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RickNeff wrote:

> >When i finaly got the map where i was
> >ready for a full compile NONE of the lighting showed up, my map
> >was fullbright! No errors during vis or rad,nothing inicating
> >that the map would be fullbright,  one error about a
> >poly with no face when i ran qbsp. Any ideas? Anyone?
>
> Are you SURE you don't have a leak???  This is a common trait of a Q2 map that
> has leaks.  Watch the QBSP compile VERY closely and look for it to say it
> leaked.  That "poly with no face" error could be causing the leak.
>
> Richard Neff

  If a poly has no face then essentially you can see to the outside...causeing a
leak.....you must have a leak......does it wirte  a file called
<mapname>.prt    if so then you dont have a leak and something is wrong with your
Qrad......that is what does all the shadowing and colored lighting in Q2

