Leaks

neillomax · Post by **neillomax** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:07 am

How do you track down leaks ?

Axion · Post by **Axion** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:41 am

In Radiant:

File --> Pointfile

neillomax · Post by **neillomax** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:58 am

Ok, did that, nothing "pops" out at me ............

Axion · Post by **Axion** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:29 am

It should point out major leaks, such as a skybox leak. If you're just trying to make sure that your basic brush architecture is snug, you're going to have to do that manually on your own.

neillomax · Post by **neillomax** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:50 am

Ok. Second times a charm. Got a big red line going from one end of the map, starting in one of my player starts, through a door, zigzags around, goes through a couple of buildings, and end up in the middle of the map going through the sky box. Found one spot where sky box had a leak. recompiling now. All the other places the red line goes needs attention ?, or will it change after recompile.......?

neillomax · Post by **neillomax** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:03 am

Down to my last leak...having trouble. The red line goes through the skybox, through two walls, and right to my door trigger. deleted door and trigger a few times now. Pointfile does as above. Replaced the origin brush with a trigger. and recompiled and tested it again. Leak went away. Unfortunately, I don't get the action out of the door I want, so I have to use the origin brush, and get the bad result all over again. No matter where I put the origin, 2 feet ahead, or 2 feet behind, the red line goes right to it. Any way to beat this thing ?

Axion · Post by **Axion** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:56 am

neillomax wrote:, I don't get the action out of the door I want, so I have to use the origin brush, and get the bad result all over again. No matter where I put the origin, 2 feet ahead, or 2 feet behind, the red line goes right to it. Any way to beat this thing ?

What type of action do you want? What type of door are you making?

neillomax · Post by **neillomax** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:00 am

Simple rotating door. Will put it back in after I take all the leaks out.

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:53 pm

The pointfile red line just shows you where skybox leaks are. It is using the door as a starting point entity, but the important part is where the red line ends in the void outside the skybox. If it goes through a skybox brush, replace that brush or the whole skybox.

neillomax · Post by **neillomax** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:59 pm

Thats gonna save a lot of mistakes on my part.......thank you