Cleaning the void (HOM effect)

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Hello fellow snarkpit go'ers...I am looking for a command to put in the console that I've heard about.

I need to stop the hall of mirrors effect to find a complex leak in my map, and i have forgotten the command to "clean" the void." I know how to find the leak itself through the pointfile, becuase that is very basic, but the points go everywhere with the HOM...Almost impossible to follow.

Is there really a command for my needs? If so, please share it with me. Help is very appreciated :smile:

Sorry... dont know. But you can always try the block search!

Console command:

gl_clear 2

Makes the "void" a red background. Make sure developer mode is on and you're in single-player when doing it.

Does it have to be 2? I'm quite certain I use 1, although typing it has become second nature so I don't actually know for sure.

As a sidethought on having trouble following pointfiles, do you think it would be a good idea to perhaps reduce the max rendered distance of the map if you know there is a leak? Often when I have leaks they are on large and complex maps, so when out in the void the whole map is rendered, making it run extremely slowly, and meaning there are loads of points criss-crossing around, making the tracing process tricky. If you cut down the max rendered distance then it would run nice and smooth, and (I don't know if this would be true) perhaps only the points within your vision range would be drawn.

Obviously this would only be useful on complex maps where you are having real trouble following the pointfile, as its a bit of hassle going and changing the settings and recompiling, but its just a little thought.

I'm fairly certain chopping down max view distance doesn't do a thing for you in terms of speeding up rendering. R_speeds are certainly constant.

Sorry I should actually have stated I meant the compile tool command added in MHLT17, although come to think of it I think its actually a command for VIS and so would be impossible to use on a leaking map anyway :sad:

Not really a problem for me. I just load the pointfile in VHE 3.5 - it's a bit buggy, but still quite functional. Saves a lot of time when I'm fixing, say, 15 leaks. :biggrin:

Campaignjunkie said:
Not really a problem for me. I just load the pointfile in VHE 3.5 - it's a bit buggy, but still quite functional. Saves a lot of time when I'm fixing, say, 15 leaks. :biggrin:

i have a tough time imagining only 1, how does one create multiple leaks?

i must be a freak, i create at most 1 per map.. :/

Wow, you are one lucky devil then Orph, I almost always have at least one per compile. Most of them come from workwork though I guess, which is all I've done for quite some time :biggrin:

Duncan, it doesn't take an Einstein to see that my style of mapping is all straight lines, i would imagine that 90* angles are less hole inviting than your famous rock works.

i just love to look in hammer and see all straight angles :biggrin: , clean brushwork is very cool IMO.

LOL, sometime I should try making a map that looks clean in hammer, I'm sure it can be done.

Oh and Orph, I don't use Visgroups, imagine my 2D views after a while :biggrin:

ReNo said:
Wow, you are one lucky devil then Orph, I almost always have at least one per compile. Most of them come from workwork though I guess, which is all I've done for quite some time :biggrin:

I tell ya, that workwork...

Work for the sake of work, its a tough job!

/me sulks in the face of another typo

ReNo said:
Work for the sake of work, its a tough job!

/me sulks in the face of another typo

coulda been worse duncan, you coulda hit the "P" and made it porkwork... something i would rather not have to envision

LOL, woulda had a hard time explaining why I made a typo like that wouldn't I