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V5 LOD

Dave Henri

V5 LOD

by Dave Henri » Sat, 17 Feb 2001 12:53:22

  I have messed with the LOD(level of detail) settings but really
haven't noticed much difference in most programs.
  UNTIL I tried N4.  If ever  a program
was made to show off the LOD differences, it's N4.  I had
LOD turned way low for speed.  I started with the N4 cars
and low detailin the N4 graphic options,
 and of course, the cars looked blury.  Well I
upped the detail to medium and then high and STILL the cars
looked fuzzy.  Until I remembered the LOD slider.  I moved
it to the other side of zero and immeadiately the cars graphics
sharpened right up.  Not too much of a hit frame-rate wise
either.
dave henrie
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Jag

V5 LOD

by Jag » Sat, 17 Feb 2001 13:43:45


spoke:

Thx for that one. I was wondering why the cars in N4 were blurry.
Thought it was a feature.
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Jagg

Dan Kap

V5 LOD

by Dan Kap » Sun, 18 Feb 2001 09:09:15

Great tip Dave.   Thanks a lot!!


Jan Loebzie

V5 LOD

by Jan Loebzie » Sun, 18 Feb 2001 13:40:26


>Great tip Dave.   Thanks a lot!!

Only shows how "ignorant" some people are when it comes to
setting up their expensive hardware, when such old news still
get them e***d. :-)
Jag

V5 LOD

by Jag » Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:48:43


thus spoke:

Yea well, some of us don't want to be bothered with ***ing around
with various options every time we want to play a different game. I
just leave mine stock and change only the FSAA settings.
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Jagg

Jeff Vince

V5 LOD

by Jeff Vince » Mon, 19 Feb 2001 01:14:44




>>Great tip Dave.   Thanks a lot!!

>Only shows how "ignorant" some people are when it comes to
>setting up their expensive hardware, when such old news still
>get them e***d. :-)

   And some of us have bought our first Voodoo card in the last month,
so it's all news to us.  :)

"But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was
nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into
a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

Jan Loebzie

V5 LOD

by Jan Loebzie » Mon, 19 Feb 2001 06:48:08


>Yea well, some of us don't want to be bothered with ***ing around
>with various options every time we want to play a different game.

The exitment about the LOD setting is just like someone coming here
screaming "wow, I just noticed that I have a manual transmission and
can increase my lap times by shifting up and down!".

Jan

Dan Kap

V5 LOD

by Dan Kap » Mon, 19 Feb 2001 08:08:00

<coming down to your level>  Wow!   Great tip Jan....   You ass.   </coming
down to your level>
Jag

V5 LOD

by Jag » Mon, 19 Feb 2001 08:12:25


thus spoke:

Nope, the cars in N4 shouldn't look that blurry on a V5 with the
default settings to begin with. They don't in N3. Screwing with the
settings is for geeks.
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Jagg

Jan Loebzie

V5 LOD

by Jan Loebzie » Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:00:36


> Screwing with the settings is for geeks.

Is that supposed to be an insult or a compliment? :)

Jan

Dave Henri

V5 LOD

by Dave Henri » Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:18:11

  Welcome to GEEK CENTRAL Jagg!   My point was...
Most of my other games didn't appear to either benefit
or detract from the use of the LOD slider.  But N4
makes very clear what the slider does and how it
affects the graphics.  Not ..."oooooh loookee a new
slider to play with..."  :)
have fun
dave henrie

Jag

V5 LOD

by Jag » Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:06:36


spoke:

I'm just giving Jan some counterpoint. I've done lots of geeky
tweaking in my day. I've actually played with all the settings in
the V5 control panel and have actually read the tweaking FAQ. LOD
affects the mipmap quality. Still, I shouldn't have to do that in N4
because a setting of 0 is supposed to be optimal.
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Jagg

Jan Loebzie

V5 LOD

by Jan Loebzie » Mon, 19 Feb 2001 01:24:02


>Still, I shouldn't have to do that in N4 because a setting of 0 is supposed to be optimal.

Actually, it's supposed to be the optimal compromise between
performance and visual quality (or at least what the 3dfx engineers
considered to be a good compromise).

Jan

Jag

V5 LOD

by Jag » Tue, 20 Feb 2001 02:51:52


thus spoke:

That's what I mean. I've never found adjusting it has been of any
great benefit in any other games so that's why I have always just left
it at default.
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Jagg

Jan Loebzie

V5 LOD

by Jan Loebzie » Mon, 19 Feb 2001 06:11:24


>That's what I mean. I've never found adjusting it has been of any
>great benefit in any other games so that's why I have always just left
>it at default.

I think a setting of at least 1.0 improves the visuals in just about
every game. I usually run it at 1.75 though, where it just starts to
influence performance.

Jan


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