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{{SoftwareBox
<!-- Basic info -->
| title     = RadGen

<!-- Details -->
| initial_release = Dec 06, 2024
| stable_release = Dec 22, 2024
| written_in = csharp
| distribution = Free software
| type = Radar generator • Overview generator • Map tool
| download = https://radargenerator.github.io/

<!-- Operating system(s)-->
| windows = 1

<!-- Target engine(s)-->
| source2 = 1

}}

{{radgen|4}} (Radar Generator) is a tool for {{cs2|4}}. This tool can generate highly customisable overviews for maps using meshes, entities and/or materials, by assigning them to specific Selection Sets.

It can also be used in either a [[Material]] based workflow, or a Selection Set based workflow, supporting meshes or props in any setups.
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==Installation==
# Download the latest version here: https://radargenerator.github.io/

==Usage==
Download and run RadGen, in the top left click on File -> New. Browse to the folder where your .vmap file is located, and select it. This will create a new RadGen project file (.radgen) next to your .vmap file.
This will also copy the RadGen textures into the addon the map is located in.

You can use these two workflows in order to add map meshes and props to your radar:

# Material based workflow
# Selection Set based workflow
{{note|These workflows can be used interchangeably, and at the same time. There are no configuration changes needed to work in either way.}}

Mesh entities including Buyzones, Bombsites and Rescue Zones, are drawn by default, however special materials for these are also included for special cases.

To generate the radar, click the 'Generate Radar' button on the bottom of the settings panel in RadGen.

===RadGen Mesh Types===
{| class="standard-table"
|-
! Name !! Description !! Description
|- id="radgen_path"
| '''Path'''
| Accessible path areas.
| The accessible ground areas the player can walk on.
|- id="radgen_cover"
| '''Cover'''
| Cover.
| The cover in the level, displayed on top of paths.
|- id="radgen_overlap"
| '''Overlap'''
| Accessible overlapping ground areas.
| The accessible path areas the player can walk on that are above a '''radgen_path''' area in the same overview level.
|- id="radgen_remove"
| '''Remove'''
| Inaccessible path areas.
| The inaccessible path areas. Stops the overview including anything in this area. A workaround to messy meshwork.
|- id="radgen_buyzone"
| '''Buyzone'''
| Buyzones.
| The Buyzones, these are usually picked up automatically from the map entity but a special material also exists.
|- id="radgen_bombsite"
| '''Bombsite'''
| Bombsites.
| The Bombsites, these are usually picked up automatically from the map entity but a special material also exists.
|- id="radgen_tint"
| '''Tint'''
| Tints.
| When an object has this type, it will use the hammer render color as its color, instead of the RadGen gradient.
|- id="radgen_rescuezone"
| '''RescueZone'''
| Rescue Zones.
| The Rescue Zones, these are usually picked up automatically from the map entity but a special material also exists.
|}

==Workflow 1 ([[Material]] based)==
Unless in a RadGen selection set, RadGen will only display mesh faces with a RadGen texture applied to them. These include Path, Cover, Overlap, Remove, Bombsite, Buyzone, and Rescue Zone.

You can apply the textures to any face of a mesh.

===[[Material|Materials]]===
These are the materials that can be used with the [[Material]] based workflow.
{| class="standard-table"
|-
! Image
! Material name
! Description

|- id="Path"
| [[File:RadGen_Path.png|64px]]
|'''radgen/path'''
| Displays a Path.

|- id="Cover"
| [[File:RadGen_Cover.png|64px]]
|'''radgen/cover'''
| Displays Cover.

|- id="Overlap"
| [[File:RadGen_Overlap.png|64px]]
|'''radgen/overlap'''
| Displays an Overlap.

|- id="Remove"
| [[File:RadGen_Remove.png|64px]]
|'''radgen/remove'''
| Pixels under Remove geometry will not be rendered

|- id="Bombsite"
| [[File:RadGen_Bombsite.png|64px]]
|'''radgen/bombsite'''
| Defines a volume as a Bombsite.

|- id="Buyzone"
| [[File:RadGen_Buyzone.png|64px]]
|'''radgen/buyzone'''
| Defines a volume as a Buyzone.

|- id="Tint"
| [[File:radgen_tint.png|64px]]
|'''radgen/tint'''
| When an object has this type, it will use the hammer render color as its color, instead of the RadGen gradient.

|- id="Rescue_Zone"
| [[File:RadGen_Rescue_Zone.png|64px]]
|'''radgen/rescue_zone'''
| Defines a volume as a Rescue Zone.
|}

==Workflow 2 (Selection Set based)==
You can also use the same workflow as [[TAR|TAR]] and [[JERC|JERC]] (CS:GO auto radar tools), avoiding the need of using the RadGen materials, and allowing you to use your already placed meshes for the overview.

Most objects can be added to a selection set, for example: props, meshes, and mesh entities.

Currently, only object selection sets are supported, face and edge selection sets with not work.

===Selection Sets===
{| class="standard-table"
|-
! Name !! Description !! Description
|- id="radgen_path"
| '''radgen_path'''
| Accessible path areas.
| The accessible ground areas the player can walk on.
|- id="radgen_cover"
| '''radgen_cover'''
| Cover.
| The cover in the level, displayed on top of paths.
|- id="radgen_overlap"
| '''radgen_overlap'''
| Accessible overlapping ground areas.
| The accessible path areas the player can walk on that are above a '''radgen_path''' area in the same overview level.
|- id="radgen_tint"
| '''radgen_tint'''
| Tintable objects.
| An object which has this type will use the hammer render color as its color, instead of the RadGen gradient.
|- id="radgen_remove"
| '''radgen_remove'''
| Inaccessible path areas.
| The inaccessible path areas. Stops the overview including anything in this area. A workaround to messy meshwork.
|}

==See also==
*[https://radargenerator.github.io/ Download page]
* {{discord|6RwR6SYBW6|Discord server}}

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