Vegetation Tweak Visuals
Version 7 (kju, Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:01:11 +0000)
| 1 | 1 | h1. Vegetation Tweak Visuals |
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| 3 | 1 | h2. Whats is it? |
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| 5 | 1 | ArmA II vegetation is unfortunately not well done in various aspects: |
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| 7 | 6 | kju | * LOD switching: While moving the shape of the vegetation changes very noticeable (resolution LODs). |
| 8 | 1 | * Different coloring: Even more also the coloring changes in the different forms of the models (mipmaps). |
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| 9 | 1 | * FPS impact: The vegetation has a big impact on FPS, while the very extreme details can hardly been |
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| 10 | 1 | seen and is not perceived while playing anyway. |
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| 12 | 1 | The approach of this addon is to *drop*: |
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| 14 | 1 | * The very detailed resolution LODs. |
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| 15 | 1 | * The very detailed mipmaps - the highest quality textures. |
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| 16 | 1 | * The very low mipmaps - the very ugly textures seen at distance. |
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| 18 | 2 | kju | *The overall goal is better FPS, less LOD switching and better visual look for ArmA II vegetation!* |
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| 20 | 1 | h2. Status |
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| 22 | 2 | kju | * First release to get feedback on visual change (LOD switching, texture look) and FPS impact. |
| 23 | 1 | * Later second release based on the feedback. |
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| 24 | 1 | * Key and sign file once a good version is found. |
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| 26 | 1 | h2. Media |
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| 28 | 7 | kju | h3. Sample screenshots |
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| 30 | 7 | kju | Provided by *GLeek*: |
| 31 | 7 | kju | |
| 32 | 7 | kju | "arma2defaut.png":http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5071/arma2defaut.png vs "Vegetation_Low_Visuals_R_PROPER":http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3039/arma2properplantlow.png. |
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| 34 | 1 | h3. Sample videos |
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| 36 | 3 | kju | * "a2vegetationMOD_03.avi":http://proper.arma-creations.com/download/misc/a2vegetationMOD_03.avi - standard look; 500m viewdistance |
| 37 | 3 | kju | * "a2vegetationMOD_01.avi":http://proper.arma-creations.com/download/misc/a2vegetationMOD_01.avi - notice the lack of LOD switching and reduced texture quality *on close distance* |
| 38 | 3 | kju | * "a2vegetationMOD_02.avi":http://proper.arma-creations.com/download/misc/a2vegetationMOD_02.avi - notice the look and lack of LOD switching |
| 39 | 3 | kju | * "a2vegetationMOD_lowest_p3d_mesh.avi":http://proper.arma-creations.com/download/misc/a2vegetationMOD_lowest_p3d_mesh.avi - notice the lack of LOD switching |
| 40 | 3 | kju | * "a2vegetationMOD_lowest_p3d_mesh_and_lowest_mipmap.avi":http://proper.arma-creations.com/download/misc/a2vegetationMOD_lowest_p3d_mesh_and_lowest_mipmap.avi - texture quality if only the lowest quality mipmap is used |
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| 42 | 2 | kju | h2. Credits |
| 43 | 2 | kju | |
| 44 | 2 | kju | Sincere thanks to *T_D* for making the VegetationPatcher and MipMapRemover apps! |
| 45 | 4 | kju | Without your excellent work, the quick development and updates on request this would not be possible. |
| 46 | 4 | kju | |
| 47 | 4 | kju | On positive feedback T_D might release these tweak apps to the general public to |
| 48 | 4 | kju | allow anyone tweak any model and texture to their needs. |
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| 50 | 2 | kju | h2. Copyright |
| 51 | 2 | kju | |
| 52 | 2 | kju | The downloads contain model and texture files made by "BI":http://www.bistudio.com/. |
| 53 | 2 | kju | These files are the complete property of BI. |
| 54 | 2 | kju | They may *only* be used for ArmA II and non commercially! |
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| 56 | 1 | h2. Download |
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| 58 | 1 | * "Vegetation_VeryLow_Visuals_R_PROPER.7z":http://proper.arma-creations.com/download/Vegetation_VeryLow_Visuals_R_PROPER.7z: 28 MB. |
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| 59 | 5 | kju | ** First three resolution LODs removed. |
| 60 | 1 | ** First two and last two mipmaps removed. |
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| 62 | 1 | * "Vegetation_Low_Visuals_R_PROPER.7z":http://proper.arma-creations.com/download/Vegetation_Low_Visuals_R_PROPER.7z: 102 MB. |
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| 63 | 5 | kju | ** First two LODs removed. |
| 64 | 1 | ** First and last mipmap removed. |