RadGen

RadGen
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Type	Third Party Tool
Engine	Source
Platforms	Windows

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.

Installation

Download .NET Runtimes

1. Download and install the latest .NET 6 runtime

Install RadGen

1. Download and unzip the latest release. Then, inside the unzipped folder, run RadGen_Install.bat (located in the 'RadGen' folder).

Unable to play online?

1. The changes to the two gameinfo.gi files currently disables you from playing online on official Valve servers.
2. Run RadGen_Enable.bat and RadGen_Disable.bat to enable/disable the ability to play online vs the ability to see RadGen materials and entities inside Hammer.

Note:CS2 must be closed to run these.

Note:RadGen can generate radars without being 'Enabled'.

Generating a radar

1. When opening the game with the tools, open the console and change the Convar Helper's 'Page' dropdown to one of the 'User Page' options.
2. Click the cog on the right hand side, and choose 'Import Page'. Select the 'RadGen_template.ini' file
3. You should now see a list of buttons for the the main maps in your addons.

Note:This will only work if your vmap is named the same as your addon in the /maps folder, or if it is the only vmap in there. You may need to edit those buttons to point to your vmap if this is not the case.

1. 'Generate Radar' buttons will generate a radar for your map, and update it in-game.
2. 'Update radar' buttons will update your existing radar it in-game. Useful when wanting to manually tweak a previously generated radar.

Bundled Software

Included with RadGen is Yanzl's RadarGen .sbsar file, which allows you to create a Valve style radar with ease using RadGen and Substance Designer.

1. Enable Export Raw Masks in radgen_config.
2. Generate the overview using RadGen. Raw mask files will be exported to the /_radgen_extras folder
3. Drag the RadarGen .sbsar file (located in your Counter-Strike Global Offensive/RadGen folder) into Substance Designer, and use the raw mask files as inputs.
4. Overwrite the original .tga radar file in your addon's /panorama/images/overheadmaps folder.

Usage

To get started, add a radgen_config entity into the map.

Two auto Selection Sets are created automatically: 'RadGen - Point Entities' & 'RadGen - Mesh Entities'. It is potentially recommended to disable these when compiling a level, as some meshes may be visible in-game when tied to certain entities.

Mesh entities including Buyzones, Bombsites and Rescue Zones, are drawn by default. For bombsites, it will use their bombsite letter set in the entity's keyvalue in hammer for the .txt file outputted.

There are two workflows supported by RadGen:

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.

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	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.

Workflow 2 (Selection Set based)

You can also use the same workflow as TAR, avoiding the need of using the RadGen materials, and allowing you to use your already placed meshes for the overview. The available selection sets are: 'radgen_remove', 'radgen_path', 'radgen_overlap', 'radgen_cover', 'radgen_door', 'radgen_ladder', 'radgen_danger'. You will want to place anything else in the normal 'radgen' Selection Set, as done in the Material based workflow.

Selection Sets

Name	Works with	What to add	Description
radgen_path	Meshes, Mesh Entities	Accessible path areas.	The accessible ground areas the player can walk on.
radgen_overlap	Meshes, Mesh Entities	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.
radgen_cover	Meshes, Mesh Entities	Cover.	The cover in the level, displayed on top of paths.
radgen_remove	Meshes, Mesh Entities	Inaccessible path areas.	The inaccessible path areas. Stops the overview including anything in this area. A workaround to messy meshwork.
radgen_door	Meshes, Mesh Entities	Doors.	The doors in the level.
radgen_ladder	Meshes, Mesh Entities	Ladders.	The ladders in the level.
radgen_danger	Meshes, Mesh Entities	Any dangerous places in the level.	Adds a semi-transparent overlay on top of accessible paths in a level, denoting that these areas can damage players.
radgen	Mesh Entities, Point Entities, Props	Everything else.	Any other materials/entities that do not have their own selection set should be added here, as they support the Material Based workflow only.

Entities

These entities allow for greater customisation of radars.

