Re: Problem finding LOD nodes with pfFindNode

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Marcus Barnes (marcus++at++multigen.com)
Mon, 20 Apr 1998 18:15:35 -0700

On Apr 20, 2:15pm, Bill Storma wrote:
>I am having trouble getting the Performer pfFindNode () routine to
>find all occurances of LOD nodes in a model. Specifically, I have a
>model, built with MultiGen 14.3 and loaded with the Multigen Flight
>loader under Vega, that has 5 defined LOD nodes; LOD #1 thru LOD #5.
>When I use the pfFindNode routine, it only finds LOD #1, it cannot
>find any of the other LOD nodes.

The loader combines all sibling lod's into as few pfLOD nodes as possible,
given their attributes.

>How do i fix this problem ?

Disable the .flt loader mode PFFLT_COMBINELODS (token value is 3). Doing this
will hurt your CULL performance a bit, but the node's will be there for you to
find.

Regards.

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