Batch Compiler error (hlvis.exe)

Hi, so I decided to start to compile with batch compiler instead of VHE (Since I've heard it's highly recommended to compile with batch). So I followed this guide to set up the batch: http://xtreme-jumps.eu/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?186401.post

So here is the problem:
"Next is VIS at Max Distance I wrote 20000, but I think you can leave it default. ", I first wrote 20000 too, but when I clicked run I got the error saying: hlvis.exe has stopped working. Map works fine, though it was much darker, which is understandable because in the log I saw something about "Warning: No vis information, Direct light only etc".
So after changing the Max Distance to 0, the error doesn't pop up anymore, however the map is incredibly light (almost no shadows). I tried changing the value from 20k down to 10k, even down to 100, the error still pops up if its not left at 0.

So I am clueless what to do now, I really don't want to have a super light map either, since it's in-doors map and it just looks awful with the current lighting. I liked the light when VIS was not running, looked more natural.
It's possible I screwed up setting up my batch before, since at times it was hard to understand the guide (I tried to follow it as closely I could).

Anyways, here is the log, if it's to any help:

Error (hlvis.exe) log:

hlcsg v3.4 Final (Feb 25 2006)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools -- Custom Build
Based on code modifications by Sean 'Zoner' Cavanaugh
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to ([email protected])
----- BEGIN hlcsg -----
Command line: "C:\Users\Mathis\Desktop\Diverse\Mapping\Zoner's Half-Life Tools 3.4 Final64 bit (ZHLT)\hlcsg.exe"-nowadtextures -wadcfgfile C:\Users\Mathis\Desktop\Diverse\Mapping\Wads -wadinclude mtz_2k13.wad -wadinclude hero.wad -wadinclude hell.wad -chart -estimate -texdata 8192 -lightdata 6144 "C:\Users\Mathis\Desktop\Diverse\Mapping\Maps RMF\unfinished2"
Entering C:\Users\Mathis\Desktop\Diverse\Mapping\Maps RMF\unfinished2.map

Current hlcsg Settings
Name | Setting | Default
---------------------|-----------|-------------------------
threads [ 8 ] [ Varies ]
verbose [ off ] [ off ]
log [ on ] [ on ]
developer [ 0 ] [ 0 ]
chart [ on ] [ off ]
estimate [ on ] [ off ]
max texture memory [ 8388608 ] [ 4194304 ]
max lighting memory [ 6291456 ] [ 6291456 ]
priority [ Normal ] [ Normal ]

noclip [ off ] [ off ]
null texture stripping[ on ] [ on ]
clipnode economy mode [ on ] [ on ]
clip hull type [ legacy ] [ legacy ]
onlyents [ off ] [ off ]
wadtextures [ off ] [ on ]
skyclip [ on ] [ on ]
hullfile [ None ] [ None ]
nullfile [ None ] [ None ]
min surface area [ 0.500 ] [ 0.500 ]
brush union threshold [ 0.000 ] [ 0.000 ]

Using mapfile wad configuration
Wadinclude list :
[zhlt.wad]
[mtz_2k13.wad]
[hero.wad]
[hell.wad]

1 brushes (totalling 6 sides) discarded from clipping hulls
CreateBrush:
(0.02 seconds)
SetModelCenters:
(0.00 seconds)
CSGBrush:
(0.03 seconds)

Object names Objects/Maxobjs Memory / Maxmem Fullness
------------ --------------- --------------- --------
models 0/400 0/25600 ( 0.0%)
planes 908/32768 18160/655360 ( 2.8%)
vertexes 0/65535 0/786420 ( 0.0%)
nodes 0/32767 0/786408 ( 0.0%)
texinfos 180/32767 7200/1310680 ( 0.5%)
faces 0/65535 0/1310700 ( 0.0%)
clipnodes 0/32767 0/262136 ( 0.0%)
leaves 0/8192 0/229376 ( 0.0%)
marksurfaces 0/65535 0/131070 ( 0.0%)
surfedges 0/512000 0/2048000 ( 0.0%)
edges 0/256000 0/1024000 ( 0.0%)
texdata [variable] 0/8388608 ( 0.0%)
lightdata [variable] 0/6291456 ( 0.0%)
visdata [variable] 0/2097152 ( 0.0%)
entdata [variable] 0/524288 ( 0.0%)
0 textures referenced
=== Total BSP file data space used: 25360 bytes ===

