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ReiKumar
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What can I do to stop the camera from cutting into objects that are close to it?

A code snippet would be nice.

P.S. If you post, please check back in case I have a question.
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SushiBox
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This here sets the near and far distance that your camera is able to see. Be careful though, the more you can see in frame = lower FPS. There are two usages, one is for setting the range for a specific camera. The other is for just one.



I found this right in the docs, there are also many threads about this. If you use the search, you could save a lot of time waiting for a response. If all else fails, try experimenting.

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Just don't do the 'obvious thing' and reduce the near range to zero - that breaks the equations (it does that for all other rendering libraries too).

Try and keep the ratio of near:far below 1:5000, or you'll have problems with the Z buffer at the higher distances, i.e. you'll get objects displaying in the wrong order. The higher the ratio, the worse it will get.

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ReiKumar
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I tried changing the settings but I ended up deleting everything on the screen and making everything blue.
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AlexI
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What settings did you use?


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IanM
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- Anything nearer to the camera than your near range will not be drawn.
- Anything further from the camera than your far range will not be drawn.

You did one or both of the above.

[b]Utility plug-ins collection (updated 27/09/08) and
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ReiKumar
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Thanks I got it to work.
Just had to set the right values.

I did end up having to make the near value 0.001 and the far value 5000.
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That's a ratio of 1:5000000 - watch out for z-fighting at higher distances.

[b]Utility plug-ins collection (updated 27/09/08) and
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Quote: "That's a ratio of 1:5000000 - watch out for z-fighting at higher distances."


Z-Fighting?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-fighting (first link on Google when searching for z-fighting)

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I have also had good results with
0.2 to 300000 with units as representing meters.

Here are some numbers:
Required 0.2 meters so I could see the interior of the cockpit properly.
Required 300000 so that the pilot had a realistic clear air view distance of 300KM.

ratio of 1500000

With a 1024x1024 terrain that is magnified by x1000, it gives a land area of 1000KMx1000KM and with the pilot view distance of 300KM, it gives an aircraft combat area of 400KMx400KM in the middle.

A wider Z range than that causes my mountain terrain for my flight sim to have terrain breakup.

Maybe the above numbers may be of some value to others.
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That's troublesome for me.

I have a space game... and it's also an FPS.

What that means for me? Bad stuff. D:

I need to have the near range really low, to see the gun or whatever... but still far enough that you can see the sun from a planet!
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