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Dmitriy

18 Nov, 2012 @ 4:12pm

Adding heavy fog on my map prevents commander to see the map

I'd like to make a map with the Fog Start = 300, Fog End = 1700. The fog is 100% solid at 1700 so players will not see anything behind it. But with such values commander will not be able to see the entire screen

Is there some workaround for this?

And if I set Far Z to 2000 it also influences commander. Does setting Far Z increases framerate(performance) because the geometry behind 2000 is not drawn?

Last edited by Dmitriy; 18 Nov, 2012 @ 4:13pm

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Juicebox360 has Nuclear Dawn

19 Nov, 2012 @ 5:40am

Not really, other than allowing the commander to zoom in to a closer level where the fog's effect isn't as restrictive or reducing the fog in the first place.

Also it may be preferable to start your fog at a negative value ie -256. This gets rid of that "ring of clear air around you" effect.

And that's exactly what Far-Z clipplane does. Anything beyond that value is not rendered. If you have a map that's not very flat (think Metro or Downtown where tall buildings hide most other elements), this may be of value to you. On the other hand, if you have a map where there are signficantly tall or otherwise conspicuous features far away, you should instead employ aggressive prop/brush fade distances.

Last edited by Juicebox360; 19 Nov, 2012 @ 5:47am