Water lod control

Template:Base point It is used to control the LOD behavior of any water in the map. If your map has water, this entity is required. VBSP will add one in if it's missing.

Caveats

Bug:The water_lod_controller was disabled late in development. Any water with reflections enabled are always rendered expensively or with bForceExpensive always set to true.  [todo tested in ?]

To re-enable you will need to modify code in CViewRender::DetermineWaterRenderInfo(...) on line 2228, replace it with:

if( !r_WaterDrawReflection.GetBool() )

Also replace line 2256 with:

if ( (fogVolumeInfo.m_flDistanceToWater >= m_flCheapWaterEndDistance) || bForceCheap )

I also changed line 2212 with brute force code. All my materials were returning bForceExpensive true regardless of settings:

bForceExpensive = false;

Keyvalues

Start Transition to Cheap Water ([todo internal name (i)]) <float>

This is the distance from the camera that water will start transitioning to cheap water, in inches.

End Transition to Cheap Water ([todo internal name (i)]) <float>

This is the distance from the camera that water will finish transitioning to cheap water, in inches.

Name (targetname) <string>[ Edit ]

The name that other entities refer to this entity by, via Inputs/Outputs or other keyvalues (e.g. parentname or target).
Also displayed in Hammer's 2D views and Entity Report.

See also:  Generic Keyvalues, Inputs and Outputs available to all entities

Inputs

SetCheapWaterStartDistance <floatRedirectInput/float>

Set the distance that water starts transitioning to cheap water.

SetCheapWaterEndDistance <floatRedirectInput/float>

Set the distance that water finishes transitioning to cheap water.

See also

• Adding Water