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Hi DecapodOne of the things I find myself doing a lot in creating scenery objects is to remove several of the distance levels created on 3D Canvas export, leaving only two. To do this I have to manually edit the shape file.Could SFM be applied to this task, say by setting a particular LOD distance to zero in order to remove it entirely?Thanks again for an excellent tool.cheers
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Clem
http://www.tillier.net/speedworks/index.html
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Why not just tell 3D Canvas to do *only* Near/Far LOD... That way you only get two to start with. At that point you can use what SFM already does and just adjust the "switchover" distance point for the LOD.Pete Willard
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Hi Pete,I must have missed something then... where do I set that option?Thanks!
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Clem
http://www.tillier.net/speedworks/index.html
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My mistake, I was *assuming* that you were using the MSTS wizard.Here is what I'm talking about...
Pete Willard
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Hi Pete,Thanks for the tip. I don't use the Wizard (never got around to it, being happy with my present methods), and I had been manually selecting the optimized distance levels rather than the simple distance levels.I think I understand now: simple distance levels means just two LODs, one with all the detail for up-close and one with only the objects in the MAIN frame for faraway viewing. Optimized distance levels include the same two LODs along with several additional LODs in between, automatically generated by the polygon reduction operations-- which only work provided that each object in the model is textured with only a single texture.I wish there were direct control over LODs in 3DCanvas, i.e. making a separate model for each LOD. Right now I think that involves some significant mucking around in the shape file.cheers
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Clem
http://www.tillier.net/speedworks/index.html
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True, it is a bit complex - people have asked for a "merge shape file" option which would enable us to design each distance level as a separate model - It is feasible, but could be a few months away as my schedule is qutie busy at the moment.
Paul
UK GWR Highworth Branch
http://www.highworth.freeuk.com
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