Prop_physics foilage help! - Developers

hi, i am making a map of my school and i just started mapping on hammer. i used the prop_physics entity to make some foilage things such as a tree and bushes. when i compile and run the map on hl2, the things dont show up. am i doing something wrong? please help me!

You can't use prop_physics for foliage. When selecting a model in the Model Browser, check the Info tab to see what the model can be used for. Use prop_static for foliage.

gee thanks. im trying it now. its taking a hell of a long time to compile, should it do this? [editline]08:37PM[/editline] oh and it says its not responding [editline]08:37PM[/editline] lol [editline]08:47PM[/editline] the tree isnt working, its definatly prop_static

Can you give more information? I'm no longer sure if you're actually trying to get help, or just being stupid.

ok i tryed it with the brambles and they failed too but gave me an error SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (models/props_foliage/bramble001a.mdl) [editline]08:50PM[/editline] i really do want help btw. im serious about making this map

Set the model as non-solid. There's a key-value for it in the model properties.

i got a picture of what i want it to be [url=http://picturepush.com/public/2834569][img=http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/2834569/220/2834569.jpg][/url] [editline]09:00PM[/editline] it didnt work but i got a picture in-game [URL=http://picturepush.com/public/2834578][IMG]http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/2834578/220/2834578.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [editline]09:04PM[/editline] im just wondering, since this is really hard, if i could upload the hammer files to you then you can fix it? [editline]09:07PM[/editline] ok i got the link, please do something with this. i cant complete my map without them [url]http://www.sendspace.com/file/k2a7cq[/url] [editline]09:13PM[/editline] wait hold on! i found the advanced menu, i know what your talking about now! im trying to get it to work now!

Gotta go, hope you manage. If someone else hasn't fixed it tomorrow, I'll take a look at it for you.

nope, havent managed. i better do my homework now! someone please help me you can see it sometimes and walk into it, its just sort of invisible by see it sometimes i mean you cannot look directly at it but at some angles you can see some of it its strange

have you tried prop_dynamic_override

hmm, ill give it a go thanks [editline]10:38PM[/editline] the error: SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics model! (models/props_foliage/bramble001a.mdl) has gone away now but i still cant see them, any ideas?

[url=http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/02/student-arrested-for-making-a-map-of-his-school/]*Cough cough*[/url]

Ok...little known fact time. In the ifo tab of the prop in the model browser there is a series of checkboxes. The bramble you are using is listed as being able to be static and dynamic. Due to something in hammer, this means that it can only be a dynamic. So...rule of thumb. If it is listed as being a static and something else (dynamic or physics), use the other prop type. Only if it says that it can only be a static, should it be made a static. So...in conclusion, the bramble you are using needs to be a prop_dynamic or it will not work.

it works sort of, but i still cant see it!

i need help, ive tryed everything you guys have said but i just cant see it! there is no error in console but i cannot see it!!!

Don't bump your threads, it makes you look like an ass. Post your compile log.

How can it sort of work but not? Post compile log...you are probably doing something odd.

[QUOTE=~ZOMG;19876770][url=http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/02/student-arrested-for-making-a-map-of-his-school/]*Cough cough*[/url][/QUOTE] Lol China :P The government is much more calm about that sort of stuff in Denmark :)

