RadGen

RadGen

Initial release

Dec 06, 2024

Stable release

Dec 22, 2024

Written in

Operating system

Type

Radar generator • Overview generator • Map tool

Target engine(s)

Distribution

Free software

Download

https://radargenerator.github.io/

RadGen (Radar Generator) is a tool for Counter-Strike 2. 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.

Installation

1. 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 worlflows in order to add map meshes and props to your radar:

1. Material based workflow
2. 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.

Workflow 1 (Material based)

You may want to use separate meshes to your playable map itself. Everything for the radar should go into a custom Selection Set named RadGen (including radgen_box mesh entities), excluding the point entities.

RadGen will only display mesh faces with a RadGen texture applied to them. These include Path, Overlap, Cover, Door, Ladder and Danger. The Remove texture will disallow anything to display within its volume. The Ignore texture will be completely ignored, and is just a nice way to show mesh faces you don't want to draw. You can apply the textures to all faces on a mesh, but it may cause slight issues when using stroke around your meshes, so if you notice any slight issues with stroke then that is likely the cause. In this scenario, only apply the texture to the top face.

If you wish to create separate meshes using the RadGen materials for objectives, such as Buyzones, Bombsites and Rescue Zones, these meshes will take priority over the mesh entities.

Selection Set

Name	Works with	What to add	Description
radgen	Mesh Entities, Point Entities, Props, Overlays	Everything.	Everything in here will be used when generating the overview.

Materials

These are the materials that can be used with the Material based workflow.

Image	Material name	Description
	radgen/path	Displays a Path.
	radgen/overlap	Displays an Overlap.
	radgen/cover	Displays cover.
	radgen/remove	Defines a volume to not display anything in.
	radgen/door	Defines a volume as a Door.
	radgen/ladder	Defines a volume as a Ladder.
	radgen/danger	Defines a volume as a Danger.
	radgen/buyzone	Defines a volume as a Buyzone.
	radgen/bombsite_a	Defines a volume as a Bombsite A.
	radgen/bombsite_b	Defines a volume as a Bombsite B.
	radgen/rescue_zone	Defines a volume as a Rescue Zone.
	radgen/hostage	Defines a volume as a Hostage.
	radgen/t_spawn	Defines a volume as T Spawn.
	radgen/ct_spawn	Defines a volume as CT Spawn.
	radgen/ignore	Does nothing, an option for unused mesh sides.
	radgen/radgen_overlays	Example for use on info_overlay and radgen_info_overlay entities. Optional.
	radgen/radgen_box	Example for use on radgen_box entities. Optional.

See also

• Download page
• Discord server