voodoo47 on 18/6/2015 at 23:09
basically, better performance when you have large rooms with many objects.
LarryG on 19/6/2015 at 00:13
Yes, but how large is large enough and how much is "performance" (whatever that really means) improved to warrant making the lower resolution objects? Is this something that is useful in a 30 unit line of sight, or only in a 300 unit line of sight?
R Soul on 19/6/2015 at 00:34
I think it's too early to tell, but I can give a vague example. If your FM has an area with lots of objects and beta testers or players are reporting low framerates, you can replace those models with cubes to see if it's an object poly problem. If it is, you can then use the LOD system to manage the total number of object polys on screen.
nbohr1more on 19/6/2015 at 00:58
LOD systems were designed primarily with outdoor scenes in mind.
Even with very sparse vegetation\AI\rocks\etc, as you move far from the objects the number of them on screen takes it's toll
on overall rendering performance.
With this new feature, it may be possible to create some sort of sparse wooded view or possibly even a dense forest
with far less performance impact than without LOD.
Someone should make some LOD tree entities and a forest test map to do some comparisons... :)
gamophyte on 19/6/2015 at 01:29
I wonder if you could use LOD on things like object emitting waterfalls (like Keeper of Infinity FM). I know I will use it for my city street that's long and full of objects. Namely detailed street lamps. I will make low poly low texture versions.
nickie on 19/6/2015 at 08:08
I've moved a few posts from Fan Missions forum. I hope that everything here still makes sense and my apologies if a moved post has interrupted a conversation. One or two posts might now need a quote.
PinkDot on 19/6/2015 at 20:43
Does anyone else have problem downloading the file?
I'm guessing it's a downloader - 193 Kbs only/
But when I launch it MalwareBytes is blocking it as potentially unwanted program. And when I run it as an exception it either shuts down my Firefox or brings me to a website, whose IP Malwarebytes blocks.
R Soul on 19/6/2015 at 20:56
On the original site you need to click on the blue button.
Another feature to discuss. Check out the Scripts property. Create an AI in a mission and add that property. Instead of confusing people by copying the last inherited property, it now shows you what's been inherited and leaves the script fields blank.
PinkDot on 20/6/2015 at 10:54
Yeah, I clicked on the 'Download' button, instead of 'Download Now'.
Thanks!
