noob question

[Sandstorm]

what is portalflow? beczause i was compiling fine, then i made a staircase, and now it freezes on portalview ...8.

[Marquis Posa]

your map isnt optimized.
you have to use func_details.
i suggest you read a few pages of this thread:
http://www.hl2world.com/bbs/1-vt31475.html?start=6
i will teach you A LOT.

[Sandstorm]

wait, so when exactly do u use nodraw? or any of those colored textures

[Marquis Posa]

the main reason for the long compiling time is that you didnt use any func_details.
as i said read a few pages of the thread and than you should know how to use func_details.
the first thing you could do is to make your staircase to a func_detail.
using nodraw will just improve your ingame performence a bit.
but that is another story.