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This acronym is somewhat disputed. It may stand for '''Potential Visibility Set''', '''Potentially Visible Set''', '''Potentially Viewable Set''' or | This acronym is somewhat disputed. It may stand for '''Potential Visibility Set''', '''Potentially Visible Set''', '''Potentially Viewable Set''' or many similar variations. | ||
Every entity has a PVS. For players, it is the first line of defense over what geometry, entities and effects the game engine should render at any given point. Only objects within the current PVS - i.e. which are "potentially visible" - are considered for rendering, and it is [[cheap]] for the processor to decide whether or not this condition is being met. | |||
For NPCs, a PVS is likely to be used to filter what other entities should be checked for line-of-sight. Additionally, inanimate entities will sometimes perform actions when a player enters their PVS. | |||
A PVS consists of a [[visleaf]] or (more commonly) a collection of visleaves, which are created during a map's compile by [[Vvis|VVIS]]. | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 11:57, 27 February 2008
This acronym is somewhat disputed. It may stand for Potential Visibility Set, Potentially Visible Set, Potentially Viewable Set or many similar variations.
Every entity has a PVS. For players, it is the first line of defense over what geometry, entities and effects the game engine should render at any given point. Only objects within the current PVS - i.e. which are "potentially visible" - are considered for rendering, and it is cheap for the processor to decide whether or not this condition is being met.
For NPCs, a PVS is likely to be used to filter what other entities should be checked for line-of-sight. Additionally, inanimate entities will sometimes perform actions when a player enters their PVS.
A PVS consists of a visleaf or (more commonly) a collection of visleaves, which are created during a map's compile by VVIS.