As of late the VIS segment of my map's compiliation takes EXTREMELY long - longer than RAD!
I use ZHLT tools, here is the VIS segment of the log.
--- BEGIN hlvis ---
Command line: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1HLCThlvis.exe "c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsgigawatt"
1160 portalleafs
3765 numportals
= Current hlvis Settings =
Name | Setting | Default
------------------|-----------|------------------------
threads [ 1 ] [ Varies ]
verbose [ off ] [ off ]
log [ on ] [ on ]
developer [ 0 ] [ 0 ]
chart [ off ] [ off ]
estimate [ off ] [ off ]
max texture memory [ 4194304 ] [ 4194304 ]
max vis distance [ 0 ] [ 0 ]
priority [ Normal ] [ Normal ]
fast vis [ off ] [ off ]
full vis [ off ] [ off ]
BasePortalVis:
10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%... (5.38 seconds)
LeafThread:
10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%... (327.03 seconds)
average leafs visible: 203
g_visdatasize:96164 compressed from 168200
332.67 seconds elapsed [5m 32s]
--- END hlvis ---
It seems obvious - the LeafThread takes an eternity.
But what IS the LeafThread, and is there a way to lessen how long it takes?