[sldev] Rendering Limits

[Nexii Malthus]

I think by spatial groups you could consider how dense an area is.

We really should open many more options on the preferences menu. Perhaps it
should branch off into a seperate menu due to the relevant complexity,
imagine how complex the windlight sliders are, but they are also nicely
dispersed into their relevant categories and sections. We should aim to
achieve the same, not to mention the explanations that were provided in the
WindLight menu were pretty cool and awesome to understand what the settings
do.

WindLight is a mere single subsystem of the entire graphics system, why
can't we have the same attention put into other areas in terms of control
via the UI?

There are many hidden settings, some that are not even affected by the more
generalised "Low, Medium, High, Ultra" that have an impact on FPS and the
experience.

L$0.02.

- Nexii Malthus

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Harleen Gretzky
<gretzky.harleen at gmail.com>wrote:

> It appears to be more than just jewelry that is effected. VWR-14049 and
> VWR-14146 are builds that are effected also. When posing this question I was
> really trying to understand how the rendering limits work. For instance, does
> the renderMaxNodeSize limit apply to the entire scene, or only to portions
> of the scene? Does it apply to avatars as well as objects? It seems to
> have something to do with 'spatial groups' but what are 'spatial groups'? Is
> renderMaxNodeSize the only rendering limit?
>
> If renderMaxNodeSize is the only setting that, I would think the best
> solution as has been suggested on the JIRAs and here is to move the setting
> onto the Graphics preference tab. Since it seems to be a little low for
> those running graphics at High and Ultra it should probably be increased for
> those users. So maybe something like:
>
> Low - 2048
> Mid - 4096
> High - 8192
> Ultra - 8192
>
> Then if a user chooses Custom there should be a slider control to allow it
> to be set to the value of their choice. Just my two cents.
>
> -Harleen
>
>
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