Engine error: map with no textures, and map with no error in logs

[LoucoussBe]

Good evening everyone,

It has been a couple of nights I'm trying to compile my map and launch it on Gmod correctly but sadly I have the same error again that appears when I start the new game: Engine error, map with no textures.

In context, note that I'm using exclusively all the textures and models from BMS for a map related in Sector C. It's a huge map so I also use -notjunc option before compiling (I have a very little amount of T-junc out the limits) and I use fast compiling because it's sad to wait hours for nothing.

My map hopefully worked when a leak occured (I could see all the textures correctly set inside the map, just a very black ceiling et corners due to the leak) but after I corrected that leak again the Map with no textures error.

Here is my build log:

** Executing...
** Command: "G:\Steam\steamapps\common\SourceSDK\bin\source2007\bin\vbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -notjunc -game "G:\Steam\steamapps\sourcemods\BMS" "g:\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\bms\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (May 19 2009)
notjunc = true
4 threads
materialPath: G:\Steam\steamapps\sourcemods\BMS\materials
Loading g:\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\bms\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5.vmf
Patching WVT material: maps/lcss_sectorc_b5/nature/blend_rp_ground_dt_none_wvt_patch
Patching WVT material: maps/lcss_sectorc_b5/nature/blend_rp_rockwall002a_st_rockcliff003_wvt_patch
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...error: material EFFECTS/WATER_ION_CHAMBER doesn't have a $bottommaterial
error: material EFFECTS/WATER_ION_CHAMBER doesn't have a $bottommaterial
done (0)
Chop Details...done (0)
Find Visible Detail Sides...
Merged 3318 detail faces...done (0)
Merging details...done (1)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (2)
writing g:\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\bms\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5.prt...Building visibility clusters...
done (0)
Creating default LDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
   skybox/sky_day01_01*.vmt
 ! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Creating default HDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
   skybox/sky_day01_01*.vmt
 ! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
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 (2) (2923752 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Water found with no water_lod_control entity, creating a default one.
Compacting texture/material tables...
Reduced 22876 texinfos to 11259
Reduced 1996 texdatas to 1661 (104911 bytes to 91457)
Writing g:\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\bms\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5.bsp
18 seconds elapsed
  -1.637384 0.066377 0.000000
  -1.512216 -0.221889 0.000000
  -1.637384 -0.221889 0.000000
  -1.637384 0.221889 0.000000
make_triangles:calc_triangle_representation: Cannot convert

** Executing...
** Command: "G:\Steam\steamapps\common\SourceSDK\bin\source2007\bin\vvis.exe"
** Parameters: -fast -game "G:\Steam\steamapps\sourcemods\BMS" "g:\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\bms\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (May 19 2009)
fastvis = true
4 threads
reading g:\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\bms\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5.bsp
reading g:\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\bms\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5.prt
3902 portalclusters
11966 numportals
BasePortalVis:       0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (3)
Optimized: 467184 visible clusters (0.00%)
Total clusters visible: 3065441
Average clusters visible: 785
Building PAS...
Average clusters audible: 1492
visdatasize:1431525  compressed from 3808352
writing g:\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\bms\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5.bsp
3 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: "G:\Steam\steamapps\common\SourceSDK\bin\source2007\bin\vrad.exe"
** Parameters: -bounce 2 -noextra -game "G:\Steam\steamapps\sourcemods\BMS" "g:\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\bms\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5"

Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (May 19 2009)

      Valve Radiosity Simulator     
4 threads
[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[48 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading g:\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\bms\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5.bsp
Setting up ray-trace acceleration structure... Done (9.71 seconds)
25552 faces
57 degenerate faces
1043096 square feet [150205840.00 square inches]
141 Displacements
18096 Square Feet [2605879.75 Square Inches]
25495 patches before subdivision
509055 patches after subdivision
sun extent from map=0.000000
789 direct lights
BuildFacelights:     0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (39)
BuildVisLeafs:       0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (144)
transfers 103936326, max 1432
transfer lists: 793.0 megs
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
	Bounce #1 added RGB(1718023, 2330215, 2348638)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
	Bounce #2 added RGB(469296, 636118, 566869)
Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.1483 sec>
FinalLightFace:      0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (23)
FinalLightFace Done
0 of 0 (0% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.
ThreadComputeLeafAmbient: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (11)
Writing leaf ambient...done
Ready to Finish

