Vegetation Tweak Visuals¶
Whats is it?¶
ArmA II vegetation is unfortunately not well done in various aspects:
- LOD switching: While moving the shape of the vegetation changes very noticeable (resolution LODs).
- Different coloring: Even more also the coloring changes in the different forms of the models (mipmaps).
- FPS impact: The vegetation has a big impact on FPS, while the very extreme details can hardly been
seen and is not perceived while playing anyway.
The approach of this addon is to drop:
- The very detailed resolution LODs.
- The very detailed mipmaps - the highest quality textures.
- The very low mipmaps - the very ugly textures seen at distance.
The overall goal is better FPS, less LOD switching and better visual look for ArmA II vegetation!
Status¶
- First release to get feedback on visual change (LOD switching, texture look) and FPS impact.
- Later second release based on the feedback.
- Key and sign file once a good version is found.
Media¶
Sample screenshots¶
Provided by GLeek:
arma2defaut.png vs Vegetation_Low_Visuals_R_PROPER.
Sample videos¶
- a2vegetationMOD_03.avi - standard look; 500m viewdistance
- a2vegetationMOD_01.avi - notice the lack of LOD switching and reduced texture quality on close distance
- a2vegetationMOD_02.avi - notice the look and lack of LOD switching
- a2vegetationMOD_lowest_p3d_mesh.avi - notice the lack of LOD switching
- a2vegetationMOD_lowest_p3d_mesh_and_lowest_mipmap.avi - texture quality if only the lowest quality mipmap is used
Credits¶
Sincere thanks to T_D for making the VegetationPatcher and MipMapRemover apps!
Without your excellent work, the quick development and updates on request this would not be possible.
On positive feedback T_D might release these tweak apps to the general public to
allow anyone tweak any model and texture to their needs.
Copyright¶
The downloads contain model and texture files made by BI.
These files are the complete property of BI.
They may only be used for ArmA II and non commercially!
Download¶
- Vegetation_VeryLow_Visuals_R_PROPER.7z: 28 MB.
- First three resolution LODs removed.
- First two and last two mipmaps removed.
- Vegetation_Low_Visuals_R_PROPER.7z: 102 MB.
- First two LODs removed.
- First and last mipmap removed.