[Underscore]

Just found the site and the whole IL2 mod thing --- its great and given the sim a new lease of life in my eyes

I was really hoping there would be a mod to increase the draw (Render) distance of buildings so they do not pop up

I know 4.09b increases the terrain draw distance but does not fix the building pop-up

Any plans or know how to fix

Thanks

JP

[Bearcat]

I think there is a visability mod.. Not sure if thats what you mean..

[Mysticpuma]

No BC, it's not.

This has been asked for loads of times, and I too would love to see someone work on it.

So, imagine there is a bubble (invisible) around your plane.

As the outer edge of the bubble passes over the landscape, the building 'pop' into view once inside the bubble.

I guees, and I may be wrong, that the distance is the same as it is for the LOD on planes, when you see the detail 'pop' into a correct plane shape from the boxy type view?

All that is needed is for the bubble distance to be doubled, as this would make a huge difference to the immersion by getting rid of the buildings suddenly 'teleporting' into the landscape.

Seriously I would love to see the distance on building 'pop' increased, but after so many asks, I fear it is either too difficult or not important for some to look into (by that I mean those who know what to look for).

Hope to see more interst in the idea though, cheers, MP.

[JudgeMingus]

I would say that it is possible, but I don't have the skills to do it myself (or the time to develop the skills, unfortunately).

It would be great on a powerful system, but would certainly be a killer for low-end systems: if you double the range, you actually quadruple the land area inside the bubble, and thus would quadruple the number of objects to be rendered too...

The building visibility range would be good as a tunable variable in conf.ini (it could even be reduced for systems like mine which grind in built-up areas!).

[Bee]

In the i18n folder, there is a file called Distance.txt Not sure what it does, but here's what is inside:

// type: NEAR FAR BORN GAP
air: 30 100 30 4
tanks: 10 50 15 -2
ship: 100 320 160 6
vehicle: 10 40 15 -2
other: 20 50 30 -8

:?:

[Brophmeister]

I'd love a mod that increases the fog distance. It looks just silly at high altitudes having this "cylinder" of visibility below you.

[danger]

In the i18n folder, there is a file called Distance.txt Not sure what it does, but here's what is inside:

// type: NEAR FAR BORN GAP
air: 30 100 30 4
tanks: 10 50 15 -2
ship: 100 320 160 6
vehicle: 10 40 15 -2
other: 20 50 30 -8

:?:

i dont have this file in either !18n folder

[Underscore]

Sounds interesting - any effect if u change the values?