Hi,
I’m getting this strange error while joining specific map ‘aerowalk’. This issue is occur only on remote host. I can load this map without problem locally /devmap aerowalk.
Relevant part of console output:
stitched 10 LoD cracks
...loaded 1840 faces, 24 meshes, 42 trisurfs, 0 flares
CL_InitCGame: 0.52 seconds
3 msec to draw all images
Com_TouchMemory: 0 msec
change_map_please^7 entered the game
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ERROR: CM_InlineModel: bad number
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forcefully unloading cgame vm
RE_Shutdown( 0 )
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok
What could be cause of that error and how can i fix that? It’s really good map
Version of ioquake3:
ioq3 1.36_GIT_41f83ac-2015-10-17 linux-x86_64 Oct 17 2015^7
We are going off topic sir. CM_InlineModel error seems to be common on idtech3 based engines and it’s probably related to bsp maps.
So… can we do anything about it? Like debug the cause?
Maybe a entity references a BSP submodel that does not exist? Not sure how that would happen though.
Change the print message to include the number and max submodels.
Change the Com_Error in code/qcommon/cm_load.c
clipHandle_t CM_InlineModel( int index ) {
if ( index < 0 || index >= cm.numSubModels ) {
Com_Error (ERR_DROP, "CM_InlineModel: bad number %d (total %d)", index, cm.numSubModels);
}
return index;
}
Then compile the engine and load the map to find the number.
Check the entities string in the level BSP file for "model" "*1" (where 1 is whatever the reported ‘bad number’ is) to find the entity that references the inline model. Use a hex editor or strings command line program to read the BSP.
After finding the entity see if it is limited to specific gametypes using "notfree" "1" or "gametype" "team ctf" etc. Using different gametype for remote and local server might explain why it’s an issue on one but not the other.
Not really sure what to do with the entity if it’s found. You could change the “classname” to something else to disable the entity though then it won’t be network compatible. Report bad number, total submodels, and entity definition here if you can find them I guess?
Thanks for detailed explanation, but still i need a little help on that. I found that bad number is 7 (and cm.numSubModels=7). Some relevant output from strings:
It seems that model #7 is not rich with attributes. I can load this map with no issue locally, but got disconnected every time, when map is loaded on server.
Any idea on next step?
It is also possible that the “item_armor_jacket” entity is causing the problem. I saw several maps that won’t load because of this item (“item_armor_jacket” is not a q3 item)!
The item is placed at origin: -544 -304 136.
Either use BSPTool to remove it, or change “classname” to something else (as zturtleman said).
I don’t think it’s the unknown entities (team_dom_point, item_armor_jacket, …). They should just cause a warning message.
I’m not sure what “cellId” is for func_static is. Looks like it’s for Quake Live advertisements. I’m guessing the submodels after/equal to cm.numSubModels are from the BSP Advertisements lump that’s only loaded in Quake Live. I don’t know why it’s not an issue for local server though.
You could modify the game qvm to drop func_static that have cellId set, or modify the BSP to remove or disable them.
@bagherra: Do you know of other maps that produces the same result?
I searched for the maps I thought that won’t load, didn’t find it, maybe I was wrong!
But I found another one that didn’t load (even locally). It’s this one: http://lvlworld.com/review/id:1422
This map loads on ioquake 1.36, but do not load anymore. Though eventually this is a renderer issue.
Can you check if this map produces the same error, or another error?
Eventually we can inspect the affected map files than.
Just some thoughts to help you!