Icon	Classname	Description	Keyvalues
	radgen_config	Configure the main functionality.	Workshop ID (workshopId) <string> Used for Danger Zone maps for duplicating the overview (for the tablet) into the correct location for packing Overview Gamemode Type (overviewGamemodeType) <choices> 0: Standard 1: Danger Zone Danger Zone Uses (dangerZoneUses) <choices> Defines which filepaths to export the overview to (only used if Overview Gamemode Type is set to Danger Zone) 0: Both 1: Tablet 2: Spawn Select Alternate Output Directory (alternateOutputPath) <string> DO NOT USE BACKSLASHES. An alternate base output directory. Leave blank if you want to output to /game/csgo/ only. Don't include /resource/overviews/. Eg. C:/Dropbox/RadGen/ Only Output to Alternate Path (onlyOutputToAlternatePath) <choices> 0: No 1: Yes Export Multilevel Radar (exportRadarAsSeparateLevels) <choices> Exports multiple separate radars (if there are any radgen_divider entities) 0: No 1: Yes Separate Multilevel Radar Gradients (useSeparateGradientEachLevel) <choices> Uses a new gradient for each level instead of one gradient for all levels combined 0: No 1: Yes Ignore Displacement X/Y Changes (ignoreDisplacementXYChanges) <choices> Ignores changes on the X and Y axis for subdivision displacements, as they can cause graphical bugs on overviews 0: No 1: Yes Use Model Vertices Instead of Bounding Box (useModelVertices) <choices> Uses model vertices to calculate faces to show as cover on the overview. When disabled, it uses bounding boxes. 0: No 1: Yes Background Image Filename (backgroundFilename) <string> For custom images, place them inside your addon's folder, like so: .../Counter-Strike Global Offensive/content/csgo_addons/{addon_name}/materials/RadGen/backgrounds/{filename} Radar Size Multiplier (float) (radarSizeMultiplier) <float> A multiplier for altering the size of the level in the radar Overlap Alpha (Whole Number) (overlapAlpha) <integer> The alpha value for overlap mesh sides (0-255) Danger Alpha (Whole Number) (dangerAlpha) <integer> The alpha value for danger mesh sides (0-255) Path Colour High (pathColourHigh) <color255> Colour of path world meshes at the highest point Path Colour Low (pathColourLow) <color255> Colour of path world meshes at the lowest point Overlap Colour High (overlapColourHigh) <color255> Colour of overlap world meshes at the highest point Overlap Colour Low (overlapColourLow) <color255> Colour of overlap world meshes at the lowest point Cover Colour High (coverColourHigh) <color255> Colour of cover world meshes at the highest point Cover Colour Low (coverColourLow) <color255> Colour of cover world meshes at the lowest point Door Colour (doorColour) <color255> Colour of door world meshes Ladder Colour (ladderColour) <color255> Colour of ladder world meshes Danger Colour (dangerColour) <color255> Colour of danger world meshes Overlays Colour (overlaysColour) <color255> Colour of info_overlay and radgen_info_overlay (unless overridden) entities Stroke Width (Whole Number) (strokeWidth) <integer> Width of stroke to use Stroke Colour (strokeColour) <color255> Colour of the stroke Stroke Around Path Materials (strokeAroundPathMaterials) <choices> 0: No 1: Yes Stroke Around Overlap Materials (strokeAroundOverlapMaterials) <choices> 0: No 1: Yes Stroke Around Remove Materials (strokeAroundRemoveMaterials) <choices> 0: No 1: Yes Stroke Around Entities (strokeAroundEntities) <choices> 0: No 1: Yes Stroke Around Mesh Entities (strokeAroundMeshEntities) <choices> Currently, if there is more than one mesh in an entity, it will not combine them, so they will keep their individual borders 0: No 1: Yes Stroke Around Overlays (strokeAroundOverlays) <choices> 0: No 1: Yes Default Level Num (Whole Number) (defaultLevelNum) <integer> Enable Levels As Backgrounds (levelBackgroundEnabled) <choices> Adds all levels as a background