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[SOLVED] LODs - trying to set the minSize but it always using default values

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Hello :)

I'm working on the Lods (level of details).
I successfully exported the LOD00 / LOD01 and LOD02 , bin and gltf (by using the tips as blenderToMsfs is broken for the lods)
It works in game when I go near and far with the dev camera.

However, the LOD02 load at when we are like 20metters of the building.

- I tried to change the default value by using this:

<LOD ModelFile="bas-fun-modernhouse01_LOD00.gltf" minSize="25"/>
<LOD ModelFile="bas-fun-modernhouse01_LOD01.gltf" minSize="15"/>
<LOD ModelFile="bas-fun-modernhouse01_LOD02.gltf"/>
Click to expand...

I even tried with lower / higher values

But it seems that MSFS2020 uses default values instead of reading mines !?


I cleaned then rebuilt the package , I restarted msfs2020, I tried to use "replace model" but it still doesn't works ( I mean it works but It wont take my custom minSize settings)

Anyone can help?

Thanks
 
Hi,

To increase the drawing distance of your current LOD, you need to reduce the MinSize of the previous LOD of which you wish to increase the drawing distance. As in this case, the requirement is to delay the rendering of LOD02, so the minSize of LOD01 needs to be decreased so it can stay on screen for longer. E.g your code will become something like this.

XML: 
<LOD ModelFile="bas-fun-modernhouse01_LOD00.gltf" minSize="25"/>
<LOD ModelFile="bas-fun-modernhouse01_LOD01.gltf" minSize="5"/>
<LOD ModelFile="bas-fun-modernhouse01_LOD02.gltf" minSize="0"/>

Reduced the minSize from 15 to 5 in this case. This can be decreased further if the distance is still not far enough. Also added a minSize=0 for the last LOD just in case. Hope this helps.
 
Hi SimArc, thank you but I struggle to have an optimal loading distance for the lod01

As you can see on this short video, the lod01 load too close. I wanted to load it at 100m or more
I tried to play with minSize but it alway doesn't want to take the settings :/
 
Hi,

I can't see the video, but how big is your object? Its size will have an effect on the LOD distance. There is a tool in Developer mode inside MSFS named something like LOD debug(or similar I'm writing from memory). Turn it on and it will display a specific value on top of your model. That value determines which LOD is loaded at that time. If your model is quite small then the value will also be very less and maybe the cause of the problem
 
woooow ! Thanks to you
I was abble to view the debug about lods and it helped so so so much !

Thanks again!

I finally set my lod to 7, 2, and 0 and it works well now :)
 
Make sure you have applied any node transforms in Blender before exporting. (basically make sure there is no 'scale' entries in the gltf json).
 
Thanks for this thread, I had text on gable markers I needed to keep displayed from 1 pixel.

I set my LOD's to 1, 0.1, 0 and it works perfectly for small objects.
 
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