Increase of view distance

RHYS4190 · Post by **RHYS4190** » 2008-01-18 00:35

Iv heared rumors that you can incress the view distance and make it so you can see enemys beyond a 100.

zangoo · Post by **zangoo** » 2008-01-18 01:42

yha you can increase the view distance to what ever just need to increase the values in the init and sky.con, i am not sure about this working online, not sure if pb would catch it.

Post by **Rico** » 2008-01-18 01:58

Increased view distance means lower performance. We have to strike a balance somewhere otherwise only those with the latest PC's could play. You could argue that those lower end pc's could reduce their view distance in the settings, but then this gives a large disadvantage to them.

General Dragosh · Post by **General Dragosh** » 2008-01-18 02:02

Now imagine the view distance would be 2000...damn *droll*

and those who have problems just lower the visibility to 50%...

hmm...

unrealalex · Post by **unrealalex** » 2008-01-18 02:04

[R-DEV]Rico wrote:Increased view distance means lower performance. We have to strike a balance somewhere otherwise only those with the latest PC's could play. You could argue that those lower end pc's could reduce their view distance in the settings, but then this gives a large disadvantage to them.

that sucks

it would be so much better with a further draw distance, gameplay wise. Especially for planes and helis. You'd actually have to account for shell drop in tank combat...

CURSE YOU LOW END COMPUTERS! GET A NEW PC! jk

RHYS4190 · Post by **RHYS4190** » 2008-01-18 03:02

Iv seen people doing it, But how do you do it where is this Sky.con thing your talking about. And i don't think it a hack

Hmmmmm, I have high RAM and i think it would compansate for the long distance. Or do Video cards department?.(that as best as i could tranlate my thoughts to words deal with it).

Post by **Rudd** » 2008-01-18 03:25

Hehe, i can imagine some poor infantryman running accross the field, then a tank shell arrives from beyond his view distance cuz some tanker with the latest Dell XPS or somthing can see 200m further than he can

icehollow · Post by **icehollow** » 2008-01-18 03:31

The problem isn't with view distance, it's the rendering of objects at longer view distances that is still the problem, not much point being hidden inside a small house or a field, or behind a structure if some sniper 1000m away can see you because of how much the BF2 engine blows. The dev's already increased view distance for 0.6.

zangoo · Post by **zangoo** » 2008-01-18 03:43

you can change the draw distance for biuldings, trees, ect. that is how you get good minimaps/maps. i think a 2km view distance for kashan would work fine, i would go for a bigger view distance over better shadows/aa any day.

ok so here is how you can edit the view distance.

zangoo · Post by **zangoo** » 2008-01-18 03:48

you can icnrease the draw distance of every thing on a map, that is how they get good minimaps. i would have a 2km view distance on kashan instead of 8xaa, high textures, ect.

here is how you can increase the view distance.

C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\levels\level you want to edit\server.zip

in server.zip there will be 2 files called

init.con
sky.con

for init.con change

GameLogic.MaximumLevelViewDistance 1000

to what ever you want the draw distance to be

for sky.con change

Renderer.fogStartEndAndBase a/b/c/d

ok so a is where the fog starts, b is where you cannot see anything cus of the fog. not sure what c and d do so just leave em.

Symplify · Post by **Symplify** » 2008-01-18 04:13

Does PB pick this up?

Post by **Rudd** » 2008-01-18 04:15

(sorry for n00bishness)

If you increased those values would we just see further or would it also render grass and kits?

ConscriptVirus · Post by **ConscriptVirus** » 2008-01-18 04:21

i tried that in vanilla BF2 and PB didnt like it.

from my experiences, u can edit any .con file that isnt in a zip file.

also, if u try changing the view distance in the video.con file from 1 (100%) to something like 1.5 (150%) it automatically changes it baack to 1 (100%)

unrealalex · Post by **unrealalex** » 2008-01-18 05:50

Symplify wrote:Does PB pick this up?

probably, if it didn't this trick would have been famous in BF2 vanilla where people get hacks to increase draw distance (or remove the fog)

zangoo · Post by **zangoo** » 2008-01-18 14:33

ok i am not 100% sure if this would work have not tried this.

try adding

renderer.minCullDistance 2000

add it to the very last part of the init.con file near the other renderer things. this should make everything draw at 2000, so just set this a little higher then you draw distance.

Symplify · Post by **Symplify** » 2008-01-18 14:46

unrealalex wrote:probably, if it didn't this trick would have been famous in BF2 vanilla where people get hacks to increase draw distance (or remove the fog)

Lol, so people could use those snipers that were accurate to 100m meters and whose bullet mysteriously disappeared after like 300m XD

General Dragosh · Post by **General Dragosh** » 2008-01-19 02:01

Now this is what i call kashan

zangoo · Post by **zangoo** » 2008-01-19 04:03

you should have downloaded the patch thing for .6 that me and cas made, 4km view distance for kashan, night kashan, the jdam that i made, the planes that are in .7 were in the patch befor .7, testing jonnys guns, ect. we are working on things for .7, we should have a patch out for .7 soon.

but kashan looks great with 4km view distance but 2km view distance is about as much as you would ever need.

unrealalex · Post by **unrealalex** » 2008-01-19 04:10

I think battle of qinling should get the view distance increased a bit :S