Problem with cubemaps driving me mad - Developers

I made a floor with cubemap reflections in Counter Strike: Source Hammer, and no matter what I do, its just missing textures. Here is the floor VMT: "LightmappedGeneric" { "$basetexture" "tile06" "$surfaceprop" "tile" "$envmap" "env_cubemap" "$envmapmask" "tile06_env" "$reflectivity" "[0.1 0.1 0.1]" } I did check to make sure the files are there and not misspelt, and didn't catch anything. I have an env_cubemap entity placed above it and linked to the brush. Compile log: ** Executing... ** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\counter-strike source\bin\vbsp.exe" ** Parameters: -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\counter-strike source\cstrike" "c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha" Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Jun 14 2017) 4 threads materialPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials Loading c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha.vmf ConVarRef mat_reduceparticles doesn't point to an existing ConVar Could not locate 'GameData' key in c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\counter-strike source\cstrike\gameinfo.txt 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) Chop Details...done (0) Find Visible Detail Sides... Merged 28 detail faces...done (0) Merging details...done (0) FixTjuncs... PruneNodes... WriteBSP... done (0) writing c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha.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 (0) (210191 bytes) Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 Compacting texture/material tables... Reduced 1891 texinfos to 1019 Reduced 68 texdatas to 64 (1557 bytes to 1494) Writing c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha.bsp Wrote ZIP buffer, estimated size 428868, actual size 426376 1 second elapsed -0.167994 -0.032867 0.000000 -0.331851 -0.051969 0.000000 -0.167994 -0.051969 0.000000 -0.167994 0.002600 0.000000 make_triangles:calc_triangle_representation: Cannot convert -0.167994 -0.032867 0.000000 -0.331851 -0.051969 0.000000 -0.167994 -0.051969 0.000000 -0.167994 0.002600 0.000000 make_triangles:calc_triangle_representation: Cannot convert ** Executing... ** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\counter-strike source\bin\vvis.exe" ** Parameters: -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\counter-strike source\cstrike" "c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha" Valve Software - vvis.exe (Jun 14 2017) 4 threads reading c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha.bsp reading c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha.prt 179 portalclusters 483 numportals BasePortalVis: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) PortalFlow: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Optimized: 75 visible clusters (0.46%) Total clusters visible: 16438 Average clusters visible: 91 Building PAS... Average clusters audible: 178 visdatasize:9515 compressed from 8592 writing c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha.bsp 0 seconds elapsed ** Executing... ** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\counter-strike source\bin\vrad.exe" ** Parameters: -both -StaticPropLighting -StaticPropPolys -final -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\counter-strike source\cstrike" "c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha" Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Jun 14 2017) Valve Radiosity Simulator 4 threads [Reading texlights from 'lights.rad'] [2 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad'] Loading c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha.bsp Setting up ray-trace acceleration structure... Done (3.36 seconds) 2084 faces 159257 square feet [22933008.00 square inches] 0 Displacements 0 Square Feet [0.00 Square Inches] 2084 patches before subdivision 28836 patches after subdivision 26 direct lights BuildFacelights: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1) BuildVisLeafs: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (5) transfers 4015714, max 534 transfer lists: 30.6 megs GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #1 added RGB(28947, 27572, 22712) GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #2 added RGB(16175, 13936, 10186) GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #3 added RGB(853, 773, 622) GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1) Bounce #4 added RGB(323, 265, 195) GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #5 added RGB(24, 21, 17) GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #6 added RGB(7, 6, 4) GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #7 added RGB(1, 1, 0) Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.0133 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. ThreadComputeLeafAmbient: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (2) Writing leaf ambient...done Computing static prop lighting : 0ThreadComputeStaticPropLighting: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1) Ready to Finish Object names Objects/Maxobjs Memory / Maxmem Fullness ------------ --------------- --------------- -------- models 54/1024 2592/49152 ( 5.3%) brushes 550/8192 6600/98304 ( 6.7%) brushsides 3787/65536 30296/524288 ( 5.8%) planes 2042/65536 40840/1310720 ( 3.1%) vertexes 3286/65536 39432/786432 ( 5.0%) nodes 782/65536 25024/2097152 ( 1.2%) texinfos 1019/12288 73368/884736 ( 8.3%) texdata 64/2048 2048/65536 ( 3.1%) 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 2084/65536 116704/3670016 ( 3.2%) hdr faces 0/65536 0/3670016 ( 0.0%) origfaces 1663/65536 93128/3670016 ( 2.5%) leaves 837/65536 26784/2097152 ( 1.3%) leaffaces 2491/65536 4982/131072 ( 3.8%) leafbrushes 736/65536 1472/131072 ( 1.1%) areas 2/256 16/2048 ( 0.8%) surfedges 16574/512000 66296/2048000 ( 3.2%) edges 10141/256000 40564/1024000 ( 4.0%) LDR worldlights 26/8192 2288/720896 ( 0.3%) HDR worldlights 0/8192 0/720896 ( 0.0%) leafwaterdata 0/32768 0/393216 ( 0.0%) waterstrips 241/32768 2410/327680 ( 0.7%) waterverts 0/65536 0/786432 ( 0.0%) waterindices 