[SNIPPET] Increase viewdistance for aircraft and predefined vehicle classes

[Grumpy Old Man 3546]

Hey folks,

 

with the rather new setFeatureType command it is now possible to render vehicles all the time up to terrain view distances (12km+).

This little snippet helps doing that, just put it into init.sqf:

_vehicles = ["B_MBT_01_arty_F","B_soldier_M_F"];//vehicle classes that should be visible
_loop = _vehicles spawn {
	params ["_vehicles"];
	while {true} do {
	
		{
		if (typeOf _x isKindof "Air" OR typeof _x in _vehicles) then {_x setFeatureType 2};
		} forEach (vehicles + allunits);

	sleep 10;
	};
};

Just wanted to share it.

 

Cheers

[M1ke_SK 230]

Thank you for sharing.

Litte change where you 

_vehicles spawn {

and then 

params ["_vehicles"];

you can use _this instead. Pointless to generate private _vehicles when you got it already in _this

 

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Code_Optimisation#Fewer_statements_.3D.3E_faster_code

[Grumpy Old Man 3546]

Doesn't really matter from a performance point of view, since the params command happens only once in the init.sqf.

 

Cheers

[Jnr4817 215]

How would I make this a mission parameter?

[Grumpy Old Man 3546]

4 minutes ago, Jnr4817 said:

How would I make this a mission parameter?

I don't get the question.

You either run it or don't.

 

Cheers

[Jnr4817 215]

Never mind. I was confused as to what the function was doing. I thought it was setting the distance separately. I see now it is allowing the view of objects you set to  match your view distance.  I figured it out. Thanks for the code snippet. 

 

How to make dedicated or multiplayer compatible?

[Grumpy Old Man 3546]

Easiest would be to put this into initplayerlocal.sqf.

 

Cheers

[Jnr4817 215]

Thanks