Editing An Assets Lod

Is there a way to see what the LOD is for an Asset if you cannot see the asset in the game?

 

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Hi Peter - I'm assuming that you're referring to drawdistance and the way that this makes assets invisible at reduced levels of details? Apologies if not.

Assuming that you are then: At the Asset level each Asset .bin has a section like this:

Code:

<DetailLevelGenerationRange>
    <cSceneryRenderBlueprint-sDetailLevelGenerationRange>
        <HighestLevel_1isHighest d:type="sInt32">1</HighestLevel_1isHighest>
        <LowestLevel_10isLowest d:type="sInt32">10</LowestLevel_10isLowest>
    </cSceneryRenderBlueprint-sDetailLevelGenerationRange>
</DetailLevelGenerationRange>

SO you can force all instances of that asset to have a minimum drawdistance by increasing the HighestLevel_1isHighest setting upwards from '1' (as shown here). NB this only affects newly added instances - not anything already in place.

If you want to see/alter the setting for a previously-drawn instance then: each scenery item is defined on the relevant scenery tile - the first section for each starts like this:

Code:

        <cDynamicEntity d:id="1299599664">
            <Component>
                <cSceneryRender d:id="1058053584">
                    <DetailLevel d:type="sInt32">4</DetailLevel>
                    <Global d:type="bool">0</Global>
                </cSceneryRender>

Where 'DetailLevel' defines the drawdistance.
Cheers
Neil

 

Thanks Neil,

The problem I'm having is a signal does not appear in the game even though the HUD shows it is there.
I have been underground to see if it got sunk but there is nothing,

I asked a friend who has the route and he can see the signal ok.
So I might be barking up the wrong tree with the LOD

 

I k ow you got this, but i’ll ask this anyway. Scenery density set to max?

 

Yes, both Scenery density and Scenery Quality are at Max.

 

So, in theory that rules out the drawdistance issue. Also, if it is a signal they are usually defined as 10/10 in the model so they should always appear.
Is this the only example of that type of signal - i.e. can you see other instances in game ok?

 

The signals are Wartezeichen that have a letter W and two lights illuminate to allow you to pass them.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartezeichen

I checked the same signals on a different route and they all appear so I went tin to TS Tools and the tracks bin
I manually edited the defective signals to use the other version by changing of the Product.
There were only 9 signals to change and it works.

Still don't know why the signals from the same provider work in one route and not another.

Either way I have the signals back on the route

Thanks for the suggestions Neil.

 

Good to hear that got it sorted - presumably there is a slight pack difference between the two routes and you were unlucky to get the duff one!