Long Compilation Time

[Vegeta]

I've never tried using the Q3map2GUI's "FINAL(long time compile)" option on any large scale maps.  About how long would it take on a computer with a quad core 2.8Ghz processor, and 12GB of RAM, for a map with over 4500 brushes and 730 entities (most being lights) ?

 

Just wondering, because I really feel like the more accurate light rendering might be worth the wait time.

[eezstreet]

I don't know. Why don't you compile it and find out?

[Vegeta]

@@eezstreet

 

LMAO Okay, I will.  Probably overnight though.  Tried once before and it got stuck on one aspect of the lighting for several hours without showing any signs of change, and eventually I had to abort the compilation entirely...

[Raz0r]

If you're after better lighting quality, you should probably be fine-tuning q3map2 switches yourself. I've made some pretty good improvements to base maps by testing out various switches rather than Radiant's pre-defined ones.

Lighting is always pretty expensive, but the more expensive operations are also documented as such.

[Xycaleth]

The big killer in the lighting stage is -bounce. This attempts to simulate how lights reflects off of surfaces and illuminates nearby objects and I think will take the majority of the compile time.