ok guys i got a complile log, its kinda long though! [code]** Executing... ** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\matthewjeanes\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vbsp.exe" ** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\matthewjeanes\half-life 2\hl2" "C:\Users\Matt J\Documents\Source SDK Work\Toynbee School\gm_toynbeeschool" Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Dec 11 2006) 2 threads materialPath: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\matthewjeanes\half-life 2\hl2\materials Loading C:\Users\Matt J\Documents\Source SDK Work\Toynbee School\gm_toynbeeschool.vmf fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides... ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Processing areas...done (0) Building Faces...done (0) FixTjuncs... PruneNodes... WriteBSP... done (0) writing C:\Users\Matt J\Documents\Source SDK Work\Toynbee School\gm_toynbeeschool.prt...done (0) Creating default cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials: skybox/sky_day02_02*.vmt Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps. No such variable "$hdrbasetexture" for material "skybox/sky_day02_02rt" Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_day02_02 to build the default cubemap! Finding displacement neighbors... Finding lightmap sample positions... Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 Building Physics collision data... done (0) (17618 bytes) Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 Compacting texture/material tables... Reduced 69 texinfos to 66 Reduced 5 texdatas to 5 (136 bytes to 136) Writing C:\Users\Matt J\Documents\Source SDK Work\Toynbee School\gm_toynbeeschool.bsp 0 seconds elapsed ** Executing... ** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\matthewjeanes\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vvis.exe" ** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\matthewjeanes\half-life 2\hl2" -fast "C:\Users\Matt J\Documents\Source SDK Work\Toynbee School\gm_toynbeeschool" Valve Software - vvis.exe (Nov 8 2007) fastvis = true 2 threads reading c:\users\matt j\documents\source sdk work\toynbee school\gm_toynbeeschool.bsp reading c:\users\matt j\documents\source sdk work\toynbee school\gm_toynbeeschool.prt 454 portalclusters 1248 numportals BasePortalVis: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Optimized: 3813 visible clusters (0.00%) Total clusters visible: 141549 Average clusters visible: 311 Building PAS... Average clusters audible: 454 visdatasize:54797 compressed from 58112 writing c:\users\matt j\documents\source sdk work\toynbee school\gm_toynbeeschool.bsp 0 seconds elapsed ** Executing... ** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\matthewjeanes\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vrad.exe" ** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\matthewjeanes\half-life 2\hl2" -noextra "C:\Users\Matt J\Documents\Source SDK Work\Toynbee School\gm_toynbeeschool" Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Nov 8 2007) ----- Radiosity Simulator ---- 2 threads [Reading texlights from 'lights.rad'] [45 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad'] Loading c:\users\matt j\documents\source sdk work\toynbee school\gm_toynbeeschool.bsp 2363 faces 4869193 square feet [701163904.00 square inches] 0 displacements 0 square feet [0.00 square inches] 2363 patches before subdivision 108161 patches after subdivision 0 direct lights BuildFacelights: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) BuildVisLeafs: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (13) transfers 2394124, max 1100 transfer lists: 18.3 megs GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #1 added RGB(0, 0, 0) Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.1121 sec> FinalLightFace: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1) FinalLightFace Done 0 of 0 (0% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes. ComputePerLeafAmbientLighting: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 Ready to Finish Object names Objects/Maxobjs Memory / Maxmem Fullness ------------ --------------- --------------- -------- models 1/1024 48/49152 ( 0.1%) brushes 45/8192 540/98304 ( 0.5%) brushsides 272/65536 2176/524288 ( 0.4%) planes 356/65536 7120/1310720 ( 0.5%) vertexes 3165/65536 37980/786432 ( 4.8%) nodes 964/65536 30848/2097152 ( 1.5%) texinfos 66/12288 4752/884736 ( 0.5%) texdata 5/2048 160/65536 ( 0.2%) dispinfos 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%) disp_verts 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%) disp_tris 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%) disp_lmsamples 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%) faces 2363/65536 132328/3670016 ( 3.6%) hdr faces 0/65536 0/3670016 ( 0.0%) origfaces 209/65536 11704/3670016 ( 0.3%) leaves 966/65536 30912/2097152 ( 1.5%) leaffaces 2506/65536 5012/131072 ( 3.8%) leafbrushes 556/65536 1112/131072 ( 0.8%) areas 2/256 16/2048 ( 0.8%) surfedges 10933/512000 43732/2048000 ( 2.1%) edges 5571/256000 22284/1024000 ( 2.2%) LDR worldlights 0/8192 0/720896 ( 0.0%) HDR worldlights 0/8192 0/720896 ( 0.0%) waterstrips 58/32768 580/327680 ( 0.2%) waterverts 0/65536 0/786432 ( 0.0%) waterindices 786/65536 1572/131072 ( 1.2%) cubemapsamples 0/1024 0/16384 ( 0.0%) overlays 0/512 0/180224 ( 0.0%) LDR lightdata [variable] 3521016/0 ( 0.0%) HDR lightdata [variable] 0/0 ( 0.0%) visdata [variable] 54797/16777216 ( 0.3%) entdata [variable] 15361/393216 ( 3.9%) LDR leaf ambient 966/65536 23184/1572864 ( 1.5%) HDR leaf ambient 0/65536 0/1572864 ( 0.0%) occluders 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%) occluder polygons 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%) occluder vert ind 0/0 0/0 ( 0.0%) detail props [variable] 1/12 ( 8.3%) static props [variable] 1/12 ( 8.3%) pakfile [variable] 10026/0 ( 0.0%) Level flags = 0 Win32 Specific Data: physics [variable] 17618/4194304 ( 0.4%) ==== Total Win32 BSP file data space used: 3974880 bytes ==== Total triangle count: 5371 Writing c:\users\matt j\documents\source sdk work\toynbee school\gm_toynbeeschool.bsp 14 seconds elapsed ** Executing... ** Command: Copy File ** Parameters: "C:\Users\Matt J\Documents\Source SDK Work\Toynbee School\gm_toynbeeschool.bsp" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\matthewjeanes\half-life 2\hl2\maps\gm_toynbeeschool.bsp"[/code] [editline]05:01PM[/editline] ive made maps before though, but its just the bushes and trees that dont work! if this isnt answered by tommorow then im just gunna make a block and give it a grass texture!!!!

Use [noparse][code][/code][/noparse] tags. The only thing I see is that vvis is on fast, but that shouldn't cause it, whats the tree model name?

(models/props_foliage/bramble001a.mdl)

Make it a prop_static or a prop_dynamic and it should work fine, it did for me. Also, use the code tags on the compile log not on the model name, so please edit that post.

ive tryed everything, i have another problem now, ive spawned a bench with prop_physics and i cant see that either, its there but i cant see it!!

Make a new map try that.

[QUOTE=Roleplay World;19904259]Make a new map try that.[/QUOTE] Why would he do that...?

[url]http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/2834578/img/Anonymous/gm-toynbeeschool0000.jpg[/url] effort much? Honestly make a new map properly.

[QUOTE=Roleplay World;19904930][URL]http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/2834578/img/Anonymous/gm-toynbeeschool0000.jpg[/URL] effort much? Honestly make a new map properly.[/QUOTE] He may be a beginner, and that's one of his first maps.

yep, its my second or third map