for each level when using multiple radar levels 0: No 1: Yes Levels Background Darken Alpha (Whole Number) (levelBackgroundDarkenAlpha) <integer> The alpha value of the black overlay to apply onto the background levels (0-255) Levels Background Blur Alpha (Whole Number) (levelBackgroundBlurAmount) <integer> The amount of gaussian blur to apply to the background levels Higher Level Output Name (higherLevelOutputName) <string> The higher level radar name RadGen uses for naming Lower Level Output Name (lowerLevelOutputName) <string> The lower level radar name RadGen uses for naming Export .TXT (exportTxt) <choices> Overview Gamemode Type set to Standard only 0: No 1: Yes Export .TGA (exportTga) <choices> 0: No 1: Yes Export .PNG (exportPng) <choices> 0: No 1: Yes Export .JPG (exportJpg) <choices> 0: No 1: Yes Export Raw Masks (exportRawMasks) <choices> Export the raw masks. Designed for use with Yanzl's Substance Designer tool to make a radar imitating Valve's style 0: No 1: Yes Export Background Levels Image (exportBackgroundLevelsImage) <choices> Exports background levels image (if 'Export Multilevel Radar' is selected and there are any radgen_divider entities) 0: No 1: Yes Export Resolution (Whole Number) (exportResolution) <integer> Export resolution for each file format Max Num of Vertices Per Mesh Face (Whole Number) (maxNumberOfVerticesPerMeshFaceLimit) <integer> The maximum number of vertices a face can have for it to be included when creating the overview. Faces with more vertices than this will be ignored. Use with caution, as a high number and messy mesh topology can cause this to take a very long time. Use Subdivision (useSubdivision) <choices> EXPERIMENTAL - Uses subdivision displacement changes on appropriate meshes, rather than just the mesh's position. 0: No 1: Yes
	radgen_divider	A divider between different levels of the radar.	Mins (mins) <vector> Maxs (maxs) <vector>
	radgen_ceiling	Overrides the minimum height value of a radar level that is used for gradients.
	radgen_floor	Overrides the maximum height value of a radar level that is used for gradients.
	radgen_info_overlay	An info_overlay with the ability to set a colour for this overlay instead of using the radgen_config's overlay colour.	Pitch Yaw Roll (Y Z X) (angles) <string> This is the overlay direction. Pitch is rotation around the Y axis, yaw is the rotation around the Z axis, and roll is the rotation around the X axis. (Yaw is used for rotating the overlay in the overview) Material (material) <material> Order Num (Whole Number) (orderNum) <integer> Override Colour (overrideColour) <choices> Uses the colour set on this entity instead of the radgen_config's overlay colour value 0: No 1: Yes Colour (R G B) (rendercolor) <color255> Colour Alpha (Whole Number) (colourAlpha) <integer> The alpha value of the overlay (0-255) Stroke Colour (R G B) (colourStroke) <color255> Stroke Colour Alpha (Whole Number) (colourStrokeAlpha) <integer> The alpha value of the overlay stroke (0-255)
	radgen_box	A Mesh Entity that can specify showing a unique colour when displayed in a radar. Increases customisability for what users can do. An example of this would be to showcase the connections between different teleporters in a map.	Order Num (Whole Number) (orderNum) <integer> Colour (R G B) (rendercolor) <color255> Colour Alpha (Whole Number) (colourAlpha) <integer> The alpha value of the RadGen box (0-255) Stroke Colour (R G B) (colourStroke) <color255> Stroke Colour Alpha (Whole Number) (colourStrokeAlpha) <integer> The alpha value of the RadGen box stroke (0-255) Stroke Width (Whole Number) (strokeWidth) <integer> Width of stroke to use

Customisation

The options that can be tweaked to create the radar how you want it.

Image

Useful Links

• Substance Designer example video for creating a Valve style radar

See also

• Download Page (Discord server)