A little problems with LOD in terrain generation..

Beginner xD · Post by **Beginner xD** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:20 am

Well I'm pretty new to all this and I have one question so far.. I'm wondering how can I change the LOD in my generated terrain because the default one is a bit too harsh.. That's all for now xD

Beginner · Post by **Beginner** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 5:40 pm

ok I see nobody wants to help so maybe someone could change the examples -> terrain rendering's code that the LOD would be 0.. and post it here.. Could someone do that plz??

Spintz · Post by **Spintz** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:20 pm

What do you mean a bit too harsh? I dont understand what your problem is

Beginner · Post by **Beginner** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:36 pm

I just mean that that the geometry detail of the mountains lowers too quick while distance from them is getting bigger and it looks terrible, I want to know how to set the level of detail of terrain to zero so the polygon count won't go down so fast.. Thanks for any help xD

drarem · Post by **drarem** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:05 am

I would like to know too - how to change the geometry details

Spintz · Post by **Spintz** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:01 pm

You can change the distances at which LOD is determined with overrideLODDistance. Other than that this is a called popping and is fixed with Geomorphing. Obvisouly, geomorphing is not implemented yet in this. But since no one wants to help you, and I must be one of them, I'm not telling you anymore, search the god damn forums, I'm sick and tired of answering the same questions OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER again.

RTFM!

T_Aubuchon · Post by **T_Aubuchon** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:50 am

I'm sick of seeing people respond with such rude posts. If you didn't want to help then why in the world would you reply to the post.
Please someone tell me why it is such a big deal for someone to post there own question, versus spending hours upon hours searching the boards only to have waisted all that time and not find what you are looking for.

WHO cares if they make a post to ask a question, THATS WHAT THE BOARDS ARE FOR. why spend hours searching only to never find an answer when you can spend 5 minutes posting your question in hopes SOMEONE out there would be nice enough to answer.

you morons need to drop the "Oh i'm lord of the boards"
If you dont want to help dont reply, actually dont even READ the post to begin with.

Spintz · Post by **Spintz** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:46 am

Oh, and there's nothing wrong with the guy that posted a question, then whined after 24 hours that no one wants to help him, then asks for people to do that work for them. That's lazy, that's not searching or making any effort on your own. Thats asking for having things handed to you.

While my post was rude, you'll notice I did give the necessary information. So according to your post, I'm "nice enough to answer", but "If you didn't want to help then why in the world would you reply to the post.", so I must be too rude and too much of an smartypants to help, eh?

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:56 am

The problem with most postings in the beginner forum is that the posters really think that everything is done for them by someone else. They even don't start to think but simply post. You're not as insisting, but the basic attitude seems to be the same.
The most efficient way to work with forums is to answer questions once and reuse these answers to solve the very same problems over and over again. But why should we point you to these solutions when it is perfectly possible to do it on your own? Did you even think of trying it on your own?
Please reconize that being told to read (and think) before asking might be the best hep you ever got. If you don't understand this you should immediately switch on your brain or stop all your efforts in programming and continue consumption of TV and computer games which would be best for morons.

buhatkj · Post by **buhatkj** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:06 am

yknow guys, you both have been a bit harsh here. ive BEEN searching the forums for a similar question for a while now, and couldnt find an answer that looked relevant. maybe you should chill and either actually try to help, or don't reply huh? flaming people because they ask questions, even if their questions are a little malformed is pompous and arrogant of you.
he was right, if you didnt wanna help why did you reply in the first place...

plus, spintz you violated your own comment from the forum etiquette post, you flamed this guy for asking a sorta-dumb question (though maybe it isn't??)

third, no you didnt give all necessary info, how the f does the function WORK? yeh it's there, but how does he use it, what do the params mean?

so OK here's the explanation from teh docs:

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Override the default generation of distance thresholds. For determining the LOD a patch is rendered at. If any LOD is overridden, then the scene node will no longer apply scaling factors to these values. If you override these distances, and then apply a scale to the scene node, it is your responsibility to update the new distances to work best with your new terrain size.

ok sure, but how many LOD levels are there? do we have to override ALL of them?, what are the default distances?
a lot of things are left unanswered!!

have a heart dude, not all of this is obvious....and even smart people get stuck on something sometimes

stodge · Post by **stodge** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:32 am

"how the f does the function WORK"

THat's what the docs are for - you can't complain on the forums about that, unless the docs don't describe it.

People shouldn't post questions until they've searched the forums. THAT's also what forums are for.

Reduce the camera speed and the popping is less obvious.

Re-write the terrain code to as Spintz said.

Use a different engine.

Enough suggestions?

stodge · Post by **stodge** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:33 am

"The problem with most postings in the beginner forum is that the posters really think that everything is done for them by someone else. They even don't start to think but simply post."

*nods*

buhatkj · Post by **buhatkj** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:38 pm

yknow what, I freaking quoted the docs in my post OK? I DID LOOK IT UP, and the docs were not clear!!

the actual problem i am having is because of 16-bit indices the engine can't handle large terrains, i found out in another thread, because somebody there actually tried to help me. this thread apparently is cursed, to only get attention from people who just want to flame people, so freaking excuse me for getting a little confused, like it never happens to you??

yknow if you keep this up, all you are gonna do is drive people away, i know i at least will not ask again, because apparently everybody is just chomping at the bit to scream "RTFM!!!" at the top of their lungs without even TRYING to understand a person's question or problem.

stodge · Post by **stodge** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:02 pm

Edit - can't be arsed, it isn't worth the effort.

buhatkj · Post by **buhatkj** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:23 pm

dude, stodge, that was the most selfish thing i ever read.

having worked doing tech support for almost 5 years now i know it's hard to handle users sometimes, but it doesnt help anybody if you just get all pissed off every time somebody asks something stupid.

i once had a guy who actually thought his printer ink was getting drained by sending emails in bold. how crazy is that? and i have to explain to this guy the ink doesnt go over the internet.

don't talk to me about getting frustrated with users, i know it's hard, but more than that, i know you don't help anybody by getting all pissed off. chill out, try to understand, and if you can't say anything helpful, just DONT REPLY.

your participation here is optional. if it's a newb question and its not worth responding to, DONT RESPOND.

there is never, ever, any excuse for flaming. sorry!

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A little problems with LOD in terrain generation..

A little problems with LOD in terrain generation..

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