Hello, when I try to start my level up, it loads all the way on the status bar. But than the game crashes. What shpould I do?

Hit F10 in JED and see if there are any errors in the consistancy checker. If there aren't, do you have any custom 3dos or cogs in the level? Those could cause the level to crash.

The room is a Big Dome or hat shaped thing. There is no cogs and when I press f10 it has about a million and one things(The Face is not convex;surface,0 123) the face is not plainer;surface,0,132) It says that for about every surface. And it also says that thing(walkplayer) is not in sector. When it is. And at the top it says sector is not convex; sector, 0(the only sector.
Now What?

Umm... That's alot of errors.
I'd suggest you take a look at the basics from the main page. Also read some tutorials. That should help you get used to the engine.

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1. Delete sector 0; you will have to do it again. Remember that sectors must be convex in JK.

Convex:



Non-convex:



In order to make the non-convex sector convex again, you must cleave it into convex sectors, in this fashion:




However, the problem with doing this is that you also have non-planar surfaces, which means that some of your surfaces are actually twisted and do not lie on the same plane. Sector cleaving will do nothing to remedy this. To fix non-planar surfaces, you must drag vertices and edges, which is probably too advanced for you yet. You also have another option, which is to multi-select all of the surfaces which are non-planar and press Ctrl + P. This will automatically planarize all selected surfaces, but the problem with this is that it may not do so to your liking. It also causes GEO, surface flag, and adjoins settings to go haywire. So this is why I'm telling you to delete sector 0 and redo it, (mostly because it seems pretty complex. That's a whole lotta surfaces for a single sector! ). I'm assuming most of the errors will dissappear then, because sector 0 is your only non-convex, (concave) sector.

2. Your walkplayer probably IS in a sector, but you have to make sure a sector is actually assigned to it by pressing enter while you have it selected and typing in the sector number that the walkplayer is in. (Right now it will probably say -1).

3. All of these errors that you have will kick you out right before it loads, so make sure you fix both of these things.

Good luck. If there are more errors after you redo sector 0, post back here and let us know some of the specifics, because we can probably help you.

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[This message has been edited by Free' (edited April 29, 2001).]

Okay, the non-convex and non-planar errors are really difficult to fix without getting other errors. Pretty much the only way to fix those is delete the sectors they are in a redo them (sounds like you are going to have to start over ). The thing not in sector means the thing was moved outside a sector and then moved back into a sector and JED didn't register the move. Either select the thing and jiggle it around and JED should enter the sector number for you, or select the thing hit enter and manually enter the sector the thing is in in the "sector" blank. I'm guessing with all those surface and sector errors you're trying to make the architecture the wrong way. Read the tutorial about making domes to check out one of the ways to do it.

1. You're screwed. Start over.

2. Did you have a bunch of sectors you merged? That's a no no. Don't be afraid to have lots of sectors. However if you have a lot in view at one time it will hurt your framerate.

3. Use the consistnecy checker frequently as you build the level. If you wait until the end you may be so screwed you have essentially lost all your work (like now). If you can catch the errors early they can usually be fixed.

4. If you need to know what the different consistency checker errors mean try this link http://www.code-alliance.com/~editors/jediknight/docs/jedtips.htm#conserrors

5. Make sure you read the tutorials here at Massassi. For additional hints, tips, and troubleshooting advice, try the editing help section at my site http://mikec.massassi.net

6. About the walkplayer error. If it says it is not in a sector in the consistency checker but it is physically located in the sector, you need to examine the sector setting for the object. Select the walkplayer and hit enter to bring up the item editor. You will see a box that says "sector" and it will probably have a -1 next to it. Change the -1 to the number of the sector the walkplayer is in. On a side note, you need to make sure the walkplayer and all other 3dos are set entirely inside of one sector and don't lap over into another sector.


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Hey, Drominix. I know you! Anyway, yeah, start over. There's no way you're gonna be able to continue. I guess you just screwed up by merging or playing around with vertexs.

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i only get to the level load screen and it says error cannot load level will anyboy help me?

Hit f-10 in JED and see above.

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