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.

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