Texture resolution

posted on March 6th, 2009, 12:18 pm

Is it possible that the lower resolution textures (federation_galaxy_1, federation_galaxy_2, etc) could be optional installs? Having to re-delete them after every patch update can be slow.

posted on March 6th, 2009, 12:26 pm

these low res textures are not there (only) for performance reasons but for sharper looking textures when viewing ships from distance. if you look at a vessel close up, you again have the high res textures visible. so i'd not recommend to delete them.

posted on March 6th, 2009, 12:33 pm

Look at the vessel up close and the high res are only visable if you see them from a certain angle. They still show up as lower res in the 3D view.

posted on March 6th, 2009, 12:39 pm

yea, parts of the vessel closer to the view get the high res textures while lower res textures are distant from the view. you shouldn't notice the transition much. is it a special ship you are talking about, do you have a screenshot? it is possible to increase the distance before the next mipmap level is chosen.

posted on March 8th, 2009, 1:55 am

Is there a way to just have...maximum texture always? on all ships?

posted on March 8th, 2009, 2:37 am

is this why the borg textures never look right in the corner screen

posted on March 8th, 2009, 11:18 am

displaying the highres texture always will get you unwanted texture noise, exspecially while zoomed out

posted on March 8th, 2009, 11:28 am

you may want to read about more about mimaps here: Mipmap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia