Level Of Detail

fredrikljundberg · Post by **fredrikljundberg** » Sat Jul 05, 2003 11:19 am

ho do you do a model in TSM where it has varied levels of detail for example a house where at level 0 or 1 it's just a basic house but at level 10 it has everything including gutters?

cheers

Fred

alan2 · Post by **alan2** » Sat Jul 05, 2003 9:42 pm

There is a tutorial on this site.

Downloadable.

File ID 5045.

peterholton · Post by **peterholton** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 5:34 am

fredrikljundberg wrote:ho do you do a model in TSM where it has varied levels of detail for example a house where at level 0 or 1 it's just a basic house but at level 10 it has everything including gutters?

cheers

Fred

Sorry, can't be done: MSTS only has a distance based LOD system, as Alan pointed out. The detail setting in the game is binary: on/off, all or nothing.

A pity, because it would give those of us with slower machines a better range of options.

Peter

alan2 · Post by **alan2** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 11:49 am

Oooo.

I mis-read the origional post.

Erm, you would have to build a pack. Eg. Build a basic house and set the Detail level to 0.

Then build a seperate object for each Detail level, increasing the detail numbers to suit.

Then when building in the route you place ten objects for the house.

so in Msts 1 there is no practical way of doing this.

But it would be handy.

peterholton · Post by **peterholton** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 2:22 pm

ergg..

I can only guess the reactions of the route guys I make stuff for if I was to tell them that they have to place 9 separate objects at exactly the same point and orientation in the route! Hey, fellas, it's an easy cut'n'paste job in the .w file for each object... <grin>

No, I think it'll have to stay on the wish list!

Peter

qzdcg8 · Post by **qzdcg8** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 2:32 pm

So exactly how does the standard stone bridges on S&C degrade from proper curved arches to triangular ones (i.e. fewer polys drawn) as you pull away from them?

I thought this WAS possible in TSM if you were careful?

peterholton · Post by **peterholton** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 2:36 pm

Yes, it is: this is the standard MSTS Level Of Detail, which is triggered depending on the distance the current viewpoint is from the axis point of the model. What the original poster wondered is if the LOD system could work depending on the "detail level" of the game: a completely different system.

Peter

fallnflags · Post by **fallnflags** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 6:07 am

Being a newbe here where can I find the turtorial tha is file ID 5045?

Don

alan2 · Post by **alan2** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 10:57 am

goto http://www.uktrainsim.com/index2.php?fo ... lib=search

then find the section which says file ID and type in 5045.

then press the search now button.

Atomic Systems

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