water rendering distance?...

kv29 · 03-16-08, 07:30 AM

How far is the water being renderer? because on heavy seas while looking through the binos I can see the sea is plain flat and the transition is just horrible. I thought that 1.4 introduced a 20km visibility and rendered EVERYTHING in between, or perhaps not?

theluckyone17 · 03-16-08, 09:29 AM

Rendering all the waves out to that distance would probably kill our frame rates... I wouldn't be surprised if the dev's set up Level Of Detail (LOD) system on the waves, so past a certain point, only a portion of the waves are drawn... past another point, the waves are simplified further, etc.

03-16-08, 07:30 AM	#1
kv29 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 342 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	water rendering distance?... How far is the water being renderer? because on heavy seas while looking through the binos I can see the sea is plain flat and the transition is just horrible. I thought that 1.4 introduced a 20km visibility and rendered EVERYTHING in between, or perhaps not?

03-16-08, 09:29 AM	#2
theluckyone17 Captain Join Date: May 2006 Location: Niskayuna, NY Posts: 482 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	Rendering all the waves out to that distance would probably kill our frame rates... I wouldn't be surprised if the dev's set up Level Of Detail (LOD) system on the waves, so past a certain point, only a portion of the waves are drawn... past another point, the waves are simplified further, etc.