unable to understand how to set viewdistance

[Novum 10]

Since i started to host my own server im quite baffeld by the dificulty to set viewdistance

Ive tested mission that ive downloaded, and just a simple test mission i did ( two guys on a hill type of thing)

Still i am unable to change viewing distance.

ive looked at varius pages (for exampel kellys heros has a good tutorial for arma2)

and used a server tool

and forgive me..

Google just showed me some zombi mod

[visceralsyn 10]

Somewhere in the wiki, buried deep. It says if the ViewDistance is not defined in the description.ext, then the server setting in the profile (which usually is not defined )is used. However, I cannot find that remark in the wiki anymore.

...Syn...

Edited June 30, 2012 by VisceralSyn
Dang gumbed typos....

[Overlord 0]

Servers max viewdistance is set in server config:

language="English";
adapter=-1;
3D_Performance=1.00000;
Resolution_W=160;
Resolution_H=120;
Resolution_Bpp=32;
[b]viewDistance=2500[/b];
terrainGrid=50.000000;
MinBandwidth = 240000000;
.
.
.
MaxCustomFileSize=100000;

You can however limit mission viewdistance with setViewDistance.

This is how I understand it. If I'm wrong, I guess there will be proper corrections :)

[visceralsyn 10]

I did some more searching, and found only the viewDistance in the profile, adjusts in single player. So I tested the server config file, and the server profile, neither of which changed the view distance. So it looks like if its not defined in the description.ext, then some default value is used. Which I will add, is not very far.

...Syn...

Edited July 1, 2012 by VisceralSyn
typos and other grammatical errors, as usual...

[Jastreb 69]

Works for me in WF BE 2.071

viewDistance=3000;
terrainGrid=50;

I have this in arma2oa.cfg but there is some kind of limit which can be turned on in mission parameters. Don't know which one overrides which but max view distance you can choose when on the server cant be lager than 3000m.

[Novum 10]

A lot of interesting answers, im gonna do some testing later tonite,

[Novum 10]

so whats the deal here..

I start my server with added options, nothing happens. still 1600m view distance

i remove from my server info my arma2oaconfig path,

a new one is automaticaly created it shows 1600m, change that to 2500 nothing happens..

just to clarify where am i to put the info

-cfg or -config ??

[nkenny 1057]

It was my understanding that viewdistance is set on a per mission basis via the setviewdistance xcommand.

-k

[Overlord 0]

It was my understanding that viewdistance is set on a per mission basis via the setviewdistance xcommand.

-k

Yes, but viewDistance in server config define max VD on the server. Anything lower in mission will be accepted, but anything higher will revert to server VD.

@Novum:

It should go in server cfg, there is where I have mine anyway.

Stupid question but, can your server/client handle higher VD?

[Novum 10]

YES. the machine is quite good (I7 24gb ram)