Hi,

I use (as described in the manual) a detailmap for my terrain. Though it works for some reason it doesnt fade out at distance.
screenshot of the problem:


is there any setting or line of code i can use to adjust it? and if there is, where can i find it?

thanks in advance for any hint and advice

cheers and have a nice one

nope it isn't, but you could write a shader what can do such a thing...then you have to pass the camera position to the shader and then calculate the distance between this 2 positions(camera/pixelpos) and from this distance you can get the strength the detail map texture will be multiplicated with the terrain texture

first of all thanks for posting.

i just wonder where is the sense of a detailmap if i cant fade it out by default?
Also have i seen other games using 3dgs detailmap levels where they work proper. So i assume its my fault here but i cant find the reason why.
It cant be the map (the one from the templates), it cant be the procedure (adding second skin aso) and i have not changed anything from the standard code that could cause this.
plus its tested on 2 different systems with the same result.

so my conclusion is that i must have some wrong default settings in the standard code? though i cant find any hint in the manual or forum about it.


maybe someone has experienced the same or knows anything that might help

cheers

...did those examples use Fog?

no. there is nothing added. even a empty level with only the terrain leads to the same results.

cheers

i think adding mipmaps helps? MED->Skin Editor or whatever->Add Mipmaps.

julz

thanks for the hint
but didnt help neither. with or without them the result is the same.

cheers

it was just a guess sorry i haven't used detail maps since... 2005 or something...

a gave the manual a look and couldn't find anything of use. you probably already tried that anyway

julz

i am grateful for any hint. sometimes its hard to see the forrest because of all the trees infront of you.

i tried everything and i feel a little bit stuck in a box, so there is nothing better then an independent view from outside to find the reason.

thanks for all posts so far
cheers and have a nice one

If not using fog, then mips should work, but it is a little tricky.

First of all, mips can be adjusted by either

mip_flat or mip_shaded variables.

I think it goes from 1 - 10 and when you do this, then you will notice that up close the terrain looks clear, but at a distance it gets blurry.

Also, if everything looks too clear at a distance, then the frame rate can drop.

But, I think these types of adjustments also depends on the size of the terrain too in WED. It seems easier to make a small terrain clear, than a large terrain does.

Also, terrain skin size is a factor.