LOD switching issue since 1.62

[.kju [PvPscene]]

As some people report issues, you are advised to check this CIT ticket,
try the demo missions and provide feedback there:

> Bug #16004: LOD transitions are unstable
https://dev-heaven.net/issues/16004


To provide additional simple demo missions does help.
Another idea could be to record the benchmark missions.

To compare it with 1.60, you can use 1.60 beta patches to downgrade the engine:
http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php

[MavericK96]

Voted up, it's pretty darn bad now. It seemed better in some of the earlier post-1.60 betas but in the last half-dozen beta builds or so it's gotten worse.

[Dwarden]

can You please provide us with video of the issue ?

[Foxhound]

A video was posted here:
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthrea...=1#post2194331

[CHB68]

Thanks a lot for your attention.

[ProfTournesol]

It may not solve that issue but it remains very necessary to defrag after patching.

[CHB68]

Fully agree ProfTournesol. Next to this I always recommend to install ArmA exclusively on a separat partition. I solved this "problem" with a 256GB SSD a year ago. No need for partitions or defrag and it boosts the heavy file load of ArmA.

[Kremator]

If you are running an SSD you DON'T defrag those ! Should be running FAST, but the issue is still there!

[Xeno]

LOD switching is really bad now...

Probably related: I've made a video a week ago with one of the betas prior 1.62 (check the tower, one would expect the highest LOD is visible when you look at it and not when you turn away ):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyJeYSHvwwY

Xeno

[TonyGrunt]

Not sure if related, but when a new asset appears (spawned, intros/outros, scene change) that wasn't loaded in memory, I am getting the lowest LOD and texture for less than 1 sec. Like it doesn't preload before showing on screen.
I don't remember ever having that problem before.