Cardia on 17/2/2017 at 12:22
I have set the require view dist to 1000, so far everything is working well, what's the max i can use? or the recommended value?
Unna Oertdottir on 17/2/2017 at 13:18
Nobody knows the required view distance of your mission. It's up to you to try it out.
modders notes:
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Max View Distance
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The max view distance (beyond which z-buffering will not work and objects will be visible through terrain and other
issues) is by default 256 units in the engine. When using the provided "cam_ext.cfg" it changes it to 512. However,
regardless of what user setting the max view distance is, a mission author may set a mission specific minimum view
distance required to correctly render the mission. It would be appropriate to do so for any mission that requires
more than the engine default of 256 units.
For example if you have a mission where you have a large open area where the player can be positioned such that he
could see other parts nearly 400 units away, then setting the minimum required view distance to 400 would ensure
that everything always renders correctly, even if the user happens to have a shorter max view distance set. While
it certainly doesn't have to be precise, haphazardly setting excessively large values isn't recommended as it would
unnecessarily reduce Z precision.
The setting can be found in "Rendering Parameters" under "Mission Parameters..." (edit_file_vars), and is called
"Required View Dist". The default is 0 which means the mission works fine with the engine default (256).
Cardia on 17/2/2017 at 18:59
so that means i can set it to 1500 or higher?
Yandros on 17/2/2017 at 19:18
Do you honestly have an open area that large in your map? That's 75% of the max width possible in Dromed.
Unna Oertdottir on 17/2/2017 at 19:24
Of course. But even on modern PCs, this is a performance killer.
NewDark introduced LODs to avoid this.
Cardia on 17/2/2017 at 19:42
Quote Posted by Yandros
Do you honestly have an open area that large in your map? That's 75% of the max width possible in Dromed.
Yes my second map is wider than the first, so far it has 1500 with and 1000 depth.
Cardia on 17/2/2017 at 19:43
Quote Posted by Unna Oertdottir
Of course. But even on modern PCs, this is a performance killer.
NewDark introduced LODs to avoid this.
what are LODs?
Cardia on 17/2/2017 at 19:45
so should i build all buildings more close to each other? instead of having large spaces separating them? i´m building a small part of a village.
Yandros on 17/2/2017 at 20:09
Quote Posted by Cardia
Yes my second map is wider than the first, so far it has 1500 with and 1000 depth.
But Max View Distance shouldn't be set to the size of your map, it's the maximum distance the player can ever see anywhere on your map without their view being obstructed by terrain. So unless you can stand at one end of the map and see the other end, you don't need it set to 1500 or anything close to that.
Cardia on 17/2/2017 at 20:22
Quote Posted by Yandros
But Max View Distance shouldn't be set to the size of your map, it's the maximum distance the player can ever see anywhere on your map without their view being obstructed by terrain. So unless you can stand at one end of the map and see the other end, you don't need it set to 1500 or anything close to that.
lol, yes, but the player can almost run over the 1500, i will set to 100, if i see that the farest mountain desn't render well i´ll have to increase it again. My fear is that in the end the performance might be laggy for some players.
