Bruno Weiss Posted December 9, 2000 Share Posted December 9, 2000 Panzertruppen created a masterpiece with his buildings mod. They are beautiful. But, I've noted (I suppose because of the size of the bmp's or something, but that is why the post), that I have problems now positioning units within buildings. At high resolution, I can stick them in the building okay, but when I go to adjust them, particularly when I zoom in for a closer view, the position bar bounces around all over the place. Anyone else getting this? Anyone find a way around it? ------------------ "Gentlemen, you may be sure that of the three courses open to the enemy, he will always choose the fourth." -Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke, (1848-1916) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted December 9, 2000 Share Posted December 9, 2000 Yeah, I've had this problem before. Its not related to the mod. Its the game. Use a closer view to adjust your infantry and you won't have this problem. ------------------ "The art of fighting without fighting..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dNorwood Posted December 9, 2000 Share Posted December 9, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bruno Weiss: Anyone else getting this? Anyone find a way around it? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I have found the best way to fine tune a position in a building (or anywhere else for that matter) is to get a "purt near" position in view 2-3-4 (whichever) and then fine tune the position in view 5. I get exactly the kind of "switching" you describe, and this works for me. (I never ahd any idea it had to do with the resolution of the graphics!?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted December 9, 2000 Share Posted December 9, 2000 Sometimes if you have the flags on this will happen when the building is close to the flag. Just turn off the flags. I also use the camera position 5 to adjust placement. ------------------ Blessed be the Lord my strength who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted December 9, 2000 Author Share Posted December 9, 2000 Actually, that is what I did "before" Panzertruppen's mod. I guess I didn't describe it very well. When I zoom in now to do exactly what you guys suggest, which is what I always did also, that is when the bar goes crazy now? ------------------ "Gentlemen, you may be sure that of the three courses open to the enemy, he will always choose the fourth." -Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke, (1848-1916) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tris Posted December 10, 2000 Share Posted December 10, 2000 I believe this is directly related to video memory and processor speed. I had this problem until I upgraded my TNT2 Diamond Viper (32MB) to a GeForce2 GTS (64MB). Now I can adjust the position of my units in buildings to within a centimeter of where I want with no herky-jerky motion. You must remember that each hi-res mod you install over a low-res requires just that much more video processor power and memory. At some point you must push your system to the brink. [This message has been edited by Tris (edited 12-09-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted December 10, 2000 Author Share Posted December 10, 2000 I suppose that's it. I have most all of the hi-res mods, and a Voodoo 5 turned all the way up. 4xFSAA, 3 buffers, mipmap dithering and a .50 LOD detail bias. Looks like I found it's limits. I had this same problem though with the flags in the original texture loads before I loaded up all the mods. Still do. I just turn off the flags. It only happens when I do an LOS through a flag. Panzertruppens stuff is so realistic looking, stunning actually, but has really big textures to get there. And I hate to turn down anything on the card on account of how realistic it looks now. Strange though, nothing else is slow (unless a barrage of smoke comes in, then it's just a wee bit slow), but other than that everything runs just fine. Which was why I was questioning it. ------------------ "Gentlemen, you may be sure that of the three courses open to the enemy, he will always choose the fourth." -Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke, (1848-1916) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tris Posted December 10, 2000 Share Posted December 10, 2000 You can easily test this by turning your FSAA down to 2X and then completely off (if that's possible with the Voodoo--it ought to be). Also, try the game at lower screen resolutions. At one configuration or another you'll see the herky-jerky motion disappear. That's your threshold. Can you say nVIDIA? P.S. Just kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted December 10, 2000 Author Share Posted December 10, 2000 Yeah, I know. But I like the eye candy... WAH, WAH-WAH. Ah, don't go and start another Nvidia vs Voodoo thread. It's like arguing over blondes versus brunettes. Depends upon the beholder and which end of the card your looking at. NVIDIA, spitooey. Tried one already, tossed it in the closet. Love the voodoo. I've yet to see a screen shot by anyone with anything that looks like what I have. It still blows me away everytime I open up a game. These guys doing the mods have really made CM an entirely new game and so much more realistic. Now, if we can just get Kitty to stop playing wiff dem hampsta's... ------------------ "Gentlemen, you may be sure that of the three courses open to the enemy, he will always choose the fourth." -Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke, (1848-1916) [This message has been edited by Bruno Weiss (edited 12-10-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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