X map sections found

[Enjay]

I noticed with revision 1126 that whenever you enter a map a message of the format

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X map sections found

is printed to the console where X is a number (the smallest I have seen so far is 1 and the largest 60).

I assume that this is just a debug message of some sort and that it will be removed at some point but I'm intrigued as to what it means. Any info?

[Graf Zahl]

That's part of my recent portal optimization to allow culling some map geometry that can't possibly be seen from inside a portal. You are correct that this is just a forgotten debug message.

[wtg62]

That message got pretty annoying considering a fact it made levels harder to load, especially big ones.

[Graf Zahl]

Huh? That message was just one additional print command with no effect on loading time. The map sections still get created.

[wtg62]

I know but only if the map is very large (like KDIZD maps) it will keep lagging until the message fades out.