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Alright, this is just a simple question (but i am thinking some hardcore answer might come back)

Just that how should i go about changing the autogenerated *buildings* on a certain Country? Right now I would like to remodel the whole Singapore, but the autogenerated buildings on this area is short of atrocious.


2nd question: Is there a setting i can tweak for setting the Level of Detail? Something along the lines of Google Earth which has different images for different distances between the camera and the Earth surface, so to increase efficiency to display lower res images when it is more zoomed out, and display higher res images when it is zoomed in. Similarly, for FSX, I am wondering if it is possible to show less detailed polygons when the camera is zoomed out, and more detailed polygons when the camera is zoomed in.

Thanks!
 
Hi,

For your second question, FS does use a LOD system. I assume you are referring to the terrain scenery and that has LOD for both the elevation grid that forms the shape of the terrain and for the photos showed on it.
 
hmm I was actually referring to the models of buildings whatnot. I read somewhere that there was a LOD system where you could put simpler models at low LODs and more complex models at high LODs. (E.g. a Circular Cylinder when the camera is near the object, but as i move further and further away, it changes to a 4 sided rectangle block and even further away when it does not need to be rendered anymore, there is something called a "empty LOD")

I was looking for directions to implement these different LODs. thanks!
 
Hi,

For 3D objects that is also possible indeed. Have a look at the Modelling SDK. But simply said you need to use special part name prefixes, like _LOD_100, _LOD_040, etc.
 
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