the map I have been working on for 3 weeks has just died on me. (HL2DM) I have a university visit tomorrow during which I said Id brng along my portfolio. (computer games art and design). today, my map suddenly gets the compile error:
No such variable "$hdrbasetexture" for material "skybox/sky_day01_09rt"Can't load skybox file skybox/sky_day01_09 to build the default cubemap!
but im not trying to compile HDR, my card doesnt even support it!
the effects of this range from the bsp not being created, to the game loading u (somehow) an old compile of the map as if nothing changed (but now plauged with visual glitches) to my entire map dissapearing in game, crashing, or appearing as if the entire map is being viewed through env_fog from a large distance.
any help would be so much apriciated!
Things that havn't worked:
copying the map into a new vmf and deleting the old
deleting the entities
deleting the skybox/changing the skybox
adding cubemaps/building cubemaps
refreshing SDK content
compiling it for half life 2
making a new map with a skybox, seeing it work, copying in the contents of the map into the skybox. (get same errors)