Map compiling

[Tyron 5]

Ok, im in the middle of making this map,and i need to be testing it regular bases, but my map is getting bigger and bigger and this is making it take longer to compile (i think) so i started compiling the map and left it over night as i sleept and after night it was still compiling. So in total i left it for way over 12 hours so i had to stop it. If anyone has any suggestions; would be much appreciated

[Iszuka™ 10]

Depends on both your PC specs and the size of your map.

Side question, how many cores can you utilize when compiling in Hammer?

And does 'Nodraw' make a difference to compile time?

[Doomblade94 50]

I guess one suggestion would be to "hide" the parts of the map you won't be testing in HAMMER, and making a temporary player spawn in the area you will be testing, then when you finally compile the whole thing in the final build just unhide those untested parts.

EDIT: I also forgot, try ticking the "Fast" options for the compile programs when you hit F9 or Run Map or whatever.

[SonyTwan 1,208]

make a smaller map

spawn T's in armory

all map games in armory

vents lead back into armory

[Doomblade94 50]

make a smaller map

spawn T's in armory

all map games in armory

vents lead back into armory

That's too much work. Just make a large func_hurt entity and set it so it only hurts CT's with 1,000 damage per second.

[Tyron 5]

Ty for the suggestions

And ty to sony for the best suggestion by far

[Popey456963 17]

My friend uses EC2 Spot Instances from Amazon. You can run an incredibly powerful computer for only an hour or two and it will only cost you ~30p, which is probably less than the costs of power and repair of your computer.

It's slightly technical to make a script that spawns the correct processes to start compiling, and if you need any assistance I'd be happy to help.

[Skeff 289]

Please check out this developer wiki page: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Optimization_(level_design)

And look at this thread that inmylife posted when he had a similar issue, we talked about it on page 2 & 3: http://www.outbreak-community.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5850

Basically turn as many detailed objects into func_details and check your portal file.

[Iszuka™ 10]

You can run an incredibly powerful computer for only an hour or two and it will only cost you ~30p

Interesting.

You ever come across a thing which you never knew existed, but now you've learned of it you wonder why you didn't think of it yourself?

This is one of those.

And ~30p an hour? Direct debit that shiz.