4305/65536 8610/131072 ( 6.6%) cubemapsamples 3/1024 48/16384 ( 0.3%) overlays 0/512 0/180224 ( 0.0%) LDR lightdata [variable] 1702888/0 ( 0.0%) HDR lightdata [variable] 0/0 ( 0.0%) visdata [variable] 9515/16777216 ( 0.1%) entdata [variable] 157892/393216 (40.2%) LDR ambient table 837/65536 3348/262144 ( 1.3%) HDR ambient table 837/65536 3348/262144 ( 1.3%) LDR leaf ambient 2016/65536 56448/1835008 ( 3.1%) HDR leaf ambient 837/65536 23436/1835008 ( 1.3%) 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] 1/11810 ( 0.0%) pakfile [variable] 740982/0 ( 0.0%) physics [variable] 210191/4194304 ( 5.0%) physics terrain [variable] 2/1048576 ( 0.0%) Level flags = 1 Total triangle count: 5762 Writing c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha.bsp 14 seconds elapsed Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Jun 14 2017) Valve Radiosity Simulator 4 threads [Reading texlights from 'lights.rad'] [2 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad'] Loading c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha.bsp Setting up ray-trace acceleration structure... Done (3.39 seconds) 2084 faces 159257 square feet [22933008.00 square inches] 0 Displacements 0 Square Feet [0.00 Square Inches] 2084 patches before subdivision 28836 patches after subdivision 26 direct lights BuildFacelights: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (2) BuildVisLeafs: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (4) transfers 4015714, max 534 transfer lists: 30.6 megs GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #1 added RGB(28947, 27572, 22712) GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #2 added RGB(16175, 13936, 10186) GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #3 added RGB(853, 773, 622) GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #4 added RGB(323, 265, 195) GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #5 added RGB(24, 21, 17) GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1) Bounce #6 added RGB(7, 6, 4) GatherLight: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0) Bounce #7 added RGB(1, 1, 0) Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.0114 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. ThreadComputeLeafAmbient: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (2) Writing leaf ambient...done Computing static prop lighting : 0ThreadComputeStaticPropLighting: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1) Ready to Finish Object names Objects/Maxobjs Memory / Maxmem Fullness ------------ --------------- --------------- -------- models 54/1024 2592/49152 ( 5.3%) brushes 550/8192 6600/98304 ( 6.7%) brushsides 3787/65536 30296/524288 ( 5.8%) planes 2042/65536 40840/1310720 ( 3.1%) vertexes 3286/65536 39432/786432 ( 5.0%) nodes 782/65536 25024/2097152 ( 1.2%) texinfos 1019/12288 73368/884736 ( 8.3%) texdata 64/2048 2048/65536 ( 3.1%) 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 2084/65536 116704/3670016 ( 3.2%) hdr faces 2084/65536 116704/3670016 ( 3.2%) origfaces 1663/65536 93128/3670016 ( 2.5%) leaves 837/65536 26784/2097152 ( 1.3%) leaffaces 2491/65536 4982/131072 ( 3.8%) leafbrushes 736/65536 1472/131072 ( 1.1%) areas 2/256 16/2048 ( 0.8%) surfedges 16574/512000 66296/2048000 ( 3.2%) edges 10141/256000 40564/1024000 ( 4.0%) LDR worldlights 26/8192 2288/720896 ( 0.3%) HDR worldlights 26/8192 2288/720896 ( 0.3%) leafwaterdata 0/32768 0/393216 ( 0.0%) waterstrips 241/32768 2410/327680 ( 0.7%) waterverts 0/65536 0/786432 ( 0.0%) waterindices 4305/65536 8610/131072 ( 6.6%) cubemapsamples 3/1024 48/16384 ( 0.3%) overlays 0/512 0/180224 ( 0.0%) LDR lightdata [variable] 1702888/0 ( 0.0%) HDR lightdata [variable] 1702888/0 ( 0.0%) visdata [variable] 9515/16777216 ( 0.1%) entdata [variable] 157892/393216 (40.2%) LDR ambient table 837/65536 3348/262144 ( 1.3%) HDR ambient table 837/65536 3348/262144 ( 1.3%) LDR leaf ambient 2016/65536 56448/1835008 ( 3.1%) HDR leaf ambient 2016/65536 56448/1835008 ( 3.1%) 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] 1/11810 ( 0.0%) pakfile [variable] 1056348/0 ( 0.0%) physics [variable] 210191/4194304 ( 5.0%) physics terrain [variable] 2/1048576 ( 0.0%) Level flags = 3 Total triangle count: 5762 Writing c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha.bsp 14 seconds elapsed ** Executing... ** Command: Copy File ** Parameters: "c:\users\user\desktop\gry\hammervmfs\ttt_pentagon_alpha.bsp" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\counter-strike source\cstrike\maps\ttt_pentagon_alpha.bsp" ** Executing... ** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\counter-strike source\hl2.exe" ** Parameters: -dev -console -allowdebug -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\counter-strike source\cstrike" +map "ttt_pentagon_alpha" Doing "buildcubemaps" in console ingame makes the game sample the missing texture, and its still not fixed. I have no idea what is wrong here. I tried the following: Check VTF Version (7.2, and 7.4) Check for VMT Typos/File Typos Use a different texture with envmaps Try different VMT parameters such as $basealphaenvmapmask Make sure the env_cubemap is linked/try without linking Remaking the brush, compiling another map with the texture

Is it a problem with the texture being a purple and black checker board or the cubemap is not displaying on the texture?

The texture itself doesn't display, neither do cubemaps on it. This ONLY happens when I add $envmap env_cubemap. If I remove it, the texture works

Try commenting out the mask as a test. Place your texture to something other than just the materials folder like materials/custom/. I've heard that can cause problems too

Another thing to try out would be different image formats, I recall having problems with DXT5 compressed VTF's as an example. Might have to play with the alpha format as well.

What happens if you do mat_specular 0 in the console?

Still fails, doing buildcubemaps crashes instantly when it sees the missing texture though

Could you send me the files on old punch? https://facepunch.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=143499