Robster

Have you ever heard that "sometimes less is more"...? well, I would say that about those wrecked cars spammed all over the place... you might get rid of them and you know what...? Altis would still be looking... well, more, no doubt about it... I can't tell why, but this is not like Sara or Takistan where those wrecks were truly making a statement, adding to the overall result... this is not happening in Altis imho... If I could do something about those wasted cars, I would save those models to make some wheatfields or a expanded canebreak kind of idea... Anyways, Altis is a remarkable piece of work... reminding us all why we fell in love with the armaverse charm... yeah, no matter unmatching ladders for climbing simulations (till today hahaha!!!), nor recycled static models among other few ponds like -troublesome forget'em all- stuff... What I like the most is the perfect blending of some rock formations around the hills... these sets of rocks are the best in the entire series... and I can not get tired to fly and explore around them... The possibilities are never ending on this island, not simply because of its size/shape, but the infinite amount of different possible approaches... Many thanks for your splendid achievement guys!

well... it looks like these spammed wrecked cars are the only gap in the entire map, which is a complete delight BTW... dear BIS you might save those models for some kind of light wheatfields/bamboo over there... c'mon, isn't a big deal! c'mon!!!

Welcome aboard! There are many ways to do what you want but first is first... as long as you are using GM you should adjust your island there... your projection only needs to include visible terrain since surrounding ocean can be drawn in-game, in other words, try to keep a minimal amount of surrounding water in your projection... this is the best approach to save some extra FPS later on... saludos!

it's hard to tell since that issue is quite generic... why don't you try to make a clean install of Bis Tools 2.5.1 and then use BinPBO instead? There is a great tutorial for beginners from Bushlurker in the terrain editing section and he explain in detail how to use this tool... saludos!

lol i did uninstall arma1 three times before getting into it... i'm 14 years younger and i never rtfm ... wish you luck though cause A3 might be pretty much the same controls / keymapping... and a similar learning curve should expected afaik... cheers!

A tiny humble question: ambient shadow map can be made with Pal2pac? thanks

Ok... Minimalaco dry your tears off and let us give thanks to these fine gentlemen: Mikero, kju, Bushlurker and Columdrum also... Please dear admins: do not close this post yet... :dancehead:

So I came and I did raise my hands and pray ... cause the end of the world was nothing but true :pet5: And I also keep 3 HDDs to spare a light of hope... :cc:

@mini: lol don't worry pal... uncle Robster is here to save the day hahahah

pfff bis walls has a named property on geo lod... placement = slope wall model must be facing z axys - front view then you can see how wall follows terrain gradient and it might look kind of a seamless plane... to know more about those check for named properties and oxygen documentation

you're going too far on steps... i've never seen anybody around asking about these details before... basically steps are meant to work on resLOD and for getting characters climbing you must use a roadway LOD, a plane to walk over... roadway for stairs look like a ramp... here you can see a geo lod corresponding to an octagon platform shape with stairs that suit an heli pad... those ramps are stairs in res lod... if you are patient enough you might read this to get more tips regarding proper geo lods... in my experience geo lods are difficult to grasp when beginning until you understand oxygen logics and then you get quick results... do not burn your brain though... you are moving quite faster... saludos! EDIT: I don't want to provide rancid advice, but stairs have never been attended here... you may look at any soldier in-game climbing ladders and then you will see arms grasping empty space... and that's definitely not modding but official development... so you might become a truly hero in armaverse if you manage to match character animations with steps on stairs and ladders... something that nobody has gotten before afaik... you know, who is gonna care about those details ???? chabela!

You can make a thin wall at ResLOD (i.e. = 15 cms) but GeoLOD must be bigger (i.e. = 30 cms)... almost nobody will notice the trick... cheers!

@dualJoe: regarding those FPS drops because of water behaviour you might try to increase your river shores level a bit, let's say above 3.5 meters and even 2.5 meters should work... that way you will get rid of those water "shades" and it will look better at medium/far distances... saludos!

well, you can change default size (value=100) for any given model... (max =500) but doing like that sometimes produces some issues... geo lods do not work properly... killing objects... bumping roadways... etc... you might try some custom sizes and then run a test to see if there is any trouble with your new values... take care mate!

Many thanks Vovonauta! You put it all pretty nice & clear...