Including Wadfile: \users\mathis\desktop\diverse\mapping\wads\mtz_2k13.wad
- Warning: Larger than expected texture (324750 bytes): '!SLACK_POP2'
- Contains 7 used textures, 41.18 percent of map (386 textures in wad)
Including Wadfile: \users\mathis\desktop\diverse\mapping\wads\hell.wad
- Contains 0 used textures, 0.00 percent of map (94 textures in wad)
Including Wadfile: \users\mathis\desktop\diverse\mapping\wads\hero.wad
- Contains 10 used textures, 58.82 percent of map (2149 textures in wad)

added 1 additional animating textures.
Texture usage is at 0.67 mb (of 8.00 mb MAX)
0.08 seconds elapsed

----- END hlcsg -----



hlbsp v3.4 Final (Feb 25 2006)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools -- Custom Build
Based on code modifications by Sean 'Zoner' Cavanaugh
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to ([email protected])
----- BEGIN hlbsp -----
Command line: "C:\Users\Mathis\Desktop\Diverse\Mapping\Zoner's Half-Life Tools 3.4 Final64 bit (ZHLT)\hlbsp.exe"-chart -estimate -texdata 8192 -lightdata 6144 "C:\Users\Mathis\Desktop\Diverse\Mapping\Maps RMF\unfinished2"

Current hlbsp Settings
Name | Setting | Default
-------------------|-----------|-------------------------
threads [ 8 ] [ Varies ]
verbose [ off ] [ off ]
log [ on ] [ on ]
developer [ 0 ] [ 0 ]
chart [ on ] [ off ]
estimate [ on ] [ off ]
max texture memory [ 8388608 ] [ 4194304 ]
priority [ Normal ] [ Normal ]

noclip [ off ] [ off ]
nofill [ off ] [ off ]
noopt [ off ] [ off ]
null tex. stripping [ on ] [ on ]
notjunc [ off ] [ off ]
subdivide size [ 240 ] [ 240 ] (Min 64) (Max 512)
max node size [ 1024 ] [ 1024 ] (Min 64) (Max 8192)


SolidBSP [hull 0] 177 (0.00 seconds)
BSP generation successful, writing portal file 'C:\Users\Mathis\Desktop\Diverse\Mapping\Maps RMF\unfinished2.prt'
SolidBSP [hull 1] 156 (0.00 seconds)
SolidBSP [hull 2] 124 (0.00 seconds)
SolidBSP [hull 3] 184 (0.00 seconds)

Object names Objects/Maxobjs Memory / Maxmem Fullness
------------ --------------- --------------- --------
models 17/400 1088/25600 ( 4.3%)
planes 390/32768 7800/655360 ( 1.2%)
vertexes 497/65535 5964/786420 ( 0.8%)
nodes 235/32767 5640/786408 ( 0.7%)
texinfos 180/32767 7200/1310680 ( 0.5%)
faces 327/65535 6540/1310700 ( 0.5%)
clipnodes 786/32767 6288/262136 ( 2.4%)
leaves 161/8192 4508/229376 ( 2.0%)
marksurfaces 500/65535 1000/131070 ( 0.8%)
surfedges 1532/512000 6128/2048000 ( 0.3%)
edges 814/256000 3256/1024000 ( 0.3%)
texdata [variable] 705716/8388608 ( 8.4%)
lightdata [variable] 0/6291456 ( 0.0%)
visdata [variable] 0/2097152 ( 0.0%)
entdata [variable] 5988/524288 ( 1.1%)
18 textures referenced
=== Total BSP file data space used: 767116 bytes ===
0.06 seconds elapsed

----- END hlbsp -----



hlrad v3.4 Final (Feb 25 2006)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools -- Custom Build
Based on code modifications by Sean 'Zoner' Cavanaugh
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to ([email protected])
----- BEGIN hlrad -----
Command line: "C:\Users\Mathis\Desktop\Diverse\Mapping\Zoner's Half-Life Tools 3.4 Final64 bit (ZHLT)\hlrad.exe"-customshadowwithbounce -rgbtransfers -extra -sparse -bounce 17 -dscale 1.0 -smooth 180 -falloff 2 -chart -estimate -texdata 8192 -lightdata 6144 -lights "C:\Program Files\Valve Hammer Editor\tools\lights.rad""C:\Users\Mathis\Desktop\Diverse\Mapping\Maps RMF\unfinished2"

