Sky view distance problem

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Wed May 14, 2008 3:04 pm

Alright this was really wierd. I changed the view distance in the sky file to something ridicoulusly big like 400000. I munged without cleaning, went ingame and the view distance was great, everything was visible and no lag. Except the sky was gone. It was just this big black sky and this happened without changing the tga/geometry section. What happened? THanks

Post by **Teancum** » Wed May 14, 2008 3:17 pm

It's possible you made the viewable area larger than the skybox itself, effectively turning the skybox off. Try lowering your numbers back to defaults and see if it comes back.

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:24 pm

But if I do that then I wont have a high view distance anymore and It will be all foggy and hard to see.

Post by **Teancum** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:30 pm

I'm just telling you what the issue more than likely is. Try lowering it just to see if that's the problem. You can always put the big numbers back in. 20 bucks says that's it though.

How big is the terrain on your map? Even with 512x512 terrain you shouldn't need a number that big.

Aman/Pinguin · Post by **Aman/Pinguin** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:31 pm

Teancum wrote:Try lowering your numbers

At least try that.

Post by **Maveritchell** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:32 pm

You don't need that high a view distance.

Four hundred thousand units is something on the scale of about 2 orders of magnitude too high. The biggest maps are only about 1000x1000 - and that's rare - and on a map like that you probably only ever need a distance of about 6000 at most.

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:46 pm

Four hundred thousand units is something on the scale of about 2 orders of magnitude too high. The biggest maps are only about 1000x1000 - and that's rare - and on a map like that you probably only ever need a distance of about 6000 at most.

I had It set originally at 6000 but it made no difference. My terrain is about I think 620x620. I had it set low and it did nothing. I have lowered them. Here is my sky file if you want to take a look.

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SkyInfo()
{
	Enable(1);

	FogColor(23,93,19);
	PS2()
	{
		NearSceneRange(0.5, 200.000000, 270.000000);
		NearSplitScreenRange(1.000000, 140.000000, 200.000000);
		FarSceneRange(800.000000);
	}
	PC()
	{
		NearSceneRange(9000.0, 25000.0, 12000.0, 30000.0);
		FarSceneRange(6000.000000, 14000.0);
	}
	XBOX()
	{
		NearSceneRange(0.5, 200.000000, 270.000000);
		NearSplitScreenRange(1.000000, 200.000000, 270.000000);
		FarSceneRange(800.000000);
	}
}

DomeInfo()
{
	Texture("dag1_Skydome.tga");
	Angle(-90.000000);
	Ambient(255.000000, 255.000000, 255.000000);
	Softness(1);
	SoftnessParam(60);

	DomeModel()
	{	
		Geometry("dag1_skydome.msh");
	}


}

obiboba3po · Post by **obiboba3po** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:25 pm

wait your terrain is 620x620, then we have a problem, it has to be a multiple of 2 (256, 512, 1024, 2048)

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:45 pm

310 x 2 = 620 = an even number. That is not the problem btw but I do appreciate the help. I got it fixed...mostly. When I zoom in with my weapon the sky goes black again. No matter how low I set the Far/near screen I still have the problemo.

obiboba3po · Post by **obiboba3po** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:48 pm

oh lol i thought it had to be a power of 2

good thing that you got it fixed though. (for the most part

)

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:51 pm

I tried a clean then munge. I will test it out in a minute and see if the problem goes away.

Post by **Teancum** » Wed May 14, 2008 6:52 pm

elfie wrote:310 x 2 = 620 = an even number.

No, it MUST be a POWER of 2. Not an even number. So if it's not a problem now it will be very soon.

it ABSOLUTELY MUST BE:

64x64, 128x128, 256x256, 512x512. 1024x1024 technically would work, but is so incredibly huge you'd never use all of it, even in a starfighter, plus it can crash most people's games.

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:39 pm

wait, never mind. It was 1024x1024. It seems big but It was neccessary. Besides, I have seven command posts and at each one are up to 5 speeders that spawn continuesly for both sides. This is for my map The Old Republic btw.

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