Object names       Objects/Maxobjs  Memory / Maxmem  Fullness 
------------       ---------------  ---------------  -------- 
models                 314/1024        15072/49152    (30.7%) 
brushes               7910/8192        94920/98304    (96.6%) VERY FULL!
brushsides           64196/65536      513568/524288   (98.0%) VERY FULL!
planes               40664/65536      813280/1310720  (62.0%) 
vertexes             48897/65536      586764/786432   (74.6%) 
nodes                10454/65536      334528/2097152  (16.0%) 
texinfos             11259/12288      810648/884736   (91.6%) VERY FULL!
texdata               1661/2048        53152/65536    (81.1%) VERY FULL!
dispinfos              141/0           24816/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_verts            3789/0           75780/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_tris             4992/0            9984/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_lmsamples       25825/0           25825/0        ( 0.0%) 
faces                25552/65536     1430912/3670016  (39.0%) 
hdr faces                0/65536           0/3670016  ( 0.0%) 
origfaces            16664/65536      933184/3670016  (25.4%) 
leaves               10769/65536      344608/2097152  (16.4%) 
leaffaces            35331/65536       70662/131072   (53.9%) 
leafbrushes          16682/65536       33364/131072   (25.5%) 
areas                   16/256           128/2048     ( 6.3%) 
surfedges           169428/512000     677712/2048000  (33.1%) 
edges               120326/256000     481304/1024000  (47.0%) 
LDR worldlights        789/8192        69432/720896   ( 9.6%) 
HDR worldlights          0/8192            0/720896   ( 0.0%) 
leafwaterdata            1/32768          12/393216   ( 0.0%) 
waterstrips              0/32768           0/327680   ( 0.0%) 
waterverts               0/65536           0/786432   ( 0.0%) 
waterindices             0/65536           0/131072   ( 0.0%) 
cubemapsamples         142/1024         2272/16384    (13.9%) 
overlays               122/512         42944/180224   (23.8%) 
LDR lightdata         [variable]    47134164/0        ( 0.0%) 
HDR lightdata         [variable]           0/0        ( 0.0%) 
visdata               [variable]     1431525/16777216 ( 8.5%) 
entdata               [variable]     1014474/393216   (258.0%) VERY FULL!
LDR ambient table    10769/65536       43076/262144   (16.4%) 
HDR ambient table    10769/65536       43076/262144   (16.4%) 
LDR leaf ambient     29891/65536      836948/1835008  (45.6%) 
HDR leaf ambient     10769/65536      301532/1835008  (16.4%) 
occluders                1/0              40/0        ( 0.0%) 
occluder polygons        1/0              12/0        ( 0.0%) 
occluder vert ind        4/0              16/0        ( 0.0%) 
detail props          [variable]           1/12       ( 8.3%) 
static props          [variable]           1/152720   ( 0.0%) 
pakfile               [variable]    15745298/0        ( 0.0%) 
physics               [variable]     2923752/4194304  (69.7%) 
physics terrain       [variable]       30720/1048576  ( 2.9%) 

Level flags = 0

Total triangle count: 51272
Writing g:\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\bms\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5.bsp

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "g:\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\bms\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5.bsp" "G:\Steam\steamapps\sourcemods\BMS\maps\lcss_sectorc_b5.bsp"

According to Interlopers, there are 3 things:

[B]error: material effects/water_ion_chamber doesn't have a $bottommaterial[/B]

Well, there is no water into my map (or is it because I used some stuffs from BMS original maps?) I always had this error even when compilation worked.

[B]make_triangles:calc_triangle_representation: cannot convert[/B]

Is this a serious issue? I've never heard of that before

[B]fastvis = true[/B]

Because of the fast compilation mode to not be disappointed after hours

And again, should I show you my Hammer configuration file anyway?

Thanks for your attention to my thread, I spent nights and nights working hard on this map to make it look very great and awesome when we play it. I really would like to see me and my friends playing together on this and maybe I'll share it to the Internet if the Black Mesa Source team would allow that.

[LoucoussBe]

Edit: fixed, had too much game ressources in my Hammer's Option (forgot to remove some) when you work on other Source games.