.pts pointfile Created 20 years ago2003-08-09 09:40:29 UTC by Vassy

How do I use the pointfile to detect leaks. I once had a leak, and used the pointfile. I got a weird mass of red lines. ???!!! They don't make sense!

You're supposed to follow the line, and at some point it will go through the leak. But, uh, it's might be easier just to back-track through recently-added bits to find the offending join.

LEAK detection is a major problem. The leak line you get when using Hammer to load the pointfile in the 2D views will not really let you see what is going on (Red lines everywhere) If you are using Hammer 3.5 , then you might have a chance by following the line until it goes red, but it is not an exact science, and doesn't always point the LEAK out.
If you manage to get a .bsp then try typing 'pointfile' at the command line. You should get a single dotted line, follow that, and it might pass through the place where the LEAK is and then again, if the leak is big, it will probably run out before it get's there.
Compile often is the motto here... and as atom says, go back to what you just did and start there.

There's a tutorial coming soon on LEAK finding, courteousy of Mister Crichton, it was very very helpful (we spent an hour and a half trying to follow a damn pointfile - then he came up with another idea: wait for the tutorial...