Depth complexity in Blast Bark

[}TCP{Snowbird]

It seems that the static meshes were giving the creator a problem. He did a quick fix on them, and gave them very complex colision. If I look through the whole map, red being very dense, and green being not bad and yellow being not dense, I see alllot of red. There should not be any red at all. This is why it is causeing lag. I can fix this, but it may take time. Some of the Terrain is also showing red.

Look at the briges in the middle, you can see the collision he put on it.

[Kobra]

ah sounds interesting, but how do you want to take out the original collision of the static meshes?

[}TCP{Snowbird]

Well that is just it. It is not the original collision, it is a blocking volume that they made the shape of the rock. Too many polys. I did this once for zzcats map that I made. I used the same bridges, and manually put in collision.

[Kobra]

ah i see.. ok that makes it easier..
i have also used one complex blocking vollume in the toysoldier map for the ramp, not sure if i have fixed it
i was told to only use the cube geometry as BV, cones and cylinders can couse FPS drops.

[}TCP{Snowbird]

Yeah, And look at he triangles in that bridge. OMG!!! I could use 3 cubes to make it work, and give 10 times less draw on the computer. But I did something else the last time I did this. I just have to get the ed up and running again.

[Kobra]

yup, he probably right clicked on the bridge and converted to brush and then added as BV ^^

[}TCP{Snowbird]

That is what I was thinking. I removed it, and of coarse the vehicle karma goes right through. Also the terrain is too dense in areas, and nowhere to put blocking volums to limit the editor from "seeing" all of the S. Meshes on the other side of the level. So it has to draw everything even though noone can see it yet.

[}TCP{Snowbird]

I am still working on this, and hope to get the bridges done in the next few days. I will also add a few blocking volumes to prevent the editor to "see/draw" objects on the other side. This would also make our computers run a bit faster. I am also working on my level, in between, and a few other things. Bear with me guys, I am getting there. I miss Tranq and Kobra.

[Kobra]

i took a look at the map aswell and i think that the best solution is to open the SM in maya or blender and add with those programs some collisions.
the SM seems to block normal player karma easily but it fails to block the vehicle karma.
i have never got the time to get used to those programs but im sure that its possible ^^
and while you at it frank, you could also delet the huge leaf SM in the backgrounds which are not really necessary and the terrain needs some fixes in
many parts of the map (floating weapon pickup)
maybe some zone portals would also do well...

i will check forum every now and then to see your work.

good luck ^^

[}TCP{Snowbird]

I was also thinking of useing maya to do it, but have been out of the program so long, I doubt it would get it done in the next 2 years.
It is now a toss-up of either making the mesh bridges into brushes, or to add blocking volumes. I did both, but have not had the time to
look and see what the draw backs are. Both seem to take the red out. The whole map is made of Static meshes, which I do not aggree on,
because of what Kobra said. There is too much there, that does not get used. I do not think I can cut these off, without remakeing them. I will see what I can do.
Those other problems will also be fixed.

[Charly]

Hi Frank,
we play BlastbarkFrankFix a few minutes ago. No nodes, no core ?? What happened there???
We try to change map nothing happen, 26621 votes for mapchange but no reaction.

[Kobra]

lol.. where can i download the frank version i would like to see what you have done :p

[Charly]

I automaticly load it on the ONS-Server, coco solved the problem and changed the map

[}TCP{Coco]

Hi!

Yes, the cores and nodes were missing indeed.

Concerning the map voting, I made this funny screenshot. Ever seen something similar?

Coco.

[}TCP{Carnage]

Took it out of the list for now