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bassicly i don't wnat to wait for the lightmaps to download can i start before they're installed or od i have to have them installed for the map to look good?

no you do not need them to start a map. You only need them really in the final stages when your casting the shadows.

okay thanks, also when i was mapping last time (lost all my files thanks to a virus) and i light mapped thne i decided to remove a building and it left a black amrk on the map i then re-light mapped and it stayed there. would u know what caused this?

Did you reload textures in the editor?

The question is was it a shadow on the terrain or an object? if it was on the terrain then you need to relightmap the terrain (or the single patch of terrain the object is on) and if its on a object, you need to relightmap your objects (or the single object your shadow is casted on the building) but you really dont need to worry about any of that until the final stages of your map. If you spend all of your time correcting your lightmaps as your working your never going to get anything done. I always leave lightmapping till the last step, with maybe lightmapping one or two buildings though the process and maybe the terrain as well but that's about it until the final stages where I lightmap everything in one go.

yeha i know but i was like so close to finnishing my last map and then VIRUS! and that problem has always been on my mind
it was just like a dark patch on the ground and i did re-lightmap the terrian and the whole map but i dunno it just went wrong