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Chi
Mar 3 2007, 15:00
I run my PC as the host for coop for myself and a few friends. I have the grass turned off (terrain detail very low) in my options and this is fine in all SP missions and the campaign. However when I host a game online for us the grass is still there. I want it off as I get an average of 20 fps extra and it would also give us a chance against the AI which seems to be able to spot me prone 200m away in grass and through bushes ect.

Is it possible to do this ?

Ta

Chi
MattXR
Mar 3 2007, 18:54
Yes, but you have to edit the mission.

Inside the init.sqs you have to add this..

setterraingrid 50
Celery
Mar 3 2007, 19:25
Isn't there a setting for the server to disable grass in every map?

I suspect it's:
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">terrainGrid=50.000000;[/QUOTE]
but I&#39;m not sure since I don&#39;t have a server at hand.
Celery
Mar 5 2007, 15:51
So, can anyone confirm what the no grass server command is?
Enforcer1975
Mar 5 2007, 16:54
That isnt the command parameter for "grass off". I think its the parameter for the LOD. Try "lawnmower=1" instead  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif

I dont think this will be solved in the next Patch. Maybe they were a bit rash to tell this and dont have a solution yet ( or never ). At least i am able to play on a 50+ player server with minor performance hits.
Looking foreward to 1.06, especially to the fog thingie.
Celery
Mar 5 2007, 19:01
That isnt the command parameter for "grass off". I think its the parameter for the LOD. Try "lawnmower=1" instead http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif
Well, that parameter also means "terrain very low" which disables grass for the regular user. I&#39;m just wondering if it works like that for servers.

Still, wasn&#39;t it an advertised feature that you can choose if the server has grass turned on or off? I would really love to know the command for that because there are lots of players that are running a slide show with all that grass. At least my fps suffers some 20 frames with grass on.
whisper
Mar 6 2007, 01:26
Apart from setTerrainGrid, nothing that I know off. You need to put setTerrainGrid higher in every mission
pedro870
Mar 6 2007, 09:09
Isn&#39;t there a setting for the server to disable grass in every map?

I suspect it&#39;s:
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">terrainGrid=50.000000;
but I&#39;m not sure since I don&#39;t have a server at hand.[/QUOTE]
This should be the server setting which would turn off grass in multiplayer for every client too. However it doesn&#39;t seem to work yet, at least this is my experience. Now the only option is to include "setterraingrid 50" in every init.sqs for every mission.