Dino_SWE wrote:Could someone explain the different parameters in this file and what they do, please.
Like:
Fog?
Bloom?
None of these seem to have any effect when I change the values around...
Thanks
Hello Dino!
I experimented with the settings in default.txt recently.
As mentioned above, Fog determines the colour of the screen beyond the visible map. Also notice the 'haze' visible at the corner of the map when you're zooming max out, it's of the same colour.
START and END seem to determine between which zoom variables the 'haze' will be visible.
The haze can cause problems when the ZOOMLIMIT value in MAPVIEW.txt is set very high, like 1000. Parts of the map facing away from the camera are cloaked by the haze.
Also when zooming max out you might see a white screen at the border of the black map corner, quiet ugly.
Ok, here's what I did to prevent that -
- MAPVIEW.txt :
ZOOMLIMIT 1500
ZOOMINLIMIT 200
This enables a very good overview of even vast maps (as Hobbes' Jankau map)
default.txt (in Lightning folder):
[FOG]
COLOUR 0 0 0
START 1400
END 1500
COLOUR 0 0 0 changes the haze/sceen colour to black (RGB code:
http://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/RGB_Color.htm) and eliminates the haze when map is maximal zoomed out.
Result: Bird's eye view of Hobbes' Jankau map (a bit modded) with the altered settings.
I experimented with the Bloom settings too but achieved no visible results worth mentioning.