[kristjannuus]

My friend is making a map mod that is making a mountain, but the mountain doesn't render or appear when in a helicopter or a plane or just a bit further away, but when you somehow land on the mountain, it appears. My friend told me that you need some sort of LOD-files for them but R* doesn't release them, but I've seen mods that when faraway or in a helicopter, the map mod appears.

So my question is this: How can you make map objects appear from far away?

[Frank.s]

All the info you need.

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My friend told me that you need some sort of LOD-files for them but R* doesn't release them

What do you mean? Does he expect R* to help with peoples mods or something?

Edit: Alright.

This post has been edited by Frank.s on Saturday, Mar 24 2012, 11:05

[kristjannuus]

QUOTE (Frank.s @ Saturday, Mar 24 2012, 10:59)

All the info you need. QUOTE My friend told me that you need some sort of LOD-files for them but R* doesn't release them What do you mean? Does he expect R* to help with peoples mods or something?

Well, I really didn't know what he meant, but thanks for the link! One question more though: are there LOD files of Mount Chiliad somewhere?

[Frank.s]

All the LOD's have gotta be somewhere, unfortunatly i don't know the location of every one.

[kristjannuus]

Thanks for all the help!
I've figured out the LOD system and found the LOD files but I've still got a problem. I have added these to the countryS.ipl file.

18338, lod_cs_landbit_26, 0, -1959.87, -2027.99, 8.1094, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18339, lod_cs_landbit_27, 0, -1742.83, -2044.14, 225.141, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18340, lod_cs_landbit_19, 0, -1811.75, -1819.02, 182.891, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18341, lod_cs_landbit_18, 0, -1711.91, -1826.16, 313.453, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18342, lod_cs_landbit_36, 0, -1744.25, -2255.84, 40.1719, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18343, lod_cs_landbit_37, 0, -1532.09, -2254.56, 158.695, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18344, lod_cs_landbit_38, 0, -1526.04, -2212.08, 270.914, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18345, lod_cs_landbit_28, 0, -1519.24, -2022.74, 363.867, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18346, cs_lodbit_20, 0, -1514.57, -1793.6, 400.969, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18347, lod_cs_landbit_35, 0, -1958.97, -2238.6, 35.4297, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18348, lod_cs_landbit_17, 0, -1961.7, -1811.14, 1.125, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18349, lod_cs_landbit_10, 0, -1960.25, -1584.45, 2.3828, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18350, lod_cs_landbit_12, 0, -1787.74, -1608.97, 173.461, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18351, lod_cs_landbit_07, 0, -1733.7, -1380.34, 71.758, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18352, lod_cs_landbit_11, 0, -1670.91, -1606.58, 230.844, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18353, lod_cs_landbit_04, 0, -1580.18, -1207.06, 14.4922, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18354, lod_cs_landbit_08, 0, -1508.93, -1397.51, 128.781, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18355, lod_cs_landbit_13, 0, -1514.13, -1610.5, 260.805, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18356, lod_cs_landbit_05, 0, -1379.56, -1256.83, 23.5781, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18357, lod_cs_landbit_09, 0, -1274.39, -1410.93, 68.156, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18358, lod_cs_landbit_15, 0, -1269.99, -1621.79, 95.242, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18359, lod_cs_landbit_16, 0, -1068.21, -1593.46, 34.8516, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18360, lod_cs_landbit_23, 0, -1073.41, -1825.47, 44.4688, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18361, lod_cs_landbit_31, 0, -1058.45, -2049.06, 67.984, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18362, cs_lodbit_41, 0, -1098.76, -2244.26, 63.242, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18363, lod_cs_landbit_40, 0, -1320.81, -2243.82, 113.68, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18364, LODcs10, 0, -1305.26, -2435.41, 24.9844, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18365, lod_cs_landbit_48, 0, -1513.95, -2480.2, 27.0547, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18366, lod_cs_landbit_39, 0, -1324.64, -2214.55, 257.562, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18367, lod_cs_landbit_47, 0, -1731, -2460.56, 5.8438, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1
18368, lod_cs_landbit_30, 0, -1327.24, -2025.72, 341.953, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1

But the problem remains, I still can't see my mountain from my helicopter of faraway, I need to crash into the mountain for the files to start rendering, can anyone tell me what have I done wrong?
Note: I copied these from the Mount Chiliad LOD codes but changed only the coordinates, but I can see Mount Chiliad from far away.

[kristjannuus]

So, can anyone help me with this?

[kristjannuus]

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[nWo51289]

The value for LOD isn't in the ipl files. You need to look in the ide files.

18395, cs_lodroads04, cs_roads, 1500, 0

The highlighted value is the lod value, the higher the value the further away you'll see the object.

[kristjannuus]

But I am using the default Mount Chiliad and the default LOD-lines are already in .ide. Do I have to make new lines for my new Mount Chiliad in the CountryS.ide?

[kristjannuus]

Do I have to make new lines for my new Mount Chiliad in the CountryS.ide? I am in a hurry with this mod, sorry if I am bumping the thread too frequently.

[kristjannuus]

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