[HELP] what is groundhemi? is it important to generate?

[priyansh]

hello...
i have been modding bf2 since years..but till now i havent understand the meaning of ground hemi. Is it important to generate for custom maps????
any help will.be appreciated...
thanks in advance...

[Mineral]

The groundhemi.dds file is basically a huge square texture that's similar to the map's minimap and controls the darkness/lightness and coloring of all dynamic objects on a map. They also dictate where terrain LM shadows are in order to darken dynamic objects when they are under the shadow of statics etc.

It takes 5 seconds to generate and is extremely vital yes

[priyansh]

The groundhemi.dds file is basically a huge square texture that's similar to the map's minimap and controls the darkness/lightness and coloring of all dynamic objects on a map. They also dictate where terrain LM shadows are in order to darken dynamic objects when they are under the shadow of statics etc.

It takes 5 seconds to generate and is extremely vital yes

ohkk.......but what will happen incase we havent generated it??? will the map crash?

[Mineral]

No it won't. Soldiers,vehicles and others will generally appear way to bright or too dark. And LM's won't affect dynamic objects. I don't see why you wouldn't generate it though? It takes like no time/effort? It's automated. Compile tab in editor --> make ground hemi