Tires not seen in Z28 mod

[David A]

This only happens with the new Z28 mod (pretty awsome I might ad). The tires and wheels dissapear on the Z28 when the car is about six car lengths in fron of my car (they resemble a hover craft). It happens with all of the Z28 cars. Any feed back would be nice.

[Goresh]

Increase the lodout values for the wheels.

[sunalp2]

Interesting, this happens on the TR4 too. I'll give it a go, it's always bugged me.

Is it the Wheel_C GMT?

[David A]

I don't know what lodout values are. Sorry, can you be more elaborate?

[sunalp2]

They are in the .cas file.

I've had a look at the TR4, but they don't seem any different from the standard cars.

[David A]

Yeah I went to the CAS file also. There are a lot of Lodout values to change. I did see four that seemed a possibility. Initially they were at 898.00 and I change the value to 999.00. The other cars that don't have this problem had this particular lodout value set to 50.00. I keep working on it. Maybe more information is needed from Goresh, Thanks.

[RaceBabe]

I've changed months ago all my cams in defviews.cam to:

ClipPlanes=(0.225, 500)
LODMultiplier=(2.0)

And I never see car graphics problems anymore.

I have not any problem with the wheels of the Z28.

[David A]

It's not the cam view. It's real time while racing.

[Goresh]

I just had a look and to be honest the way this cas file was written makes little sense. Copy and paste the following, replacing whats currently written in the cas file:

INSTANCE=LFTIRE
{
MOVEABLE=TRUE
<SPIN> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_lf_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE LODIN=(0.0) LODOUT=(20.00)
<EXPO> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_lf_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE LODIN=(0.0) LODOUT=(20.00) REFLECT=TRUE

<LOW> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_lf_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.00) LODOUT=(400.0)
<MED> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_lf_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.00) LODOUT=(500.0)
<HIGH> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_lf_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.00) LODOUT=(600.0)
<MAX> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_lf_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.0) LODOUT=(700.0)
}

INSTANCE=RFTIRE
{
MOVEABLE=TRUE
<SPIN> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_rf_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE LODIN=(0.0) LODOUT=(20.00)
<EXPO> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_rf_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE LODIN=(0.0) LODOUT=(20.00) REFLECT=TRUE

<LOW> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_rf_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.00) LODOUT=(400.0)
<MED> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_rf_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.00) LODOUT=(500.0)
<HIGH> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_rf_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.00) LODOUT=(600.0)
<MAX> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_rf_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.0) LODOUT=(700.0)
}

INSTANCE=LRTIRE
{
MOVEABLE=TRUE
<SPIN> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_lr_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE LODIN=(0.0) LODOUT=(20.00)
<EXPO> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_lr_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE LODIN=(0.0) LODOUT=(20.00) REFLECT=TRUE

<LOW> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_lr_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.00) LODOUT=(400.0)
<MED> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_lr_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.00) LODOUT=(500.0)
<HIGH> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_lr_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.00) LODOUT=(600.0)
<MAX> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_lr_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.0) LODOUT=(700.0)
}

INSTANCE=RRTIRE
{
MOVEABLE=TRUE
<SPIN> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_rr_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE LODIN=(0.0) LODOUT=(20.00)
<EXPO> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_rr_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE LODIN=(0.0) LODOUT=(20.00) REFLECT=TRUE

<LOW> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_rr_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.00) LODOUT=(400.0)
<MED> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_rr_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.00) LODOUT=(500.0)
<HIGH> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_rr_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.00) LODOUT=(600.0)
<MAX> MESHFILE=camaro71_z28_rr_tire_style<1>.gmt COLLTARGET=FALSE HATTARGET=FALSE SHADOWRECEIVER=TRUE LODIN=(0.0) LODOUT=(700.0)
}

[Goresh]

Upon looking further this car could really use its cas file rewritten. Example of what i mean is as follows:

<MAX> MeshFile=Camaro71_Z28_rbumper.gmt CollTarget=False HATTarget=False ShadowReceiver=True LODIn=(0.0) LODOut=(20.0)
<MAX> MeshFile=Camaro71_Z28_rbumper.gmt CollTarget=False HATTarget=False ShadowReceiver=True LODIn=(20.0) LODOut=(70.0)
<MAX> MeshFile=Camaro71_Z28_rbumper.gmt CollTarget=False HATTarget=False ShadowReceiver=True LODIn=(70.0) LODOut=(320.0)

As you can see here while driving in Max graphics mode the rear bumper has 3 lods but only one model, pointless. The car would run alot smoother if it was written as I did with the wheels above. If SCCA agrees I could redo the cas for a future update.

[[SSR]Hoskins]

i was just discussing with splinter concerning the issue of proper lods.

[brulaap]

just to add my two cents worth ...
I have the same "hovercraft" effect with some of the Porsche 911 S skins (the ones by Ytanguy I think ...) as soon as they are a bit further away, cars BEHIND them still show their wheels ...

Cheers,
Brulaap
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[splintert92]

live and learn guys.....The Firebird/Trans Am will be in much better shape

[David A]

Excellent job Goresh. Thanks. You guys really know your way around Gtr2. You made a great mod even better!

[RaceBabe]

Originally Posted by splintert92

live and learn guys.....The Firebird/Trans Am will be in much better shape

When... SOON ¿?