Hi all,

I am developing a car game in big city. My city has many map entities and small models. Because of my small models /over 3000 trees, 2000 lights,.../ my FPS is going down and i decided to write scripts for these small objects.

Now my level has only few small objects /50 trees, 30 lights ,.../ and FPS is good.

My solution is to create few models at startup and change their positions to another tree locations if they go out of camera.

I think this solution will help many people who is making outdoor game.

Here is my code : dynamic_tree.rar

1. You have to place all trees at correct position in your level and build it.
2. Include <trees.wdl> to your game.
3. Press F2 to save all tree locations to <trees.ini> file.
4. Delete all trees from your level and build level.
5. call Read_Trees_Ini function in your main function after load level.
6. Run

That´s a good idea. Is the angle and scale saved too?

Yes, you can save angle and type of objects. I saved (x,y,z,pan,type) for city lights. But in this code it does not exist. You can add it easily.

I have choosed random values for tree's pan and scale in this script.

Great idea.

Thanks for that usefull script.
A really good idea!

Thanks for sharing this Olzii, nice contribution to the community!

Sounds like a fantastic solution for an important problem! Thanks a lot!

Thanks all,

I am happy to help people.

Thanks bupaje,

Bupaje sent me PM about James has another good idea.

First, I have placed all my trees at my level . After testing i have wrote this script.

James' s idea is not to place all trees to level. It is a BIG job. We can create just TREE_MAP picture that has tree positions. Another Good Idea ! It will save time.

Code:

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James' s idea is not to place all trees to level. It is a BIG job. We can 
create just TREE_MAP picture that has tree positions. Another Good Idea ! 
It will save time. 
 

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That does sound good! Any idea on how it could be done though?