Questions about Jumpholes

Mindhunter

Here we go:

I want to push the lod range of the vanilla jump holes, but in the solararch.ini they have no lod_range line, so I tried to add such a line, but that wasn’t a good idea.
I’m sure that I’ve seen JH’s visible from 30k or more, I just can’t remember where it was (its been awhile since I’ve seen it).

Ty in advance for your help
Mindhunter

LancerSolurus

Adjust the pbubble on the jumphole fx. I’m at work so I can’t tell ya which one it is.

Mindhunter

Can u give me some more infos?
I 've checked the ini’s for a pbubble and also the 3db files but it seems that i’m to silly to find it myself.

LancerSolurus

**Jumpholes use the EFT_JUMP_GATE_EFFECTS. This can be found in FX\effect_type.ini, search for the FX listed to the left, in that entry you will find pbubble at the bottom of it.

Here is an example of a jump hole that can be seen from 15k away…

[EffectType]
nickname = EFT_JUMP_GATE_EFFECTS
priority = 1.000000
generic_priority = 1.000000
lod_type = EFT_LOD_NONE
radius = 800.000000
visibility = EXIST_OFFSCREEN
update = CULL_UPDATE
run_time = -1
pbubble = 3000, 15000 <– here is the setting u need to change**

Mindhunter

Thanks again LS, I could bet i’ve checked that ini but who knows….
One last question, what is the first number for? Is it like in the LOD_range?

I’ve not changed the first number and it works fine, no matter is I make it lower or higher i cant see any difference.
I guess its not that important but i always like to know what things are for. ;D

Firekiss

I think that’s used when you use low effect-quality settings. So if you set the effects-quality really low in the game options, a smaller value is used…. It doesn’t make too much sense though, that’s what I think. Any other ideas?