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FSXA LODs not switching in Flight Sim

Felipe Schieber

Felipe Schieber

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Since a couple of days, I'm trying to create good 3D runway lights using LOD's+mipmaps, thanks to a help in another thread. I've learned how to switch the mipmaps to get a good result, but I'm struggling understanding LOD's.

My problems with LOD is the following: My LOD never switches from the first one. I mean, if I have LOD 100 and LOD 50, the LOD 50 will never show up in the sim, same if I have LOD 100 and LOD 90, or LOD 100 and LOD 99, or LOD 100 and LOD5, no matter what numbers, I always see the first one("bigger"). Sure I'm missing something, it's strange how I expected them to switch as I get far from the model(my lights).

Maybe someone can give me a hint. For what I searched people had similar problems, but most times they were searching for a rule while using LOD's, in my case is just that... it didn't change in the sim. It's like having just one LOD.

I'm doing the following: Creating my main model, creating various .mdl files with different sizes/lengths, then importing in MCX and using the Generate LODs tool for importing my LODs and setting the value of each one.

Thank you
 
=rk=

=rk=

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You may not minimize draw calls and also have a model render separate LOD's, the engine does not support both schemes and minimized draw calls trump's LOD's on models with both. The forbearance is so strict, you can't even build a model and then import LOD models that have been minimized, they just won't ever render. So if that's the case, then...
 
Felipe Schieber

Felipe Schieber

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=rk= said:
You may not minimize draw calls and also have a model render separate LOD's, the engine does not support both schemes and minimized draw calls trump's LOD's on models with both. The forbearance is so strict, you can't even build a model and then import LOD models that have been minimized, they just won't ever render. So if that's the case, then...
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This must be my problem, I have LODs with minimized draw calls, I'll check again to make sure. Thank you very much! I didn't know it would cause problems.
 
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