Just curious. Finally getting back to mapping after hiatus and am getting back to a project of mine. I've got some cliffs on the outer edges (will be displacements soon enough). Can I just put a hollow nodraw box around the map to make sure there are no leaks? Or do i need to be more intricate with having bordering displacements??
Can you put a nodraw box around the map to avoid leaks?
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Ah, okay, thanks. But why is it bad with nodraw? I thought nodraw just meant it was unrendered; how would it impact the performance of the map at all? Just out of curiosity, what do you do to seal your maps if they have displacement boundaries? Do you put a small brush on the edge of it?
You can also use the cordon tool instead of actually making a nodraw box for testing. That said, you should definitely properly seal your map before you release it.
As for displacements, nodraw behind them is the way to go. You can use visgroups to toggle the visibility of displacements, which will make your life a lot easier. If you want an example of putting nodraw behind displacements, there are decompiled versions of Valve maps that you can take a look at.
As for displacements, nodraw behind them is the way to go. You can use visgroups to toggle the visibility of displacements, which will make your life a lot easier. If you want an example of putting nodraw behind displacements, there are decompiled versions of Valve maps that you can take a look at.
You don't need to be super detailed with nodraw sealing behind displacements. As long as you put them behind major cliff walls that's fine, but don't feel like you need to actually follow all the curves.
Look at some decompiled official maps to get an idea of it.
Look at some decompiled official maps to get an idea of it.