[Help!] "Could not find valid technique for the shader shaders/rashaderwater.fx"

[cat]

I have started to map something after I touched the editor 3 years ago the last time. I went to make a small test map to check out stuff. I placed a small hut on the map and created the lightmaps. It appears to work however when it is finished the output throws out an endless stream of the following error:


"Could not find valid technique for the shader shaders/rashaderwater.fx"


Also the controls for the 3d view are frozen, however I can still access the menus etc.

I am usin Vista 32. What is causing this error?

[cat]

Anyone can help with this? Id really like to map something for pr.

[J.F.Leusch69]

did you download the pr lightmaps????

and if you already did that, there is no "stop" on making maps, cos if you got a finished map without lightmaps, i think there is somebody in the community who would make the lightmaps for you

cheers R-communist leusch

[cat]

I would like to see what is the problem with it. And yes I followed the tutorial for setting up for PR.

I can think of the followign things:

- Some weird vista error
- Patch issue
I installed bf2, then the 1.41 patch then PR. After that I installed the special forces pack some time later and since it forces some older patch on it, I reapplied the 1.4 patch, which did not cause any error and the game runs normally. I am not sure if reinstalling all would fix that and I would like to find other ways to fix it before doing this.

[cat]

DId anyone have this error? It basically happens whenever a static objects was lightmapped. However Overgrowth did not cause any. Is it perhaps a missing shader?

[Rhino]

I've had this issue too recently for some reason but I'm not entirely sure why. I've tried reinstalling the editor, replacing shaders etc but not found a fix. The editor still renders LMs so you just need to restart it after its finished.