-= Current hlrad Settings =-
Name | Setting | Default
--------------------|---------------------|-------------------------
threads [ 8 ] [ Varies ]
verbose [ off ] [ off ]
log [ on ] [ on ]
developer [ 0 ] [ 0 ]
chart [ on ] [ off ]
estimate [ on ] [ off ]
max texture memory [ 8388608 ] [ 4194304 ]
max lighting memory [ 6291456 ] [ 6291456 ]
priority [ Normal ] [ Normal ]

vismatrix algorithm [ Sparse ] [ Original ]
oversampling (-extra)[ on ] [ off ]
bounces [ 17 ] [ 1 ]
bounce dynamic light [ on ] [ on ]
ambient light [ 0.000 0.000 0.000 ] [ 0.000 0.000 0.000 ]
maximum light [ 255.000 ] [ 256.000 ]
circus mode [ off ] [ off ]

smoothing threshold [ 180.000 ] [ 50.000 ]
direct threshold [ 25.000 ] [ 25.000 ]
direct light scale [ 1.000 ] [ 2.000 ]
coring threshold [ 1.000 ] [ 1.000 ]
patch interpolation [ on ] [ on ]

texscale [ on ] [ on ]
patch subdividing [ on ] [ on ]
chop value [ 64.000 ] [ 64.000 ]
texchop value [ 32.000 ] [ 32.000 ]

global fade [ 1.000 ] [ 1.000 ]
global falloff [ 2 ] [ 2 ]
global light scale [ 1.000 1.000 1.000 ] [ 1.000 1.000 1.000 ]
global gamma [ 0.500 0.500 0.500 ] [ 0.500 0.500 0.500 ]
global light scale [ 1.000 ] [ 1.000 ]
global sky diffusion [ 1.000 ] [ 1.000 ]

opaque entities [ on ] [ on ]
sky lighting fix [ on ] [ on ]
incremental [ off ] [ off ]
dump [ off ] [ off ]

colour jitter [ 0.0 0.0 0.0 ] [ 0.0 0.0 0.0 ]
monochromatic jitter [ 0.0 0.0 0.0 ] [ 0.0 0.0 0.0 ]
softlight hack [ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ] [ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ]
diffuse hack [ on ] [ on ]
spotlight points [ on ] [ on ]

custom shadows with bounce light
[ on ] [ off ]
rgb transfers [ on ] [ off ]


[Reading texlights from 'C:\Users\Mathis\Desktop\Diverse\Mapping\Zoner's Half-Life Tools 3.4 Final64 bit (ZHLT)\lights.rad']
[59 texlights parsed from 'C:\Users\Mathis\Desktop\Diverse\Mapping\Zoner's Half-Life Tools 3.4 Final64 bit (ZHLT)\lights.rad']

[Reading texlights from 'C:\Program Files\Valve Hammer Editor\tools\lights.rad']
Warning: Redundant '+0~WHITE' def in 'C:\Users\Mathis\Desktop\Diverse\Mapping\Zoner's Half-Life Tools 3.4 Final64 bit (ZHLT)\lights.rad' AND 'C:\Program Files\Valve Hammer Editor\tools\lights.rad'!
[1 texlights parsed from 'C:\Program Files\Valve Hammer Editor\tools\lights.rad']

Warning: No vis information, direct lighting only.
327 faces
Create Patches : 1854 base patches
0 opaque faces
18426 square feet [2653455.75 square inches]
6 direct lights

BuildFacelights:
(0.26 seconds)
FinalLightFace:
(0.02 seconds)

Object names Objects/Maxobjs Memory / Maxmem Fullness
------------ --------------- --------------- --------
models 17/400 1088/25600 ( 4.3%)
planes 390/32768 7800/655360 ( 1.2%)
vertexes 497/65535 5964/786420 ( 0.8%)
nodes 235/32767 5640/786408 ( 0.7%)
texinfos 180/32767 7200/1310680 ( 0.5%)
faces 327/65535 6540/1310700 ( 0.5%)
clipnodes 786/32767 6288/262136 ( 2.4%)
leaves 161/8192 4508/229376 ( 2.0%)
marksurfaces 500/65535 1000/131070 ( 0.8%)
surfedges 1532/512000 6128/2048000 ( 0.3%)
edges 814/256000 3256/1024000 ( 0.3%)
texdata [variable] 705716/8388608 ( 8.4%)
lightdata [variable] 46101/6291456 ( 0.7%)
visdata [variable] 0/2097152 ( 0.0%)
entdata [variable] 5988/524288 ( 1.1%)
18 textures referenced
=== Total BSP file data space used: 813217 bytes ===
0.30 seconds elapsed

----- END hlrad -----

Ps: I am sorry if the solution is obvious or something, it's just that I am really bad at errors and finding solutions when it comes to mapping and VHE. Any help would be greatly appreciated :-)

Originally posted by hm^

[blockquote]Warning: No vis information, direct lighting only.[/blockquote]

Did you only use texturelightning?
Otherwise try to add one light - pointenity and make a testcompile.

where's your hlvis?
I only see csg, bsp and then rad complaining about no vis information which is normal, as I don't see VIS anywhere

Yes, problem fixed. I left the max distance at default which was zero, and adjusted the lights in VHE. Big thanks to hm^ for helping me with this :-)

You can close this thread!