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Object visibility problem

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:52 am
by SkinnyODST
I placed this Venator prop in my world which is broken up into 4 different sections.
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I forgot where I got it but the problem I have is that 3 out of the 4 parts disappear after a very short distance. The only part that doesn`t is the front right part. That one I can see from far away, but because all the others have a really low visibility distance, that part is the only one visible. I`ve tried altering the scene range in my world`s SKY file but that didn`t change a thing. How do I fix this?

Re: Object visibility problem

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:22 pm
by Oceans14
Check to see if each mesh has a .option associated with it. You can change the lowrez behaviors by adding -lodgroup largemodel and -lodbias (number). Play around with the options till you find one tthat suits your fancy. https://sites.google.com/site/swbf2modt ... umentation
Read the section called parameters for msh.option files and also keep in mind that these values won't matter if the mesh has no lowrez.

Re: Object visibility problem

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 1:02 am
by SkinnyODST
They only have msh files. Nothing else.

Re: Object visibility problem

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 1:42 am
by Oceans14
They're simple enough to create. Just make a new text file and rename it to whatever.msh.option, or if you're lazy like me just copy one from somewhere else and rename it (making sure it isn't a tga.option of course).

Re: Object visibility problem

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 2:52 am
by SkinnyODST
Alright done. I`m looking at that documentation you gave me on them. I found the right parts you want me to look at, I just have no idea how to set them out.
-lodgroup <string> where do I place the numbers and do I keep the "<string>" part?
-lodbias <float> same as above. Do I keep the "<float>" part?

Re: Object visibility problem

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 11:10 am
by Oceans14
Nope, those just mean you replace them with your data. "String" is the programming term for text like this, and "float" is a number with a decimal point like 3.0 or whatever. So you would want to set up the lodbias line with a decimal. Set up lodgroup with the name of the group of your choosing (given your situation, I'd go with huge model).

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-lodgroup hugemodel
-lodbias 5.0
I recommend you try these one by one though, that way if something acts up it'll be easier to figure out what is causing it.

Re: Object visibility problem

Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:50 am
by SkinnyODST
I`ve been messing around with them. I don`t see any differences. Also sorry for late reply