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Can someone expand on exactly what is meant by "model LOD" in this context? Does the commenter mean they should have implemented a system to reduce texture res
by rkagerer 3y ago
Can someone expand on exactly what is meant by "model LOD" in this context?
Does the commenter mean they should have implemented a system to reduce texture resolution or polygon count dynamically, eg. depending on what's in view or how far away it is? That the artists should have made multiple version of assets with coarse variants removing things like computer cables from desks in buildings?
- davedx 3y agoYes, that. It’s short for “level of detail”.
- navjack27 3y agoTraditionally that is a thing that is done by modelers for video games yes.
- capableweb 3y ago> Can someone expand on exactly what is meant by "model LOD" in this context? Back in the day, games just had one version of each model, that gets loaded or not. Nowadays, games with lots of models and huge amount of detail lets each model have multiple different versions, with their own LOD (Level of Detail). So if you see a tree from far away, it might be 20 vertices because you're far away from it so you wouldn't see the details anyways. But if you're right next to it, it might have 20,000 vertices instead. It's an optimization technique to not send too much geometry to the GPU.
- solardev 3y agoThere were already some great explanations in the replies, but here are a few videos too: Basic overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIkIMgEVnX0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIkIMgEVnX0 Or a more detailed one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwaS5YuTTA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwaS5YuTTA0 It's been a standard technique in video games for... decades now.