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Gorgeous maps, shame about the fog. Have you guys thought about the 3D skybox trick to simluate longer draw distances? --[[user:TomEdwards|TomEdwards]] 00:43, 24 Mar 2006 (PST)
:The fog is there so the engines not drawing a few kilometers of playable map :P --[[user:gingerlord|gingerlord]] 11:38, 24 Mar 2006 (GMT)
::You can recreate a low-poly version of the map as a 3D skybox and fade out to it at a certain distance. That's what I'm talking about. --[[user:TomEdwards|TomEdwards]] 03:43, 24 Mar 2006 (PST)
:::Interesting, got a link or some images on that technique.--[[user:gingerlord|gingerlord]] 12:11, 24 Mar 2006 (GMT)
::::[[3D Skybox]] of course! Anyway, I guess you should be using fog for z-clipping anyway so you won't run into performance problems. --[[User:Vaarscha|Vaarscha]] 04:18, 24 Mar 2006 (PST)
:::::Thats the main reason for the fog to disguise the z-clip at about 4500 units, could make it higher as im getting quite high fps on high settings with a 6600gt, there is a 3d skybox but its quite a way back as the transistion between the playable area and skybox is a bit rough atm. All the static props fade out between the fog start and the z clip which gives a nice illusion of them coming out of the fog.--[[user:gingerlord|gingerlord]] 12:26, 24 Mar 2006 (GMT)
::::::You should definitly test the map with the aspired playercount. You'll have much more players rendered than on a map with "usual" layout. Also make sure that your (player-)modelers optimize their LOD models heavily... --[[User:Vaarscha|Vaarscha]] 04:37, 24 Mar 2006 (PST)
Gingerlord, Waldo and Jed? Well damn thats an impressive name list. --[[User:Angry Beaver|Angry Beaver]] 12:52, 23 Jul 2006 (PDT)