FARCRY foliage rendering q.

[the_village_treky]

i think remember reading somewhare a code to turn of the foliage distance efect(the equivelent of mip mapping). if it exists,what was it? TIA

 

[tranCendenZ]

i think remember reading somewhare a code to turn of the foliage distance efect(the equivelent of mip mapping). if it exists,what was it? TIA

"e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio 100"

 

[the_village_treky]

ok, thanks

 

[DirtyApe]

what does that do?? and what is the point of doing this??

 

[tranCendenZ]

for shader model 3.0 it renders all the trees as geometry so you don't see artifacting at trees in the distance.

 

[DirtyApe]

so if i have a 6800 GT then i should enter that command line? im getting one in a couple of days good ol newegg

 

[the_village_treky]

youl take a hit in performance, but if it oc's well then do it, it looks good on mine. than again now i runn it at 1280*1024 as aposed to 16*12, but its worth it i think

 

[Merlin45]

with instancing in 1.2 you take a minimal (1-2 fps) perf hit, and enjoy much more impressive distance visuals.

 

[Falls Included]

whats the default?

 

[DirtyApe]

can someone post some pics comparing the 2 settings?

 

[Silverghost]

without it, far away tress look like sprites.

with it, the are models.

this also works with SM2.0b

 

[jacuzz1]

youl take a hit in performance, but if it oc's well then do it, it looks good on mine. than again now i runn it at 1280*1024 as aposed to 16*12, but its worth it i think

Its not much of hit if any do to instancing

 

[jacuzz1]

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=785091&highlight=shader+3.0

can someone post some pics comparing the 2 settings?[/QUOTE

Toward the end of my thread the subject comes up and after playing with it i post new shots with instancing and the distance tweak

the shots were taken when i had a Gt

Go to posts 54 and begin there if you too lazy to go the whole thread

Post 61 is a shot with instancing and the vegi 100 enabled