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What is your current Flash version ? Since the Tempest toolbar is just a Flash animation, lets test it outside GMAX. Close GMAX/Tempest and execute the file ...gmaxgamepacksTempestscripts oolbar.swf Maximize your Flash animation (the toolbar appears in a window). Now do you see the Compile button on the left ?
If not, I suspect it is either Flash related or system related.
You don't realy need the toolbar to compile. When you compile it simply saves the *.gmax file as a *.map, creates a *.bat file containing the compiling commands and then executes it. So once you created your *.bat file, you can simply execute it directly everytimes you want a compile. Since you cannot create your *.bat file, you can always create it yourself with textpad or wordpad. Its not complicated.
Here is an exemple :
set Q3MAP2="D:Program Filesq3map_2.5.16_win32_x86q3map2.exe"
set QUAKE3="D:Program FilesQuake III Arena"
set TEMPEST="D:gmaxgamepacksTempest"
set BSPOPTIONS=-meta -verboseentities -custinfoparms -samplesize 8
set VISOPTIONS=-vis -saveprt
set LIGHTOPTIONS=-light -filter -patchshadows -samples 3
set GENERALOPTIONS=-fs_basepath %QUAKE3% -fs_game baseq3 %TEMPEST%leveltest.map -v
%Q3MAP2% %BSPOPTIONS% %GENERALOPTIONS%
pause
%Q3MAP2% %VISOPTION% %GENERALOPTIONS%
pause
%Q3MAP2% %LIGHTOPTIONS% %GENERALOPTIONS%
pause
Just replace the content of the variables. You can then save it as a *.bat file with your mapname (ex: mapname.bat). Then everytimes you want to compile it, just do a File/Save as/*.map then execute that batch file. You can have Tempest still opened while compiling your map.
For infos on the options to use or support :
Shader manual :
http://members.lycos.co.uk/quakeroats/q3map2/shader_manual/
or
http://q3map2.everyonelookbusy.net/shader_manual/contents.htm
Latest version of q3map2 (no more developements done since Sept-2005) : http://q3map2.everyonelookbusy.net/q3map2_win32/
Q3map support forum :
http://www.splashdamage.com/index.php?name=pnPHPbb2&file=viewforum&f=8
P.S.
those files have been moved around since the original owner's site went down in Sept-2005. Others have kept copies of them but some are corrupted. These links are not garanteed to last for ever. I will keep copies on my PC but don't know for how long as Quake-3 based engines are fading away slowly....
Also, q3map2 is way much better then the q3map supplied with Tempest. Go get it ! | 
