Lighting is messed up during compile

[Jacques]

I have compiled my map many times before, without any problems. Now I compile it, and all of the lighting is messed up. The map is all the same lighting. I had it before so that the lights made some places brighter than others, but now everything is bright.

[epsy]

you are probably compiling using fullbright, to turn on light calculation use -light

[n.o.s.brain]

this can also happen if you are compiling with radiant's built in compiler, and have a brush with too many sides, which causes the compiler to fail the light stage.

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************ ERROR ************
MAX_TW_VERTS (12) exceeded

[Taiyo.uk]

Radiant has no "built-in" compiler and shells out to q3map2. Recent versions of q3map2, including that shipped with Radiant 1.5 do not have the 12 vertex limit.

[Jacques]

I have tried various pre-set compiles in Q3Map2. I am in 1.4, because upgrading to 1.5 is not an option for me. (I'm on a mac.)

[doomagent13]

I assume you mean Intel mac because 1.5 works fine for me on my ppc...

[Jacques]

Intel Mac, yes.

[doomagent13]

You could try breaking the problem brush into several brushes via the clipper...  Not the most elegant solution, but it should work.  Alternatively, you could probably make a more recent version of q3map2 and use it instead...