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nruser
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Posted: 30th Apr 2008 20:44
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Is it anyway possible to make player able set level of details in game made in DBC?

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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 30th Apr 2008 21:44
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You would have say three different versions of each model, maybe even more. One for close up, one for mid distance, and one for far away. And then switch depending on how far away the object is.

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nruser
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Posted: 30th Apr 2008 22:53
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maybe I can use that, but if player changes video detail option to low, mid, and high, what then?

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BN2 Productions
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You can either change the model, as Wilderbeast said, or change the textures. Just have it so that if the player changes to low detail, you load and use the smaller size texture file and the hi res ones if they select high detail

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Thanks a lot.

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TheComet
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You can also set the display mode:

high: if display mode exist(1024,768,32)=1 then set display mode 1024,768,32
medium: if display mode exist(800,600,24)=1 then set display mode 800,600,24
low: if display mode exist(640,420,16)=1 then set display mode 640,420,16
sucky: if display mode exist(320,200,16)=1 then set display mode 320,200,16

By doing this, you can set the number of pixels being drawn to the screen. The lower you set it, the faster it runs.

There is one bug: If you set the display mode in the game, you have to delete everything before doing it and then create everything again... Thats why you should set it at the start of the program

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There's also Set Camera Range combined with shortening the Fog Distance so the objects being drawn closer aren't seen being drawn.

Plus you have the technique of replacing objects in the distance with plains which are textured with a picture of the object. From a distance you can't tell. Replace the plains with objects based on the distance from them - as The Wilderbeast says.

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