Trace Maps

Precipitation effects and the mortar weapon require a tracemap to work. To generate a tracemap for your map run the game in developer mode (/developer 1) and type the following command '\generateTracemap'. This will generate a tracemap image (.tga) with a 256x256 pixel resolution.

The '\generateTracemap' command stores information in all of the different channels:

Red:	Top down mask (height map) of the ground surface of the upper level of the map. (A very good temporary image for the command map as it shows most map details)
Green:	Top down ground mask from the perspective of the sky
Blue:	Sky mask (The height of the sky brush from the ground)
Alpha:	Map brushwork present "yes/no" mask. (Physical map space)

Each channel uses all the values from 0-255 in the palette and some channel images may appear to be blank. If you adjust the gamma of the image then you will see more detail.

If you have any thin roofs in your map, or thin walls outside, due to the resolution of the tracemap some rain or snow might fall through it. To counter this, open the tga and go to the green channel (this is the floor height the code uses). Select the area that's leaking and make it slightly brighter (if you have a pixel with brightness 130, make it 131). If it goes through walls, likely you need to put an extra pixel on the other side of the wall to fake an obstructing object there.