Func proprespawnzone

Fyfey said:

Ah, looks interesting... how does it work? :S

There was another TF2 specific function that you apply to a brush to turn the area into 1 big visleaf... here it is... http://developer.valvesoftware.com/...etry_Visibility_and_Compile_Times#Visclusters

^Not really related, but I thought I'd see if anyone was interested

Fyfey

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reducing compile times and BSP filesize dramatically

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Orange Box brush entity func_viscluster merges all visleaves inside it into one large leaf, reducing compile times and BSP filesize dramatically. It's exceptionally useful when your map contains open expanses of water or sky, or large, open areas with long sightlines.

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A VIS optimisation brush entity. It appears to tell VVIS that all leaves within its volume can see each other. This can greatly reduce the time VVIS takes when compiling a map. It is only useful when used on large, open areas, where large areas of a map can be seen at once.

Even though it reduces compiling time, it does not help to optimise your map. You should attempt to optimise your map first, with proper usage of Func_detail, Hint brushes and areaportals.

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• It *does* merge across the dumb 1024 rule.
• Does quirky things when competing with hint brushes, don't know if/how that affects performance.
• You generally don't actually want a whole bunch of large visleafs, as that will usually cause players to render things that don't need to be rendering.

• Large expanses of "sky" that have nothing of note to render, and that the player will never spend any time inside.
• Side "eyecandy" rooms that if you can see inside it at all, you're probably seeing the entirety of its contents (also, use areaportals to see into them).
• Places where the compiler decides to take a bsp cut on one side of a wall and extend it far past the other side of the wall, resulting in groups of small pointless visleaves.