HDR compile error

Hickadam · Post by **Hickadam** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:01 am

Alright, i'm kinda stumped.

I've been using HDR for the first time and learning as I go. It's pretty straightforward, and I am really liking the results.

Problem is, vrad.exe crashes SOMETIMES.

And that is what is really bugging me. Why does vrad occasionally crash during the hdr lighting pass?

Sometimes I just run the compile again, and it's fine, even if I didn't change anything.

I'm not really sure what to do, the more lighting I add to the map, the longer the compile takes, and it seems the greater the liklihood of the crash.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

skidz · Post by **skidz** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:14 am

Not sure, you might have broken a lighting rule.

Neh

Hickadam · Post by **Hickadam** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:25 am

Not even sure what you mean by a lighting rule...

Maybe I should find a real HDR skybox texture, instead of the LDR one I have, which references itself as an HDR texture.

Still doesn't answer why it only happens sometimes...

skidz · Post by **skidz** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:52 pm

I havnt had any problems, but my specs are different than yours.
Its hard to say. Valve might know the problem and have a fix or are working on it. Could have a fix in the next sdk update.
But who knows, might not be a known problem.

Kinhoshi · Post by **Kinhoshi** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:19 am

Can I know your specs? :o

skidz · Post by **skidz** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 5:34 am

Mine?
AMD 64 X2 4400+
OCZ EL Platinum PC3200 2GB (2x1GB) DDR400 2-3-2-5
BFG Geforce 7800 GTX 256mb

Hickadam · Post by **Hickadam** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:05 am

MSI K8N Diamond Plus

AMD 64 4000+

OCZ 1 Gb DDR, 2 512 Dual Channel Mode

GeForce 7900 GT

Pretty close!

fragged131 · Post by **fragged131** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:16 pm

I need a new computer, Im getting a new graphics card and HD this christmas tho.

Kinhoshi · Post by **Kinhoshi** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:52 pm

skidz wrote:Mine?
AMD 64 X2 4400+
OCZ EL Platinum PC3200 2GB (2x1GB) DDR400 2-3-2-5
BFG Geforce 7800 GTX 256mb

Very nice. My computer is like 3 quarters of yours.

skidz · Post by **skidz** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:42 pm

Kinhoshi wrote:
skidz wrote:Mine?
AMD 64 X2 4400+
OCZ EL Platinum PC3200 2GB (2x1GB) DDR400 2-3-2-5
BFG Geforce 7800 GTX 256mb
Very nice. My computer is like 3 quarters of yours.

So you play Half-Life 2 with full everything then I would presume.

Hickadam · Post by **Hickadam** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:07 am

Alright, this has nothing to do with HDR compile errors, but I just fired up Faceposer, and... low and behold: it crashes right after I hit "redo extraction" to get the file lip-synced.

I mean... what the hell... I tried other files too, so it's not just me. I refeshed the SDK content and still nothing.

I think valve has it out for me...

Kinhoshi · Post by **Kinhoshi** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:38 pm

skidz wrote:
Kinhoshi wrote:
skidz wrote:Mine?
AMD 64 X2 4400+
OCZ EL Platinum PC3200 2GB (2x1GB) DDR400 2-3-2-5
BFG Geforce 7800 GTX 256mb
Very nice. My computer is like 3 quarters of yours.
So you play Half-Life 2 with full everything then I would presume.

Just about. Antialiasing is only on 2x, Filtering is on Anisotropic 4x, and Waiting for vertical sync is disabled. Everything else is on it's highest.