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From: "David H. Bronke" <ci363@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Re: [Q] Textures disappearing from levels I create - Why?
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On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Brian Mitchiner wrote:

> Howdy,
> 
> I am using worldcraft 1.5 to create a map.  After working on it for a
> couple of hours,  I notice that when testing the level,  textures
> disappear and re-appear I walk around in the level.
> 
> This seems to happen while I stand in specific spots and look in a
> specific direction.  If I move or rotate,  things look normal again.
> If I go back to that spot,  The texture disappears again.  The more
> objects I add,  the worse it seems to get.
> 
> This seems to be the worst when I am an object with a lot of solids is
> in my field of view.
> 
> Any Ideas?
> 
> 
> 

I had the same problem in some of my maps. You have to run it thru VIS.
Sometimes, however, VIS wont process the file. When I use it thru the DOS
prompt, it says "no <mapname>.prt" or something like that. (too lazy to check
it out.) Anyone else have an idea on a fix for this? Help!

David H. Bronke
Quake+Doom level creator, programmer ;'), and Web Page maker.
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