radar locations

radar locations

Re: radar locations Posted by RadiKal on Fri Feb 25th 2005 at 8:19pm
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Posted 2005-02-25 8:19pm
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So I noticed that with the new update, it now shows what region of the map you're in next to the radar and says where you are when you give a radio command. Any idea how to define these regions yet?
Re: radar locations Posted by wil5on on Sun Mar 13th 2005 at 5:48am
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Posted 2005-03-13 5:48am
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Anyone please? I've got no ideas... theres no relevant brush ents.
Re: radar locations Posted by RabidMonkey777 on Sun Mar 13th 2005 at 8:01am
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Posted 2005-03-13 8:01am
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The locations are actually defined in the bot mesh, instead of within the map. It's rather simple how to add them, as well, but unfortunately, you can't add custom locations at this time.

Make sure you've generated your mesh first, with nav_generate

Then, set nav_edit 1 in the console.

Now, turn on the place display mode, or nav_toggle_place_mode. You should get a variety of squares (red) which are points in the bot mesh, which are marked as "Area X".

We can't label the places without setting the name, so set nav_use_place x in the console (You can scroll through the available locations by entering a letter and using the arrow keys.)

You're now ready to paint the locations. Set nav_toggle_place_painting in the console (Helps to bind this to something, you'll be using it a lot) and walk around, aiming the cursor at all teh squares for the particular zone. Then, set nav_toggle_place_painting again to turn it off, set a new place name with nav_use_place, and then move to the new area, and nav_toggle_place_painting once more. The squares you painted before turn blue. Now, all you have to do is repeat this process for each zone of your map. All unpainted squares without a name are red, squares in the current zone are green, and the painted squares not in the current zone are blue.

Once you're done save the mesh with nav_save and you're done!