engineSetModelLODDistance

Client-side

Server-side

Shared

This page is incomplete! Help wanted!

Please finish this page using the corresponding Old Wiki article.
Go to Contribution guidelines for more information.

This function sets a custom LOD distance for any object / model ID. This is the distance at which objects of that model ID are switched to their LOD model, or (if there is no LOD model) become invisible.

Syntax

 engineSetModelLODDistance ( )

Code Examples

client

This example will set the LOD distance of all script-created objects.

-- Client-side
-- WARNING: Can cause significant lag.

-- Adjusts LOD for all objects.
function setAllObjectsLOD()

    -- Get all current objects.
    local objects = getElementsByType("object", root, false)

    for _, theObject in ipairs(objects) do

        local modelID = getElementModel(theObject)
        local lodLevel = 325 -- Distance value

        -- Set LOD for this model ID.
        -- The 'true' enables extended range.
        engineSetModelLODDistance(modelID, lodLevel, true)

    end
end

-- Command to run the function.
addCommandHandler("setAllObjectsLOD", setAllObjectsLOD)

engineSetModelLODDistance

Syntax

Code Examples

See Also

Engine Functions

Engine Elements

Reference