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====== Tracer ======
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The tracer component allows you to quicky set any object to be able to use with the [[weatherade_manual:snow_coverage_instance:global_surface_settings?#traces|Traces]] feature.
It makes a copy of the provided renderers and assings a specific dummy material which is only visible for the Weatherade depth cameras.

If Weatherade [[weatherade_manual:additional_components:trace_mask_generator|Trace Mask Generator]]'s camera see the object with this material, it will render it into the traces buffer.

===== Tracer Layer Name =====
The name of the layer that is used for tracer objects. Must be set to one of the Tracer Objects layer mask values.

<note important>Make sure you exclude this layer from your regular camera culling mask to prevent additional draw calls.</note>

===== Parent =====
Determines whether this newly created tracer object will be parented to the original object's transformation, or whether it will follow its position and rotation.

===== Vertex Push =====
Moves the tracer's vertices along their normals to make its traces larger.

<note tip>This is useful in cases with very small objects to compensate for the low resolution of the trace mask.</note>

===== Renderers =====
Array of renderers that will be copied.

<note tip>You can leave it empty if the object only has one renderer, be it this game object or its children. The script will find it automatically.</note>