diff -r f02c7f3a515a code/renderer/tr_bsp.c
--- a/code/renderer/tr_bsp.c	Sun May 30 04:35:45 2010 +0000
+++ b/code/renderer/tr_bsp.c	Thu Oct 14 08:01:33 2010 +0200
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@
 		//FIXME: HACK: maps with only one lightmap turn up fullbright for some reason.
 		//this avoids this, but isn't the correct solution.
 		tr.numLightmaps++;
-	} else if ( tr.numLightmaps >= MAX_LIGHTMAPS ) { // 20051020 misantropia
-		ri.Printf( PRINT_WARNING, "WARNING: number of lightmaps > MAX_LIGHTMAPS\n" );
-		tr.numLightmaps = MAX_LIGHTMAPS;
 	}
 
 	// if we are in r_vertexLight mode, we don't need the lightmaps at all
@@ -165,6 +162,7 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
+	tr.lightmaps = ri.Hunk_Alloc( tr.numLightmaps * sizeof(image_t *), h_low );
 	for ( i = 0 ; i < tr.numLightmaps ; i++ ) {
 		// expand the 24 bit on-disk to 32 bit
 		buf_p = buf + i * LIGHTMAP_SIZE*LIGHTMAP_SIZE * 3;
diff -r f02c7f3a515a code/renderer/tr_local.h
--- a/code/renderer/tr_local.h	Sun May 30 04:35:45 2010 +0000
+++ b/code/renderer/tr_local.h	Thu Oct 14 08:01:33 2010 +0200
@@ -779,7 +779,6 @@
 extern	refimport_t		ri;
 
 #define	MAX_DRAWIMAGES			2048
-#define	MAX_LIGHTMAPS			256
 #define	MAX_SKINS				1024
 
 
@@ -916,7 +915,7 @@
 	shader_t				*sunShader;
 
 	int						numLightmaps;
-	image_t					*lightmaps[MAX_LIGHTMAPS];
+	image_t					**lightmaps;
 
 	trRefEntity_t			*currentEntity;
 	trRefEntity_t			worldEntity;		// point currentEntity at this when rendering world