Will the LOD distance ever get increased in the future?

Loppysaurusrex

I just find it kinda silly that I can stumble on an island that decides to load in literally 80 feet away from me, I see this a lot with plants and fish as well, I just ignore it as an "optimization issue" since the game is still in early alpha but if this remains the same the game will have some pretty bad immersion issues.

Loppysaurusrex

I say this because, here is the island



And this was taken from the life pod, I used the BIOME console commands to get the game to keep it loaded, switching from the island to the life pod quickly.

This is immersion breaking to not be able to see the island until you stumble upon it.

Loppysaurusrex

bump

Seldkam

This is true... Unity itself (the engine used to make SN ) has pop in issues, but I'm assuming it isn't really priority atm

SteveRock

we have ideas on how to address it, but yeah, it's not a priority right now. i think we want base building at least before less pop in:)

Racer1

I'm kind of hoping the island can be hidden somehow initially. New players should not be drawn to it early on. Maybe some mist around the island, or some toxin (like the ship radiation) that keeps the player away for a while.

Loppysaurusrex

SteveRock wrote: »

we have ideas on how to address it, but yeah, it's not a priority right now. i think we want base building at least before less pop in:)

Awesome, I just wanted to be sure that it's on the radar for the future as having low range pop in is a serious immersion breaker.

Toothbrush123

Loppysaurusrex wrote: »

I say this because, here is the island

How do you get to this island? Is it behind the Aurora, or in the opposite direction? Can't find the thing for the life of me.

Jacob-Ellinger

The map over all seems small to me. I guess I've played too much mc. I've been spoiled.