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I just started to actually build my first actual map that i will be using and i found a problem on testing. When I jump inside the water and go underwater I cant see where I am, all i can see is a white screen only showing my gravity gun. When i jump up to surface i can see again. How can i fix this?

Check your map for a leak.

Ok. Do I have to check the hole map, or do i just check the area the water is contained?

Check the entire map, just load the pointfile and that should show you where the leak is. Or to check if a leak is your problem, do what i do, which is put the entire level in a box and compile, if the water then shows, it's a leak, if it still doesn't you have another problem on your hands. (remember to get rid of the box once you've finished checking)

I tried loading the point file to my map but it says point file not found. [editline]10:50PM[/editline] But i found a leak and I think i fixed it. Ill test my map and see if it worked.

Oh man. Here we go again ... I had that problem when I first started to map. It was extremely annoying. Btw, did you carve in the map, in certain areas?

What do you mean by carve? [editline]11:52PM[/editline] I fixed numerous things that could cuase this but its only when I go inside the water.

You can use a certain brush to carve in another brush. ex: you take a cube and carve in the wall, which results a wall with a cube-like hole. Anyway, have you tried some youtube tutorials? [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ZJ5a3eCHo[/URL] [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CouO4tqxrg&NR=1[/URL] [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwfh_FayHM0&feature=related[/URL] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAjrS3qf9-o&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAjrS3qf9-o&feature=related [/URL] In the last vid, at number #8 you can see the carving issue.

[QUOTE=radu_iceman;19973938]You can use a certain brush to carve in another brush. ex: you take a cube and carve in the wall, which results a wall with a cube-like hole. Anyway, have you tried some youtube tutorials? [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ZJ5a3eCHo[/URL] [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CouO4tqxrg&NR=1[/URL] [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwfh_FayHM0&feature=related[/URL] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAjrS3qf9-o&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAjrS3qf9-o&feature=related [/URL] In the last vid, at number #8 you can see the carving issue.[/QUOTE] Please, don't listen to this guy, carving is [B]BAD[/B] period. Your graphics card may not support dx9 water, if you can post your graphics card, if not, then try switching to a dx8 or dx7 water.

i figured it out, for some reason i could see the water from above(out of water) but when i went into it it went white. The problem was that I didnt have a texture for the water for some reason. All i had to do was change the water and it worked.

[QUOTE=Firegod522;19985878]Please, don't listen to this guy, carving is [B]BAD[/B] period[/QUOTE] Uh? I didn't say carving was [B]GOOD[/B]. I just gave an example of carving, because he didn't know what that meant.

Well don't give examples of "him" we do not speak of.

[QUOTE=radu_iceman;19991276]Uh? I didn't say carving was [B]GOOD[/B]. I just gave an example of carving, because he didn't know what that meant.[/QUOTE] You shouldn't teach newbies the evil power of carve. [I][U][B]Period.[/B][/U][/I]

[QUOTE=sphinxa279;19991406]Well don't give examples of "him" we do not speak of.[/QUOTE] Not all his tutorials are utter shit, this one I found to be pretty informative: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CouO4tqxrg&NR=1[/url]

It's called the Valve developer community, look there for everything mapping related.

[QUOTE=benjgvps;19998712]Not all his tutorials are utter shit, this one I found to be pretty informative: [media][URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CouO4tqxrg&NR=1[/URL][/media][/QUOTE] Yes they are, don't defend him, and that isn't a tutorial.