Getting rid of sprites?

[ImKyleJames]

Ever notice that from a distance your armies look like perhaps paper men/animals just being dragged across the landscape? Only when you zoom in a little do their legs start to move again. I play at a high res and well it just takes away from the appeal when they jitter across like that, like stiff gingerbread men.

Any way to make the viewing distance farther on the animations?

[B-DizL]

There is a mod out there that forces full detail but it will kill your performance.

[Xelathur]

There is a mod out there that forces full detail but it will kill your performance.

It won't kill your performance. It will utterly annihilate it!
However, looks nice, yeah.

[Timefool]

Sometimes its too close, and in the below pic you can see the difference between the "gingerbread horsemen" and standard horsemen.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

[Welshman25]

I've found that this seems to depend on the unit detail setting. On low, I get gingerbread men soldiers fairly up close and obviously (like in thedudederek's screen). On medium, they only turn into gingerbread men at such a distance that it is hardly noticable. Plus soldiers look a lot nicer in general and details like rifles and pikes are visable at a greater difference.

Very nice way to describe this by the way

[S-te-Fan]

Those are sprites, the engine uses them so it doesn't has to render that many polygons, like LOD's. You had them also in R:TW and M2:TW. You can make them appear over greater distances by putting the unit detail at ultra or modding.

[♔Goodguy1066♔]

I hate it when the armies go all stiff...

[Xelathur]

I hate it when the armies go all stiff...

Nice input to the thread

Ontopic:

There's an enhancement to the game-engine avaliable to download here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ghlight=sprite

It will give an FPS-boost without really hampering quality. It's widely approved and tested! It's great!

And to make those sprite's go away, you might want to check this thread out: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ghlight=sprite

It will solve your problems!

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Cheers
M

[T.C.]

Anyone know how to change them?
Or even know where their location is?
Will rep any helpful answers

[T.C.]

anyone?
Please?

[ImKyleJames]

very nice! I am happy to check these things out! and ya I had that gingerbread effect fairly close and got pretty much the screenshot posted here most every battle (not so cool when you're whizzing around the battle.. just.. looks ew!)

[ssmarine]

Its so dumb if anything they could blur them out in the distance to make it look better. I play on Ultra unit detail and it still looks like garbage if I zoom out just a little.

[Xelathur]

Its so dumb if anything they could blur them out in the distance to make it look better. I play on Ultra unit detail and it still looks like garbage if I zoom out just a little.

Install the mods I linked

[Ragga]

Install the mods I linked

they do help... but they do not completely remover the sprites

[miniwally]

press n and they'll go away but you can't move

[♔KillZoneGB♔]

press n and they'll go away but you can't move

Click and Hold Middle mouse button and Drag mouse.

I use it for watch battles eye point on top of a steep hill, were the the artillery are giving support for the troops in the valley.

Only thing missing on the hill, is the Generals table.



any of you got an Xbox360 Controller, with Xpadder you can reprogram the buttons.

Good for moment when you want to lay back and chill, and control the camera and movements.

Goggle for it (freeware)

[Lord Justin]

And yeah, get mods and such.

[miniwally]

What's your graphic detail level?

[Von Kickyourass]

I have it on ultra and it doesn't seem to be that bad. You unlucky people.LOL

[Dr. Croccer]

You have to turn ''unit detail'' up to get rid of the effect.