Effects view distance

oZed

Can anyone please tell me how to change the view distance for effects. I’m looking to increase it because when trailing a transport the engine flames always disappear before the model which i hope to ratify.

As another question, what do the pbubble numbers effect/change?

Thanks
Ozed.

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I was suffering from this a while back. Goto effects_type.ini, find the effect you want to change and alter these numbers,

pbubble = 500, 5000 (near view value and far view value)

As an example seeing as you’re talking about engines i did this,

[EffectType]
nickname = EFT_ENGINE_TRAIL
priority = 1
generic_priority = 1
lod_type = EFT_LOD_TRAIL
radius = 100
visibility = EXIST_OFFSCREEN
update = UPDATE_OFFSCREEN
run_time = -1
pbubble = 500, 10000

Means i can see them from 500m to 10k, lovely jubbly
There are also some hacks you can apply to the exe as well, see the Dev101 thread.

oZed

Thanks thats exactly what i was after, works like a charm. And you manage to kill two birds with one stone.

Ozed.