How to create lods 1 to 4 from lod 0 ?
Posted by Excalibur
Hello!
I'd like to know if there is an easy way to make lods 1 to 4 from lod0.
My PO increases until half race to 100% because I have 4 teams with similar lods from 0 to 4. (so, just the best lods)
I have read Zmodeler tutorial but I haven't found how I could do this.
Thanks.
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I'd like to know if there is an easy way to make lods 1 to 4 from lod0.
My PO increases until half race to 100% because I have 4 teams with similar lods from 0 to 4. (so, just the best lods)
I have read Zmodeler tutorial but I haven't found how I could do this.
Thanks.
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never done this, but i know you have to use 3ds Max with a plug in
Thanks Gigi4... J-C told me how to do this with 3DSmax, Zmodeler and Gp4Builder... If it works for me, I'll make a tutorial about it...
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raulongo ecrit:
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> Polycruncher and lots of patience, and you'll get
> perfect LODs. It is a plugin for 3DS and a
> standalone app...
Thanks a lot Raul ... I will try to find this plug-in...
So, I've tested the multires function under 3dsmax by decreasing vertex percentage until 65% . It is not so bad but it takes a long time to rename parts of the car for 3ds and to rename it again once modified and to assign the textures too.
@Renault#1Fan: Well, if I select the best lods (0 only) , it increase the PO... But it depends of the size of your lods, your graphic card and your PC configuration...So, it may works fine for you but not for everyone... I've tested to force the best lods but it is worth! lol
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> Polycruncher and lots of patience, and you'll get
> perfect LODs. It is a plugin for 3DS and a
> standalone app...
Thanks a lot Raul ... I will try to find this plug-in...
So, I've tested the multires function under 3dsmax by decreasing vertex percentage until 65% . It is not so bad but it takes a long time to rename parts of the car for 3ds and to rename it again once modified and to assign the textures too.
@Renault#1Fan: Well, if I select the best lods (0 only) , it increase the PO... But it depends of the size of your lods, your graphic card and your PC configuration...So, it may works fine for you but not for everyone... I've tested to force the best lods but it is worth! lol
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I had to that for the F1 2007 season mod.
I almost went nuts doing lower lods for nearly 50 cars
because the majority of the authors didnt make them.
This is no joke. If any dont belief please have a real look
at the 2007 cars that were released.
07 No Tsm Track Pack__GPGSL08 Mod__range">97 TeamArt
Tutorial how to compile a No Csm Mod
I almost went nuts doing lower lods for nearly 50 cars
because the majority of the authors didnt make them.
This is no joke. If any dont belief please have a real look
at the 2007 cars that were released.
Tutorial how to compile a No Csm Mod
I'd like to try Polygon cruncher because it looks great , better than the multires function under 3Ds max..But I don't find any trial version. Does one exist or just the full commercial version?
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Lee's first version of the champc car mod has only lods 0, too....Well, the mod was not playable for me even in lowest quality. My PC is neither the best not the worst...so it was a bit annoying for me. Fortunately Diego made the lower lods and I helped him with reassigning the textures to each lods which also was much work...but it really was worth it. The game runs much better now...I onlz have PO more than 100 at start...after that it is ok 
So, carshapers, please make lower lods when releasing a car. Comparing it is much more work to get the lod0 finished from scratch than making the project complete bz creating the lowers lods...that's also some work but definitely less.
So I am reallz happz that Jorge spent much time for adding the missing lods for his 2007 mod
So, carshapers, please make lower lods when releasing a car. Comparing it is much more work to get the lod0 finished from scratch than making the project complete bz creating the lowers lods...that's also some work but definitely less.
So I am reallz happz that Jorge spent much time for adding the missing lods for his 2007 mod
Excalibur Wrote:
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> I'd like to try Polygon cruncher because it looks
> great , better than the multires function under
> 3Ds max..But I don't find any trial version. Does
> one exist or just the full commercial version?
Polygon Cruncher v7.8 trial => [www.mootools.com]
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RELEASE => Physics (under FIA Technical Regulations)
MagicDatas? Setups? Pit Stop Strategies? Track Specific Performances? Up2Date GP?
Power Torque Curve? Where's this stuff? All download is available at ..
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/27/2008 10:58AM by phantaman.
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> I'd like to try Polygon cruncher because it looks
> great , better than the multires function under
> 3Ds max..But I don't find any trial version. Does
> one exist or just the full commercial version?
Polygon Cruncher v7.8 trial => [www.mootools.com]
----signature--------------------------------------------------------
RELEASE => Physics (under FIA Technical Regulations)
MagicDatas? Setups? Pit Stop Strategies? Track Specific Performances? Up2Date GP?
Power Torque Curve? Where's this stuff? All download is available at ..
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/27/2008 10:58AM by phantaman.
Ruboy Wrote:
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> Lee's first version of the champc car mod has only
> lods 0, too....Well, the mod was not playable for
> me even in lowest quality. My PC is neither the
> best not the worst...so it was a bit annoying for
> me. Fortunately Diego made the lower lods and I
> helped him with reassigning the textures to each
> lods which also was much work...but it really was
> worth it. The game runs much better now...I onlz
> have PO more than 100 at start...after that it is
> ok
> So, carshapers, please make lower lods when
> releasing a car. Comparing it is much more work to
> get the lod0 finished from scratch than making the
> project complete bz creating the lowers
> lods...that's also some work but definitely less.
> So I am reallz happz that Jorge spent much time
> for adding the missing lods for his 2007 mod
That's why I do LODs in my releases with Fongu ^_^
raulgullon.com -
Wedding and Motorsports Photography.
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> Lee's first version of the champc car mod has only
> lods 0, too....Well, the mod was not playable for
> me even in lowest quality. My PC is neither the
> best not the worst...so it was a bit annoying for
> me. Fortunately Diego made the lower lods and I
> helped him with reassigning the textures to each
> lods which also was much work...but it really was
> worth it. The game runs much better now...I onlz
> have PO more than 100 at start...after that it is
> ok
> So, carshapers, please make lower lods when
> releasing a car. Comparing it is much more work to
> get the lod0 finished from scratch than making the
> project complete bz creating the lowers
> lods...that's also some work but definitely less.
> So I am reallz happz that Jorge spent much time
> for adding the missing lods for his 2007 mod
That's why I do LODs in my releases with Fongu ^_^
raulgullon.com -
Wedding and Motorsports Photography.
J-C Wrote:
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>If any dont belief please have a
> real look
> at the 2007 cars that were released.
2007 was the first year i modded GP4.
It was a shock!
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>If any dont belief please have a
> real look
> at the 2007 cars that were released.
2007 was the first year i modded GP4.
It was a shock!
Ruboy ecrit:
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> Lee's first version of the champc car mod has only
> lods 0, too....Well, the mod was not playable for
> me even in lowest quality. My PC is neither the
> best not the worst...so it was a bit annoying for
> me. Fortunately Diego made the lower lods and I
> helped him with reassigning the textures to each
> lods which also was much work...but it really was
> worth it. The game runs much better now...I onlz
> have PO more than 100 at start...after that it is
> ok
Absolutly! I've tried different configuration to understand why my PO was high:
1- Reduce my cars wad with lower textures: It changed nothing.
2- modify my F1graphics.cfg, graphics ingame and graphic card configuration: I just won a few frames rate more but nothing important.
3- using only best lods: It was worth.
So, That's how I have understood the problem came from cars which had 10 high lods because I had an old carswad before updating the 2008 one and I was always playing with a 50% PO max during the entire race with lower lods for all cars.
Like you my PC isn't the best but not the worth too ( Acer Sempron 3500+, 1,8 Ghz, 3,5 GB ram and a Nvidia 8600 GT graphic card )
> So, carshapers, please make lower lods when
> releasing a car. Comparing it is much more work to
> get the lod0 finished from scratch than making the
> project complete bz creating the lowers
> lods...that's also some work but definitely less.
I agree with that. It is much work at the base but less at the end and a lot of people say that they would love to play with some cars but they can't because it runs so slow on their PC. So, it would be great.
Making lower lods from lod0 takes about 2 hours just for one lod for me, now I have understood the way to do it.. Hahahaha!
@ Phantaman: Thanks a lot, mate!! So, it is still christmas!!
@ Raulongo: If your version of the Honda Ra08 has lower lods, it interests me because I've got the Gigi4 version, which is very good but with lods 0 only and all the links to you and Fongu version leads to Gp4Italia but the download section has been deleted ( I've checked today)... So, if someone has a link for this one. Thanks in advance.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/27/2008 02:10PM by Excalibur.
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> Lee's first version of the champc car mod has only
> lods 0, too....Well, the mod was not playable for
> me even in lowest quality. My PC is neither the
> best not the worst...so it was a bit annoying for
> me. Fortunately Diego made the lower lods and I
> helped him with reassigning the textures to each
> lods which also was much work...but it really was
> worth it. The game runs much better now...I onlz
> have PO more than 100 at start...after that it is
> ok
Absolutly! I've tried different configuration to understand why my PO was high:
1- Reduce my cars wad with lower textures: It changed nothing.
2- modify my F1graphics.cfg, graphics ingame and graphic card configuration: I just won a few frames rate more but nothing important.
3- using only best lods: It was worth.
So, That's how I have understood the problem came from cars which had 10 high lods because I had an old carswad before updating the 2008 one and I was always playing with a 50% PO max during the entire race with lower lods for all cars.
Like you my PC isn't the best but not the worth too ( Acer Sempron 3500+, 1,8 Ghz, 3,5 GB ram and a Nvidia 8600 GT graphic card )
> So, carshapers, please make lower lods when
> releasing a car. Comparing it is much more work to
> get the lod0 finished from scratch than making the
> project complete bz creating the lowers
> lods...that's also some work but definitely less.
I agree with that. It is much work at the base but less at the end and a lot of people say that they would love to play with some cars but they can't because it runs so slow on their PC. So, it would be great.
Making lower lods from lod0 takes about 2 hours just for one lod for me, now I have understood the way to do it.. Hahahaha!
@ Phantaman: Thanks a lot, mate!! So, it is still christmas!!
@ Raulongo: If your version of the Honda Ra08 has lower lods, it interests me because I've got the Gigi4 version, which is very good but with lods 0 only and all the links to you and Fongu version leads to Gp4Italia but the download section has been deleted ( I've checked today)... So, if someone has a link for this one. Thanks in advance.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/27/2008 02:10PM by Excalibur.
Thanks a lot, mate! 
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Excalibur Wrote:
>I've got the Gigi4 version, which is very good but with lods 0 only
It's the first time i read my car is good since i relased it!
Thanks mate
>I've got the Gigi4 version, which is very good but with lods 0 only
It's the first time i read my car is good since i relased it!
Thanks mate
All 2007 & 2008 cars released by the MMG/GP4 modding group have lower lods, like the F2008 I did with Craigo, thanks to our "lower lods machine" for that (Diego).
And all future cars will get also Lower Lods for sure.
And all future cars will get also Lower Lods for sure.
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