I've been having problems with the lights on my maps. just about all of the electric ones (lamps, ceiling lights,etc.) have black and purple boxes around them. I know that means something is up with the textures, but what? Before you ask, yes i tried resetting garrys mod and it didn't work. if anyone knows what is wrong, PLEASE let me know!
Could you show a screenshot or two showing your problem?
[QUOTE=Mr Anonymous;46487200]Sounds like you have a problem with your materials corrupt / missing. What game are you mapping in?
For a quick bit of troubleshooting while we wait for your answer(s), I'd advise you find that game on Steam, right click on it and press 'Verify Integrity' to make sure everything is there.[/QUOTE]
im mostly in a TF2 map working on a comic, but i checked a bunch of others maps as well and there doing the same thing so idk what it is. heres what it looks like:[IMG]file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Steam/SteamApps/common/GarrysMod/garrysmod/screenshots/pl_frontier_final0001.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=willwhitt56;46488863]im mostly in a TF2 map working on a comic, but i checked a bunch of others maps as well and there doing the same thing so idk what it is. heres what it looks like:[IMG]file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Steam/SteamApps/common/GarrysMod/garrysmod/screenshots/pl_frontier_final0001.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
You need to upload the image to a website [url]www.imgur.com[/url] is a good example.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/p9ZWiHg.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=willwhitt56;46489315][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/p9ZWiHg.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
They're missing sprites. If you have a sprite entity over the lights, look to see if you have selected the right texture.
[QUOTE=GaleTheHusky;46490753]They're missing sprites. If you have a sprite entity over the lights, look to see if you have selected the right texture.[/QUOTE]
if you mean an add on, dont think i have a sprite entity. if you mean in the files, then idk where to look. ill look around though.
You wouldn't mind uploading the VMF? Don't worry, I'll document the fix if I do find it, and post it here :p
VMF? where do i do that. wait, you mean the thing in the console commands?
VMF is the name of the file format for Source Engine maps.
Try refreshing the TF2 content by checking the integrity of it.
[QUOTE=wazanator;46498172]VMF is the name of the file format for Source Engine maps.[/QUOTE]
thank you, but where do i find it?
[editline]15th November 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=Shirky;46498211]Try refreshing the TF2 content by checking the integrity of it.[/QUOTE]
i did that, but i think its garrys mod causing it. When i spawned a camera bot from HL2, it had a checked box around it as well. before you ask, yes i already tried verifying and reinstalling gmod.
It shouldnt really be a problem with GMOD, unless its not mounting the textures, but I doubt that. The problem seems to come from the base games being corrupt in some way. Garrysmod itself doesnt have the TF2, HL2, CSS, ect content.
[QUOTE=Shirky;46501086]It shouldnt really be a problem with GMOD, unless its not mounting the textures, but I doubt that. The problem seems to come from the base games being corrupt in some way. Garrysmod itself doesnt have the TF2, HL2, CSS, ect content.[/QUOTE]
thats true, so what should i do?
Verify the integrity of all the games that GMOD has mounted. And then go through all those games materials folders and check to see if there are any custom materials in the sprites folder. If there is, delete them or try to fix them manually.
whelp, i verified every one of them and that didn't work. I checked every folder and the only one that had a sprite folder was L4D, to which i deleted to see if it would work, still didn't. unless the sprites are under another name idk what to do.
if there were sprite files, what would they be under. also, where do i find the VMF so i can show you
[QUOTE=willwhitt56;46575730]if there were sprite files, what would they be under. also, where do i find the VMF so i can show you[/QUOTE]
The VMF is wherever you saved it.
[QUOTE=IntenseBarney;46577240]The VMF is wherever you saved it.[/QUOTE]
please dont take offense, but i need a little more information than where i saved it. i need to know the name of the file or where it can be commonly located.
The map in the screenshot is pl_frontier, an official TF2 map. So he wouldn't have a vmf of it. That's just a case of sprites using a missing/broken texture. Though if the problem persists on many other maps too, then idk why everything *but* that one sprite texture works fine.
[QUOTE=HGrunt;46585270]The map in the screenshot is pl_frontier, an official TF2 map. So he wouldn't have a vmf of it. That's just a case of sprites using a missing/broken texture. Though if the problem persists on many other maps too, then idk why everything *but* that one sprite texture works fine.[/QUOTE]
ive been thinking, i did a total system refresh, but i didnt turn off any of my games when i did it. when i turned back on all of my games, thats when it started doing this. so could the refresh have done it?
[editline]27th November 2014[/editline]
also, if it is a texture problem, would it be possible for someone to send their default textures/sprites so that i could overwrite mine?
so, would this be the problem and would my idea fix it?
Its an addon! i moved my addons to a folder and started up a game and the sprites in the lights are finally there! now i just need to know which one is causing it...
finally fixed it. for some reason it was the vindictus ruins and heide props.
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