Hello, lately i've been having some issues with mid-air displacement reflections.
What it should look like:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/5sCPAau.jpg[/img]
What happens after a while:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/FLrjbGA.jpg[/img]
Now first I thought there was a problem with my map, which probably still is but I have no idea what. The log does not show anything weird. No leaks etc
Then I thought it had something to do with the PC getting too hot, especially now in summer.
And then finally today I noticed the error might be occuring when you've used a vehicle like Scars and you go out.
The strange thing is that it never shows up in the beginning of the map, but it starts after a while once you've done some things.
Now if I want the map to be usefull you need to be able to get in and out of cars without seeing this weird displacement reflections in the air after a while.
Maybe anyone here has any idea how I can solve this. The issue has been bothering me for quite some time and even in the mapping questions megathread we can't solve it.
Thanks alot!
Sounds like its an issue with the addon not moving your camera back to the original location, thus displacing the render target for the water.
[QUOTE=Firegod522;45572278]Sounds like its an issue with the addon not moving your camera back to the original location, thus displacing the render target for the water.[/QUOTE]
So this error is caused by Scars or what do you mean exactly?
Edit: I just checked after a steam restart. As soon as I place an Scar it happens.
Why are these errors and issues never logical? lol... How the hell can Scars make my map broken? Which kinda makes me wonder what else can trigger this bug... How come other maps that use Scars inside dont have weird visual bugs?
try removing all your addons and trying again (or better yet, try loading it in another source game) to see what happens. if it is an addon, check the console to see whats going on
Uhh I don't think scars is the problem here.
I recommend the following:
Make sure your map doesn't have several expensive water (water with real time reflections) volumes of different height.
Try playing around on any other map with similar water and see if the problem is tied to your map or caused by something else.
[QUOTE=da space core;45573534]try removing all your addons and trying again (or better yet, try loading it in another source game) to see what happens. if it is an addon, check the console to see whats going on[/QUOTE]
Good idea, i'll try to load it up in standard HL2.
Eventhough the error is so hard to troubleshoot, because sometimes I got the feeling the PC temperature plays a part of causing it. The same bsp works perfectly after I restart everything.
I've just tested it again and it really starts as soon as I spawn an Scar. With other vehicles I do not have this error. And when I restart gmod the map is fine again, untill any scar is spawned.
[QUOTE=Grenade Man;45574024]Uhh I don't think scars is the problem here.
I recommend the following:
Make sure your map doesn't have several expensive water (water with real time reflections) volumes of different height.
Try playing around on any other map with similar water and see if the problem is tied to your map or caused by something else.[/QUOTE]
Maybe the infinite water from the 3d skybox is causing this? I just think about that now... I did make sure all other planes were a cheap water texture but then suddenly I remember having a 3d skybox. But how do other maps with infinite water in a 3d skybox handle this then? I had a much more standard map with infinite water in a 3d skybox before without any errors like this.
So someone told me the camera position might be causing it, isn't there a trick I can use to execute an command for resetting the camera position every X seconds??
[b]EDIT[/b]
So i've just tested it with the 3d skybox infinite water set to a cheap water texture but it still happens. So by now i'm pretty sure there isn't an issue with multiple water planes.
It just happens after a while. I really would say it has something to do with the camera then when entering vehicles etc.
So is there a workaround? What would be the cmd for resetting the camera position? And could I put it in a logic timer to execute every X seconds or won't that work?
can you post the bsp? I'd like to see how these errors appear in-game.
[QUOTE=Satin Storm;45580248]can you post the bsp? I'd like to see how these errors appear in-game.[/QUOTE]
I might in a week or 2, i was almost done with the map. So yeah the only bug I know would be it doesn't support Scars then, very strange though
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