LOD models & distance

[FireFly]

To keep fps/r_speeds as low as possible I've been experimenting with LOD-models. I want to use them in the 'open' areas in my map. At the moment I'm working on palmtrees, stairs and perhaps eventually whole buildings....

The thing is that I want full control over the distance (in units) when a low-polygon model is replaced with a high-polygon model.

I always thought that the amount of verticles the model contained determined when a low-polygon model changes into a high-polygon model.... boy was I wrong... After some experimenting I found that you can only control this by changing the size of both high & low models in a 3d-program ( i'm using 3dmax8 ) and export it as a md3...

I was wondering If there's anything about Lod models in the ET source code that can give me a clue, so I can calculate how 'big' my md3 must be so I can determine at what range (in units) it will change from the low-model into the high-model....

[Shaderman]

To keep fps/r_speeds as low as possible I've been experimenting with LOD-models. I want to use them in the 'open' areas in my map. At the moment I'm working on palmtrees, stairs and perhaps eventually whole buildings....
I've tried the same some month ago: http://www.splashdamage.com/index.php?name=pnPHPbb2&file=viewtopic&t=7113#129489

I was wondering If there's anything about Lod models in the ET source code that can give me a clue, so I can calculate how 'big' my md3 must be so I can determine at what range (in units) it will change from the low-model into the high-model....
IIRC the distance where LOD levels change isn't calculated, it's set by one of the r_lod* cvars on the client instead (should be game units) which means that you can't control the LOD system. AFAIK the LOD system can be bypassed with something like r_lodbias 0.

[FireFly]

:( Oh My God: I wasn't aware that people could bypass the LOD feature with the r_lodbias and/or r_lodscale in the console!
For the past 2 weeks I've been working on modeling/uv-mapping/texturing multiple LOD models, but this changes everything! Why o why did SD created this Cvars and why o why isn't that Search button fixed so I could found this out myself before I created theses models for the past 2 weeks?

I guess it's back to the drawing board.....

[Jaquboss]

r_lodbias is used to adjust lods to fit better your performance, it is there since Q3..