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 eliteslasher Joined: Jun 30, 2008 
Crysis 3!!!!!!! All I have to say. :D |
Posted: May 9, 2011 07:05 PM
Msg. 1 of 11
Does anyone know of a video that thoroughly covers LOD creation for Halo CE?
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DarkAvengerX Joined: Jul 13, 2010 
I'll just stick to music as mapping is not for me. |
Posted: May 9, 2011 07:06 PM
Msg. 2 of 11
LOD?
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ally Joined: Jun 23, 2010 
Aye Ready |
Posted: May 9, 2011 07:11 PM
Msg. 3 of 11
sorry man i only know of a lod video for reach.
edit: LOD is level of detail. Edited by ally on May 9, 2011 at 07:14 PM |
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SeanTheLawn Joined: Sep 4, 2007 
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Posted: May 10, 2011 04:06 PM
Msg. 4 of 11
If you mean getting them in-game, simply name the .jms files "modelname superhigh", "modelname high", "modelname medium", "modelname low", and "modelname superlow" (pretty sure that's what it was, it's been a while). As for actually making your models lower-poly without effing them up, I don't know.
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eliteslasher Joined: Jun 30, 2008
Crysis 3!!!!!!! All I have to say. :D |
Posted: May 10, 2011 04:35 PM
Msg. 5 of 11
I think I would just reunwrap them to each model the way I want it.
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Ro0ster Joined: Jan 21, 2008 
is a rooster |
Posted: May 11, 2011 07:52 PM
Msg. 6 of 11
Do what SeanTheLawn said, but also don't forget to set your LOD cutoffs in guerilla. This is how far in world units you have to be from your object to see a certain LOD.
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eliteslasher Joined: Jun 30, 2008
Crysis 3!!!!!!! All I have to say. :D |
Posted: May 20, 2011 09:04 PM
Msg. 7 of 11
I'll try it. Thx
BTW what do I have to do about the pixel cutoffs. I tried doing cutoffs and I am not sure I understand exactly how they work. edit: Thank you VERY much for recommending that. I like it!  Still not sure how to go about setting cutoffs properly though if anyone can help there. Edited by eliteslasher on May 21, 2011 at 12:15 AM |
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UnevenElefant5 Joined: May 3, 2008 
its been fun yall, i'll never forget this site :') |
Posted: May 21, 2011 11:04 AM
Msg. 8 of 11
In the model tag, at the top, there's boxes for each LOD. Each value represents the number of pictures on the screen the model needs to take up in order for that LOD to be used. For example, the superhigh value for the MC is 400. If the model takes up 400 pixels on screen or more, it will use the superhigh value. If it's less, it will use the high value until it gets to 250 pixels, then use the medium. Etc, etc.
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eliteslasher Joined: Jun 30, 2008
Crysis 3!!!!!!! All I have to say. :D |
Posted: May 21, 2011 04:11 PM
Msg. 9 of 11
ah so it's for TOTAL area on the screen.
Gotcha! Thanks bro! Edit: Can LODs be checked in Sapien or do you have to go ingame to check to make sure that they are working correctly. I tried setting my cutoffs to something that should have for sure been visible to me in sapien but I didn't see a change. Edited by eliteslasher on May 21, 2011 at 08:17 PM |
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Maniac1000 -Helpful Poster- Joined: Feb 24, 2007 
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Posted: May 21, 2011 10:19 PM
Msg. 10 of 11
Reflection cutoff distance works in sapien, i imagine LOD's do too.
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ally Joined: Jun 23, 2010
Aye Ready |
Posted: Jun 3, 2011 09:26 PM
Msg. 11 of 11
just thought i would post this pdf here for you to check out, could be of use with it's explanation on LOD.
what your downloading:  Level Of detail for 3d graphics.pdf 7.34MB http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GGW3L6K2 |
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