[Help] statics dissapearing at certain distance in editor?

[arjan]

what the title says? what can i do abou it?

[zangoo]

renderer.minCullDistance 2000
this makes everything draw at 2000m, this could cause lag.

staticMeshRenderer.noLods 1
this makes everything looks its best, could cause lag.

[[R-CON]Z-trooper]

if its custom made statics you might need to add more lod's

[zangoo]

nolods would fix that issue.

[[R-DEV]Rhino]

Originally Posted by zangoo

nolods would fix that issue.

nooo... no lods forces the object into its highest lod for w/e distance its at, it still keeps the same cull distance which is where it draws.

to force a object to draw for a larger distance ingame you need to increase its cull radius.

[spacemanc]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Rhino

nooo... no lods forces the object into its highest lod for w/e distance its at, it still keeps the same cull distance which is where it draws.

to force a object to draw for a larger distance ingame you need to increase its cull radius.

How is this done - I sent a PM a while back asking this.
Do you change the following line in the .con?


GeometryTemplate.setSubGeometryLodDistance 0 0 500

If so, what do the numbers mean, and also not all statics have that line in the .con.

[Jonny]

I think its the top right side of the editor, there is a textbox you type it into and a dropdown menu or two.

[[R-DEV]Rhino]

ye, i generally ignore PM's about modding / mapping questions unless they need to be kept private for w/e reason cos I get loads of PMs per day and mainly cos even if I do awanser the question it only helps one person where by a forum post it has the potential of helping lots of people, I have solved many of my modding problems from a simple forum search of the question on BFeditor or w/e without even having to post a topic or post.

if you look in the .tweak file of most statics you will find a line a bit like this:

rem *** Generated with Bf2Editor.exe [created: 2006/5/15 12:52]
GeometryTemplate.doNotGenerateLightmaps 0
GeometryTemplate.lightmapOverride 0
GeometryTemplate.compressVertexData 1
GeometryTemplate.maxTextureRepeat 16
GeometryTemplate.glowing 0
GeometryTemplate.noLighting 0
ObjectTemplate.activeSafe SimpleObject afghan_back8m01
ObjectTemplate.creator EDMUND:Edmund_Fovargue
ObjectTemplate.modifiedByUser "Edmund Fovargue"
ObjectTemplate.saveInSeparateFile 1
ObjectTemplate.cullRadiusScale 5
ObjectTemplate.geometry afghan_back8m01
ObjectTemplate.setCollisionMesh afghan_back8m01
ObjectTemplate.mapMaterial 0 Mud 1001
ObjectTemplate.hasMobilePhysics 0
ObjectTemplate.hasCollisionPhysics 1
ObjectTemplate.physicsType Mesh

the line in bold will extend the cull radius of your object, setting it to 2 will make it draw for 2x the distance it did before adding it, setting it to 5 will be 5x the distance etc.

[arjan]

Ok thanks guys.

[zangoo]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Rhino

nooo... no lods forces the object into its highest lod for w/e distance its at, it still keeps the same cull distance which is where it draws.

to force a object to draw for a larger distance ingame you need to increase its cull radius.

wouldnt min cull distance fix the cull radius issue, from my tests in the editor, the forcenolod 1 and mincullradius 2000, everything is in its best lod and draws at any distance up to 2000m