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Hi Gang!!Just a quick question to get a feel for whether route-builders are writing their routes within the 256 object limit imposed by BVE 2.3, or are going to town with the extra objects allowed by BVE 2.5.Given that my proposed routes are quite lengthy, I am probably going to need to use as many objects as I can fit. Therefore, unless there is some sneaky way of combining objects (e.g. 25m lengths of "scenery" complete with contours, trees and other features), I'm going to go way over 256 in total.What do other people do?Technical Numpty
>Hi Gang!! > >Just a quick question to get a feel for whether >route-builders are writing their routes within the 256 >object limit imposed by BVE 2.3, or are going to town with >the extra objects allowed by BVE 2.5. > >Given that my proposed routes are quite lengthy, I am >probably going to need to use as many objects as I can fit. >Therefore, unless there is some sneaky way of combining >objects (e.g. 25m lengths of "scenery" complete with >contours, trees and other features), I'm going to go way >over 256 in total. I will still stay in 256 objects. The object can be any lebghth you want! Not restricted to 25m. You can start at -100m to 25m. Then it will give you a 125m object! But some people have their drawing distance set to 200m so it is not advisable to make the object start at more than -150m as the object will suddenly appear before the player's eyes...
------My favourite LUL train------ HAPPY NOW? It's not moving anymore. It's still the same train but in another livery, that's all.
> But some people have their drawing distance set to 200m so it is not >advisable to make the object start at more than -150m as the >object will suddenly appear before the player's eyes... True since I one of them. The more objects and complex the objects the longer the rendering time the slower the frame rate the chopper it gets. Even on a p3 650 with 32 meg video card and 390 meg of ram I still get bogged down on some routes.Jason
Tricky one...The picc's currently using way over 256 objects, i'd guess bout 300. I'm gonna try and keep NETram and 60's Branchline under 256 tho, and if 60BL exceeds I may be able to do a cut down version with less detail. Notice "may".-- Tom Beevers http://brj.rr.nu
>> But some people have their drawing distance set to 200m so it is not >>advisable to make the object start at more than -150m as the >>object will suddenly appear before the player's eyes... > >True since I one of them. The more objects and complex the >objects the longer the rendering time the slower the frame >rate the chopper it gets. Even on a p3 650 with 32 meg video >card and 390 meg of ram I still get bogged down on some >routes. This was abig problem on the DLR beta(Maybe he has fixed it in the preview version, haven't tried it yet), where objects were from -600 to 25! In BVE, I operate in 300m route so the object doesn't appear until you are half-way past the object!
------My favourite LUL train------ HAPPY NOW? It's not moving anymore. It's still the same train but in another livery, that's all.
