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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / objects beyond camera range not excluded from rendering.

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the architect
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2003 23:12
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Yes objects beyond the camera range donot appear on screen. However there is no improvement in fps for smaller camera ranges reducing the amount of polygons appearing on screen.

Also objects off screen are still contributing to lower fps. In DB you could set
levels always to show a certain distance and set the camera range just beyond it and acheive quicker fps. You can't do this in Pro! Is it a DX8 thing?

Has noone else noticed this?
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HZence
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Posted: 24th Mar 2003 06:16
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Did you try makin' it that if an object as out of camera view then the object will be hidden? In theory this would work work and definitely speed up FPS.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2003 11:17
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How do you do that... Will be the next question...

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the architect
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Posted: 24th Mar 2003 22:10
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Hiding an object does not improve performance although it should really increase fps. I really think it is a bug that needs to be reolved.

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Posted: 29th Mar 2003 19:16
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That reminds me of another point. Does anyone know how to code a routine that controls the LOD (Level of Detail) of each models in the world? If I am not wrong, I think DBpro doesn't have this feature built-in. I know a few ways to control the LOD of each model theoritically. One way is to decrease the faces of a model by eliminating some vertices. But I am wondering whether this can be done in DBpro as I have no access to the vertex list of each model.

Any advice will be much appreciated!

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the architect
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Posted: 30th Mar 2003 14:49
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Experiments have shown me recently that the problem is only happening when I make an object in DB rather than loading one in.

When I load x objects they are excluded from the rendering.

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