Make a miniature Map

[Poow]

Hey, I wonder if there is a easy way to make a miniature out of a existing Map.

My idea:

Take every Model, scale it down, rename it, add it as a custom Object to the new Map.
Even this is a pain in the a** to do it manually. Is there a better way? Maybe a kind of batch job?
Also the coordinates of each object needs to be different (You need to scale the space between every object down.)
Also the high map etc...
All in all it's to much work right?

I guess if you can create the map it's would look like crap because you need to change the lod settings (little models still have a high poly count)...

Just a thought so far.

[Senshi]

What do you need a miniature for??

Resizing static objects is super easy, actually. Just add GeometryTemplate.scale 1/1/1 to the Objects in the staticobjects.con, you can stretch almost every object as it pleases you.

[Poow]

Good to know!

But if you do a whole map in miniature you also have to change the lod distance right? Otherwise you will have some big lags due to the bunch of polys at one little place.

(Model size ~1 : 6)

[Senshi]

On halfway decent computers: No. You won't notice any big perfomance drawbacks. Simply because what counts as "Highpoly LOD01" in BF42 would nowadays be a Lowpoly-LOD03...

Battlegroup is currently working on replacing the poor (and often wrong) DICE models with high poly models of their modders...simply because it doesn't cause much of a perfomance drop.

Of course, if you have hundreds of such objects huddled together on a map, you might get problems. But the number of objects on any DICE map should never pose a problem, even if "concentrated" (just compare a mod map from FH or BG with a DICE one...DICE Kharkov 942 objects (because of all the trees, which actually don't hurt perfomance at all cause they are basic treemeshes , while almost every BG map features 2-5 times that amount of objects...and that's high poly most of the time .

[Poow]

Yea, that's true!

What do you need a miniature for??

Just add GeometryTemplate.scale 1/1/1 to the Objects in the staticobjects.con

How do I use the "GeometryTemplate.scale" ?

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Object.create dc_khafji-crane2_m1
GeometryTemplate.scale 0.5/0.5/0.5
Object.absolutePosition 912.63/89.97/1234.34
Object.rotation 0.00/0.00/0.00

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Object.create dc_khafji-crane2_m1
Object.absolutePosition 912.63/89.97/1234.34
Object.rotation 0.00/0.00/0.00
GeometryTemplate.scale 0.5/0.5/0.5

Both isn't working
€:

Object.Geometry.scale 0.5/0.5/0.5 works
Or is this not such a good idea?

[freddy]

its easy to change the size of a map with the same trick, in Terrain.con you can play with the "GeometryTemplate.worldSize 2048" but it only works with a divider of 2

[Iced Earth]

Yea, that's true!

What do you need a miniature for??

Just add GeometryTemplate.scale 1/1/1 to the Objects in the staticobjects.con

How do I use the "GeometryTemplate.scale" ?

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Object.create dc_khafji-crane2_m1
GeometryTemplate.scale 0.5/0.5/0.5
Object.absolutePosition 912.63/89.97/1234.34
Object.rotation 0.00/0.00/0.00

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Object.create dc_khafji-crane2_m1
Object.absolutePosition 912.63/89.97/1234.34
Object.rotation 0.00/0.00/0.00
GeometryTemplate.scale 0.5/0.5/0.5

Both isn't working
€:

Object.Geometry.scale 0.5/0.5/0.5 works
Or is this not such a good idea?

I think you have to .active it...like...:

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GeometryTemplate.active dc_khafji-crane2_m1
GeometryTemplate.scale 0.5/0.5/0.5

i think i think!

[Poow]

its easy to change the size of a map with the same trick, in Terrain.con you can play with the "GeometryTemplate.worldSize 2048" but it only works with a divider of 2

Thanks, that's interesting!

@ Iced

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Object.Geometry.scale 0.5/0.5/0.5 

Works fine! The question is if this code is okay or maybe not the best solution..

[Iced Earth]

ahhh thats right. Yeah that shouldn't be a problem at all.

[Senshi]

No, your code is correct. I messed up