Turn on the trace overlays
The trace overlays draw boxes, numbers and labels over everything the map normally leaves invisible.
Only you see them.
In the menus: ESC → Design → Trace
Switch an overlay on
Select a box under 1. OVERLAYS to switch that overlay on, and again to switch it off.
ALL ON and ALL OFF cover all 10 in one press.
Closing the panel leaves every overlay running.
What each overlay draws
| Row | What it draws |
|---|---|
| Models | red boxes on placed models, labelled with their id and short roster name |
| Effects | purple boxes on placed particle effects, labelled with their id and short roster name |
| Lights | white boxes on placed lights, labelled with their id and short roster name |
| Doors + Triggers | door and trigger bounds with a floating number over each: green is unlocked, red is a full lock, amber is a rank lock |
| Sounds | blue boxes on placed sound emitters, labelled with their id and short roster name |
| Spawnpoints | up to the nearest 28 spawn points, with a line showing which way each faces: cyan is one you placed, gold is the map's own |
| Trigger Boxes | trigger boxes with their id and mode: magenta is a live walk-in box, gold is a live +use box, grey is unbound, dormant or disarmed |
| POIs | every point of interest within 4,096 units, with its id, required level and normal range. Your rank and line of sight do not limit this overlay |
| Weather Zones | yellow bounds on weather shelter zones |
| Placemarks | orange crosses with gold arrows on every saved placemark, showing where it is and which way it faces |
A rank-locked door prints the rank after its number, and a rank-gated spawn point prints the rank instead of its id.
A missing box usually means a budget, not a missing entity. trace only shows the nearest 5 entities. Move closer to see the intended entities trace.
Prefer the console?
Every mode is a toggle and answers with the state it moved to.
Modes are models, lights, effects, sounds, spawnpoints, triggers, weather, pois and boxes. triggers means doors and world triggers. boxes means trigger boxes, and also answers to cameras.
/trace on and /trace off cover them all. Neither touches Placemarks, which has no console verb. Use the panel's ALL ON or ALL OFF for all 10.