Longest compile times?

[extremelyhotsauce]

I have experienced some LONNGGG compile times. Most have been to poor optimization, but my longest took 80 hrs. I started the compile before I went on vacation, and when I came back it already started the game for me to hop in. It was very well optimized, it just took up about half the entire grid in hammer. I was doing an experiment with size and vehicles. With a friend helping me, we made about 5 villages and two mega detailed cities, with sporadic forests and a waterfall for fun. The map ran well, for source engine any ways. And in the end we got a maximum 4 jets, 2 helicopters and 15 cars. In use. At once, before it crashed.


So longest compile times anyone?

 

[ThePhlubs]

Combine Destiny 2 maps for me took roughly 25-30 minutes. Can't say I've ever compiled anything that took longer than that.

 

[StarRazor]

3 hours...I don't put much of my daily time into maps...

 

[Christy]

Longest? Maybe 8 Minutes. Dont remember which map.

 

[Pizza Steve]

A. Buy a better computer
B. Dont compile in hammer.

 

[Santa Anna]

A. Buy a better computer
B. Dont compile in hammer.

I'll just compile it in Java then...

 

[Cushiony]

May I have the bsp file for your big map with the nice details and vehicles? For me it was 2 hours then i gave up. I use vbct but the map was still too big I guess.