Visibility Control 0.9.5

Uploaded · Published April 26, 2023 · Updated August 28, 2023

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Authors: algernon, Chamëleon TBN

Last revision: 24 Aug, 2023 at 00:57 UTC (4)

File size: 198.66 KB

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Description:

A mod providing custom shader support and adjustable LOD (Level of Detail) rendering range support.

Provides:

Additive shader, for assets using that shader to apply lighting effects to buildings, vehicles, and props (including support for time-based transitions, using both the Ronyx69 and Quistar formats)
Transparency LOD visibility fix (addressingthe issue with building and prop LODs not supporting transparency)
Ultimate Level of Detail (changing the visibility and rendering detail distances of the game for buildings, networks, trees, props, and vehicles).

For changing terrain level of detail, use Common Ground.

Use

For additive shader and transparency LOD fixes, there’s nothing for the user to do; these functions are enabled automatically for those assets that require them.

The visibility distances for each item can be set in the mod’s options panel. Obviously, greater visibility distances will put a greater strain on your graphics card.

There are also several preset detail modes that can be toggled on or off by hotkey combinations. Press the combination to toggle the mode on or off:

Screenshot mode: for FPS-destroying maximum detail, to make your screenshots look the best they can. The default toggle key is Control-. (that’s the period key).
Vanilla mode: to compare your custom settings with the game’s defaults. The default toggle key is Control-Shift-. (that’s the period key).
LOD mode: For inspecting LOD models; everything will be rendered as LODs. The default toggle key is Control-Alt-. (that’s the period key).

To indicate the current mode, the background color of the ‘free camera’ button at the bottom-right of the screen will change, and the button’s tooltip will also be changed to display the current mode (and the keystroke needed to toggle it off). For those familiar with the Ultimate Level of Detail mod, these colors are exactly the same as those used by that mod.

Incompatible mods

Ultimate Level Of Detail (ULOD) (functions included in this mod)
Additive Shader (Ronyx69 original) (functions included in this mod)
Addititve Shader (updated) (functions included in this mod)
Transparency LODs Fix (functions included in this mod)
Prop Anarchy

This mod will read any existing additive shader data from assets.

The additive shader for props requires the use of vanilla tonemapping

If your additive shader-using props are just showing as white in the game (possibly with a colored ‘halo’), then it means that your game isn’t using vanilla tonemapping (because you’ve disabled it in Render It or a similar mod). You’ll need to reactivate vanilla tonemapping for the additive shader to work.

This is a game shader limitation, and one of the few things in the game that’s impossible to mod, so there’s nothing I can do about that.

Troubleshooting

I can’t help without your output log; put it on a filesharing site such as paste.ee (note that sites other thatn paste.ee may be blocked by the content filter) and then post the link below, including a clear and complete description of your problem (and also stating if that save had been used with Tree Anarchy).

[discord.gg]