Meet the lod family

[hardrock]

the best way to get to know how to change some selection names in the config.cpp is:
download Config.txt 1.46 (it's only v1.46 but that's enough)
open it with notepad and search for 'selection=', there you will see the czech names and also the values which have to be changed

short introduction in some classes:
if you want to have lights on your addon you have to make
a reflectors {} class where you define the lights with their selection names. for blinking lights you have to use the original czech names
all classes beginning with indicator define the instruments in your cockpit. both the axis and the selection have to be in the same LOD (mostly ViewPilot)

cheers hardrock

[mooncaine]

Thanks, hardrock! I'll do as you suggest. I especially appreciate your going into detail about the reflector and indicator classes.

[bmgarcangel]

LandContact lod where points for land contacting is defined, without this vehicles usually tend to shake and start jumping.

whoa seriously, vehicles and do without it

[andersson]

Quote[/b] ]The only way I know to do this is make a new model for the LOD--but I'm no expert. The point of the LODs is to have models with fewer faces on them, so pasting the same model into the LODs is the wrong thing to do.

After I made the model just the way I wanted it I mark everything and edit\copy. Then I create another LOD and edit\paste. Then I will have a new LOD that are a copy of that first LOD. Then I start to take away small details and making the model simpler. So when I create next LOD I mark everything in the latest LOD and edit\copy. Create another LOD, edit\paste. So now there is a copy of the last LOD and I start to make that model more simple. The textures will stay during the copy-paste.
At my third LOD, depending on the model, I usually start to replace textures so it uses less textures. In the last two LODs I use just one texture.

[Garcia]

umm...to make a copy of a lod you just have to right click on it and press "duplicate", and you get a new lod which is exactly the same

Garcia

[VXR]

here is some information about LODs made by matthijs Matthijs on the Lowlands warrior page.



Level of Detail (LODs)