i'm working on my map, dod_whitnall and i keep on getting messages in console ingame about cubemaps. what are cubemaps

a cube of low res images used for reflections. you have to place them to get anything specular to reflect correctly.

by placing them PIU means you have to place env_cubemap entities to your map. Build your cubemaps with 'buildcubemaps' command.

You can find more info here:
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Env_cubemap
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Cubemaps

thanks both of you

admittedly, I also didn't know exactly what cubemaps were. I just never bothered to ask until I found it as a problem for me...

thanks guys

so i did buildcubemaps in console, this is what i got


Creating default cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox sky_day01_09...
env_cubemap used on world geometry without rebuilding map. . ignoring: concrete/concretefloor005a
env_cubemap used on world geometry without rebuilding map. . ignoring: concrete/concretefloor005a
env_cubemap used on world geometry without rebuilding map. . ignoring: concrete/concretefloor005a
env_cubemap used on world geometry without rebuilding map. . ignoring: concrete/concretefloor005a
env_cubemap used on world geometry without rebuilding map. . ignoring: metal/metaldoor030a
env_cubemap used on world geometry without rebuilding map. . ignoring: metal/metaldoor030a
env_cubemap used on world geometry without rebuilding map. . ignoring: metal/metaldoor030a
env_cubemap used on world geometry without rebuilding map. . ignoring: metal/metaldoor030a
did i screw something up?

re-compile your map, and make sure the cubemaps are at player height for good riddance

64 units from the ground is the correct height for them (eye level for the player entity)