VALVE!!! Please, let mappers without RTX cards make their own maps for CS2!

    This is incredibly cruel, how Valve literally ruined mapping for thousands of mappers, who dont even have some potato computer, they just don't have fancy RTX-feature.

    You have already done lightmap feature without RTX, in Half-Life Alyx Workshop Tools, then why you ruined it in CS2 Workshop Tools!? I mean, you could just literally leave two options for light compiling, one for non-RTX cards, with lower light quality, and one for RTX-cards, with higher light quality. Some feature like "Fast/Full Compile" that you already have.

    I bet, many CS:GO mappers now have this problem too, they just can't continue make their own maps, because they don't have RTX-card.

    Please, FIX IT!!!

    It does feel sad as it puts a barrier to entry in place which is the last thing needed in a hobby that already few developers bother to support nowadays, but I think within a year or few almost everyone will have some form of RT-capable card so it’ll cease to be an issue.

    Might as well just jump in now, an entry level RTX can be had for quite cheap on eBay. I sold my 2070s not long ago and somebody got a great deal on that.

    Apparently, there is a workaround via cmd (I haven't tried it myself yet)

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    The Valve lightmapper takes decades to bake anyway. I don't know how you expect to be able to make anything remotely good looking without an RTX card. Get another hobby. Try Roblox. Roblox has good mapping tools. Or get a dog or something.

    I have the same issue as the OP, old PC (GTX970, i7-4790K) and changing it would be only because of mapping, not for games.

    A new 4060 would be enough and fast compillng? (with bottleneck on PCIE 3), or it would take ages to compile?

    Quote from Deh0lise

    On 3/18/2024 at 3:53 PM, Deh0lise said: I have the same issue as the OP, old PC (GTX970, i7-4790K) and changing it would be only because of mapping, not for games.

    A new 4060 would be enough and fast compillng? (with bottleneck on PCIE 3), or it would take ages to compile?

    @Squidski Made a google form which compiles a lot of results from the community. You can see what rig have the best results in terms of compile times. I bet it can come in handy when someone is planning to upgrade their PC https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…#gid=1995078957

    @Deh0lise i have a 4060 and it does not take ages. For example my last map which is quite complex, was compiled in 1 hour and 55 minutes at a lightmap resolution of 4096 (final quality settings). The majority of the compile it is done by the GPU. Also i have a i7 7820x.

    Thanks Lizard!, difference among the ones I was looking for is narrow, a 4060 ti seems good enough.

    That's a good reference @Serialmapper, thank you, I can wait 2h. I just don't want to leave it at night to compile (like in old css days).

    Quote from Deh0lise

    8 hours ago, Deh0lise said: Something new and a fast(I hoped) port of rails with minor changes. Facing more challenges than expected though.

    Fingers crossed man! Rails was a map that pushed me to work on my own stuff back then.

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