Nak2/StormFox2

RedownloadAllLightmaps causes crashed

Freilichtbuehne opened this issue · 3 comments

Freilichtbuehne commented

Whenever time changes and the lightmaps are getting redownloaded, 80% of all players crash.
In their crashlog always appears the same error:

-Lua Stack Traces-
  Client
    0. RedownloadAllLightmaps - [C]:-1
      1. (null) - addons/stormfox2/lua/stormfox2/framework/sh_maplight.lua:124

  Server
    Lua Interface = NULL

  MenuSystem
    *Not in Lua call OR Lua has panicked*

I tried to reproduce the crash on an empty server but didn't achieve it.

Nak2 commented

Sadly there isn't much I can do regarding the render.RedownloadAllLightmaps.

It is a troublesome function as it forces the client to update all light-surfaces on the map at the same time.
I've requested an alternative way to update the light, but until then, you would have to choose maps with light_enviroment and disable extra light.

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Heyter commented

Whenever time changes and the lightmaps are getting redownloaded, 80% of all players crash.
In their crashlog always appears the same error:

-Lua Stack Traces-
  Client
    0. RedownloadAllLightmaps - [C]:-1
      1. (null) - addons/stormfox2/lua/stormfox2/framework/sh_maplight.lua:124

  Server
    Lua Interface = NULL

  MenuSystem
    *Not in Lua call OR Lua has panicked*

I tried to reproduce the crash on an empty server but didn't achieve it.

Try using only a one 'true' argument in render.RedownloadAllLightmaps.

render.RedownloadAllLightmaps(true)

That helped me.

Nak2 commented

Version 2.22 and above should allow you to use other light-styles and even mix a few.
It wouldn't solve LightStyle being laggy, but it will give you new alternatives that doesn't lag as much.

render.RedownloadAllLightmaps does require being called with two trues, or static-props won't update correctly.
This is sadly unsolvable, until we get a new LightStyle function for Gmod.

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