The link for tracemap command in the guide doesn’t work 
could some1 plz tell me what it is
Tracemap command ??
Drakir
(Drakir)
#2
Pretty simple:
type /developer 1 in console
then /generatetracemap
Wait for engine to finnish and you´ll have a tracemap in your /maps folder.
The image created by engine should be named: mapname_tracemap.tga
MytMowse
(MytMowse)
#3
Any Idea how long it takes? Cuz i have such a tiny map I mean the map file is only like 5kb cuz it’s only a test and I don’t get nothing letting me know that it is finished. There is also no tga.
Womprat
(Womprat)
#4
it should only take a few seconds for a small map. and it prints out:
Generating level heightmap and level mask…
0 of 65536 gridpoints calculated (0.00%), 1 total traces
19913 of 65536 gridpoints calculated (30.38%), 49501 total traces
47999 of 65536 gridpoints calculated (73.24%), 101646 total traces
65536 of 65536 gridpoints calculated (100.00%), 119182 total traces
Generating sky heightmap and sky mask…
65536 of 65536 gridpoints calculated (100.00%), 142319 total traces
Generating sky groundmap…
52300 of 65536 gridpoints calculated (79.80%), 142334 total traces
65536 of 65536 gridpoints calculated (100.00%), 142334 total traces
also you have to use devmap to load the map in order for developer 1 to work.
MadAxeMan
(MadAxeMan)
#5
I get the same. Maybe if you only have a very minimal map it cannot produce a trace - or maybe it needs terrain to work from - I don’t have any at the moment.
Anyhow, it isn’t needed to continue dev, so I’m flagging this one…
Thej
(Thej)
#6
yeh i got the same in the bginning till i added the boundries of the map in the worldspawn
Key mapcoordsmins represent the top left corner (x / y map editor values).
Key mapcoordsmaxs represent the bottom right corner (x / y map editor values).
U can find them in the manual on command maps. or look at how they are put in in the worldspwn in goldrush
Thej
(Thej)
#8
Are u sure u dont get an extra folder (ur mapname) where the TGA is in?
cause it really should work like its written in the manual
MadAxeMan
(MadAxeMan)
#9
Yeah, I don’t get any console output either. I’m not stressing though, I’m sure it’ll work itself out.
Got more noob things to suss, like exactly what is meant by a concave brush. In my two minute fanny around, I think this means that the touching faces must be the same geometry when you merge them. :chef:
Domipheus
(Domipheus)
#10
your coordinates have to be so that they are the corners of a perfect square, or else the tracemap command doesnt work.
Dark_Killer
(Dark Killer)
#11
how would you create your coordinates so they are from a perfect square?
I can’t get this to work!!! :banghead:
Shallow
(Shallow)
#12
Easiest way is to drag out a temporary square brush around your level and get the coordinates by looking at the positions of its corners. If you go to Preferences -> Display -> 2D display/Rendering and check the Display size info option, Radiant will display your brush’s height and width, making it easy to tell if it’s square. (There’s probly a keyboard shortcut to toggle that, dunno what it is since I find it useful and just leave it on 
)
mort-malice
(mort-malice)
#14
A tracemap lets you fire mortars without the game crashing, and makes a good base image for a commandmap.
diaper_eater
(diaper eater)
#16
ok i made one, but my rain still wont work, and what do i do with it after i make it
sock
(sock)
#17
The shortcut is Q, I always thought Q would be quit or something but thats GTK shortcut logic for you! 
Sock
:moo:
turk2000
(turk2000)
#18
if you ciclely get :
“Cvar_Set2: cl_guid 8E98016E42F05CCBE2”
what could it be its meaning?
lennyballa
(lennyballa)
#19
I found out that you can only use that command if you have done light and vis, if i don’t do this the tracemap command doesnt work for me.
mort-malice
(mort-malice)
#20
And lets you call artillery and airstrikes, and makes precipitation work.
Actually I tested this and with no tracemap I was able to call airstrikes with no probelems. :drink: