question about vis

[patchx]

do curves and cylinders etc block vis?

 

 

ive got a little nightclub thingo that is multi storey and has a bit of detail in it but it seems to be running really slowly im trying to figure out if it would be a vis thing or what

 

-patch

[Drakewl]

no, curves and patches unfortunately dont block vis

 

you'll have to work with caulk textured brushes above a roof ie. to make it blocking the vis

[UniKorn]

devmap yourmapname

r_speeds 1

if the vertex number is above 10.000 it is a vis problem. Since it is a nightclub I think it is more likely a "too many animated shaders" thing

[patchx]

the vrts number thingo gets up to 11500

is that bad?

i might need to make some vis blocking partitions

 

but i think its actually my npcs

 

i made some scripts to make some of them dance and its freaking it out too much

 

i set a script to play some animations and got the script to loop but i think thats a bad way to do it cause my puter is all freaked out by it

 

does anyone know if this would be causing it?

 

-patch

[Tigris]

What's with "-patchshadows"?

 

Could that help or does it only do the shadows? From the (additional) time it takes to calculate that I think it could be both. Just try it out

[Drakewl]

the command -patchshadows is only for the light compiling process not for the actual bsping/pvsing

 

 

patchx, how did you find out the animations?

 

are they frame periods or do they have names, like "dance" (if so, where to find em?)?

 

thx

[patchx]

i used the modview tool that came with the sdk for jk2 to find ones that suited my needs

 

it has all the animations listed and u can make whatever player model you want go through them

 

i made a script that just plays some wierd saber moves and stuff one after the other pretty fast and set it to loop and it looks like crazee rave dancing

 

i just need to to find a sexee lingerie chick skin so i can have podium dancers and all will be well

 

-patch

[patchx]

will a caulk brush thats inside a patch block vis?

 

or does it have to bee extruding from the patch?

 

-patch

[Tigris]

Inside would do. Tried Hint already?

[UniKorn]

Hinting only helps in certain cases. A caulk inside a patch will do, but that also depends on the case.

[Xcom]

Yes, using hints is tricky. Occasionaly, you may do more harm than good. Personally, I only use them in corridors.

[patchx]

i used area portals on my doors but it says in the junk.txt file;

 

Entity 187, Brush 0: areaportals only allowed in world

 

 

and also

 

WARNING: areaportal brush 1098 doesn't touch two areas

WARNING: areaportal brush 1073 doesn't touch two areas

WARNING: areaportal brush 1072 doesn't touch two areas

 

i got the area portal the same dimensions as the dorr only thinner so it doesnt extrude from the doors visible surfaces

 

what am i doing wrong?

 

-patch