Draw Distance

[Furor_Mancunia]

apologies if there is something out there like this; i searched the forums and could not find anything.

i recently went mental and spent quite a bit of cash on an extremely high-end pc. i wont go into detail but it is a monster.

so, with my new-found processing power i have been trying to improve the look of the game and really test the machine. i have the HUGE battles mod and it works perfectly, really adds to the game with armies of over 5000 men hacking each other to bits.

getting to the point, i was wondering if there is a mod which improves the draw distance on the battle map.

if there is no such mod could anybody give me any pointers on how to go about doing this, if it is possible at all.

thanks in advance.

W

[spanish_emperor]

what exactly do you mean?

[Furor_Mancunia]

yeah sorry should have been a bit clearer. theres two things:

1. you know when you look at your units from a distance, they are more like 2d sprites, similar to the ones from the original medieval. then when you zoom in there is a noticable change to the 3d unit models. i wanted to try and make them 3d at any range.

2. scenery draw distance, so all objects on the battlefield are shown, and you dont get trees popping up from nowhere as you scroll across the map.

hope that makes it clearer, sorry but i dont know any technical terms for this type of thing.


cheers,

W

[aion2006]

I have a extreme high end machine myself.
Everything on Max setting x16 AF & x4 AA


To rid yourself of 2D Sprite from unit.
Go to your medieval2.cfg
and under "Unit_Detail" change it from Higher to "Highest"
So the draw distance from 2d won't happen.

You can try the same for grass or vegi detail but let me know how it turns out.
Be sure to have a back up cfg.

[ace4455]

I'm sorry but where can I find this file, I tried doing a search, but nothing appeared that had same name

[Morlam]

Think it's in your MTW2 folder called "medieval2.preference", open it with notepad.

[ace4455]

ok thanks, got it

Edit: all I get when I open it is:

[video]
widescreen=1
[game]
allusers=1

[Morlam]

Strange, you should get something like this :

[audio]
enable = 1
master_vol = 100
music_vol = 0
provider = Miles Fast 2D Positional Audio
sfx_vol = 100
speech_enable = 1
speech_vol = 100
sub_faction_accents = 1

[camera]
default_in_battle = rts
move = 62
restrict = 1
rotate = 50

[controls]
campaign_scroll_max_zoom = 30
campaign_scroll_min_zoom = 30
keyset = 0

[game]
advanced_stats_always = 0
advisor_verbosity = 0
ai_factions = follow
allusers = 1
auto_save = 1
blind_advisor = 0
campaign_map_game_speed = 93
campaign_map_speed_up = 0
campaign_num_time_play = 4540
chat_msg_duration = 10000
disable_arrow_markers = 1
disable_events = 0
english = 0
event_cutscenes = 1
fatigue = 1
first_time_play = 0
gamespy_save_passwrd = 1
label_characters = 0
label_settlements = 1
micromanage_all_settlements = 1
morale = 1
mute_advisor = 0
no_campaign_battle_time_limit = 1
pref_factions_played = 18889729
tutorial_battle_played = 0
tutorial_path = norman_prologue/battle_of_hastings
unit_size = normal
unlimited_men_on_battlefield = 1
use_quickchat = 0

[hotseat]
autoresolve_battles = 1
disable_console = 1
disable_papal_elections = 1
passwords = 1
save_prefs = 1
update_ai_camera = 0
validate_diplomacy = 1

[network]
use_ip =
use_port = 27750

[ui]
SA_cards = show
buttons = show
full_battle_HUD = 1
radar = show
show_tooltips = 1
unit_cards = show

[video]
anisotropic_level = 4
anti_alias_mode = off
antialiasing = 0
assassination_movies = 0
autodetect = 0
battle_resolution = 1024 768
bloom = 1
building_detail = high
campaign_resolution = 1024 768
depth_shadows = 2
depth_shadows_resolution = 2
effect_quality = high
event_movies = 1
gamma = 128
grass_distance = 75
ground_buffers_per_node = 4
ground_cover_buffers_per_node = 4
infiltration_movies = 0
model_buffers_per_node = 4
no_background_fmv = 0
reflection = 1
sabotage_movies = 1
shader = 2
show_banners = 0
show_package_litter = 1
skip_mip_levels = 1
splashes = 1
sprite_buffers_per_node = 4
stencil_shadows = 1
subtitles = 0
terrain_quality = custom
texture_filtering = 2
unit_detail = high
vegetation = 1
vegetation_quality = normal
vsync = 1
water_buffers_per_node = 4
widescreen = 0

Otherwise you just go to the options menu/video settings/show advanced options and set unit detail. Much easier btw.

[ace4455]

well I have everything in max and thats why I started looking for a way to remove sprites

[Furor_Mancunia]

cheers for replies, will give these a try.


nice one, +rep all round.

[Fakir]

Have you ever heard of antisotropic filtering?