Re: Problem finding LOD nodes with pfFindNode
Mario Veraart (rioj7++at++fel.tno.nl)
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 13:18:31 +0200 (MET DST)
Marcus Barnes wrote:
>
> 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.
> --
> + Marcus Barnes, Technical Staff mailto:marcus++at++multigen.com +
Maybe a possible solution is naming a subnode for every LOD, not the
LOD note itself. And if it will be removed during the clean phase then
you can use the flight loader callback to disable cleaning of a
certain node.
Mario
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