduce the number of brush models and/or regular models in the map to > > > correct this. > > > L 08/23/2004 - 07:17:40: FATAL ERROR (shutting down): Host_Error: > > > PF_precache_model_I: Model 'sprites/fire.spr' failed to precache because > > the > > > item count is ove > > > r the 512 limit. > > > Reduce the number of brush models and/or regular models in the map to > > > correct this. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > SEEK: Now with over 50,000 dream jobs! 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