Vista object - Revision history

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2010-02-12T22:29:00Z

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2010-02-12T22:28:38Z

moved Vista objects to Vista object: depluralizing

BryanDerksen at 17:15, 21 September 2009

2009-09-21T17:15:46Z

BryanDerksen: Created page with ''''Vista objects''' are large, low-detail props that are placed far outside the player-accessible area of a level layout to create a sense of scale that's much larger than the le...'

2009-09-21T17:15:37Z

Created page with ''''Vista objects''' are large, low-detail props that are placed far outside the player-accessible area of a level layout to create a sense of scale that's much larger than the le...'

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'''Vista objects''' are large, low-detail props that are placed far outside the player-accessible area of a level layout to create a sense of scale that's much larger than the level would otherwise allow. For example, one can place mountains on the horizon.

Some mountainous vista objects:

[[File:vis1.jpg]]

[[File:vst1.jpg]]

The use of vista objects to create the sense of being in a large city is illustrated with these screenshots of the Denerim marketplace:

<gallery>
File:Denerim market far.jpg|Distant overview showing all of the vista objects at their lowest LOD
File:Denerim market mid.jpg|Closer in, you can see that some of the vista objects have low-detail fake buildings on them.
File:Denerim street level.jpg|Near street level, the horizon is obscured by nearby buildings and the vista objects can be seen in the distance over their rooftops. When the player moves about parallax shows how far away they are.
</gallery>

[[Category:Level editor]]

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 '''Vista objects''' are large, low-detail props that are placed far outside the player-accessible area of a level layout to create a sense of scale that's much larger than the level would otherwise allow. For example, one can place mountains on the horizon.
-Some mountainous vista objects:
+For scale, the green terrain mesh visible in each shot is a default 64m x 64m size
-[[File:vis1.jpg]]
+<gallery>
+File:Vis mtn 01 0.jpg|Vis mtn 01 0
-[[File:vst1.jpg]]
+File:Vst cliff 01 1.jpg|Vst cliff 01 1
 The use of vista objects to create the sense of being in a large city is illustrated with these screenshots of the Denerim marketplace:

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