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MESH for small areas

bpahe

bpahe

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Hi there fellas!

Before I embark on re-meshing my current project, I´d like to know if it is possible to create meshes for smaller areas than the LOD5 grid. I need to remesh an area that covers some 10x10 LOD13 squares, mainly to give some islands a little height. If not, is it possible to mask away the default area so that it is not touched, and have my mesh cover only the smaller area?

This might be a question answered a hundred times before, but MESH is brand new to me so a little push in the right direction is required.

/hans
 
Hi,

Your question is old but I will try to answer. The minimal size for a mesh is a square of 257 x 257 altitudes. There is no "transparent altitude" as in landclass scenery, so you must cover a complete square of 257 x 257 altitudes. You might be asking to what that translates to. If you want to cover a square equal to 1 LOD13 (one Area) you need altitudes at a grid of 4,8 meters. I suppose that FS2004 is not capable of handling a LOD13 mesh. Say that you come to more usual resolutions. Say a LOD10 mesh. In this case your minimal size will be 1 LOD10 = 8 x 8 LOD13s. If I can refer to SBuilder, the minimal size here is 1 LOD8. With SBuilder you need to cover a LOD8 square. You have 3 resolutions but the size will be, in all cases, 1 LOD8:

resolution LOD10 >> (4 x 256 + 1) x (4 x 256 + 1) altitudes for a size of 1 LOD8
resolution LOD09 >> (2 x 256 +1 ) x (2 x 256 + 1) altitudes for a size of 1 LOD8
resolution LOD08 >> 257 x 257 altitudes for a size of 1 LOD8

Regards, Luis
 
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