<!--QuoteBegin--leifbj+Apr 13 2003, 05:06 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (leifbj @ Apr 13 2003, 05:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> When I move far back, some of my func_walls and buttons disappear. Is this a bug? What should I do to fix it? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> It's controlled by the Top Down XY Cull Distance specified in the info_mapinfo. Setting it higher allows you to see entities from farther away but hurts commander mode performance. Set it as low as possible while preventing the entity popping you're seeing now.
On a not-completely unrelated note - i've created a couple of platforms in my map. They work fine, but after compile (full/extra/etc) in-game, if you move too close, they dissappear from view. You can still stand on them, use them, etc, but they are simply invisible.
The only thing I can thing of is the Render FX, which should be set to Normal. I've had some problems with this value being set to something else, and not being able to see entities, like your problem.
Here's a thought -- is the platform part of a larger collection of entity brushes spread throughout the level? The XY top down cull distance is measured from the entity's origin, which is by default the centerpoint of the bounding box surrounding all the brushes in the entity-- as you move away from the platform, you might potentially be moving closer to the origin of the entire brush set that's been turned into a single entity, moving within the cull distance and causing the platform to appear.
If that's the case, you can fix it by grouping the entity brushes for each area of your map separately or increasing that top down distance in info_mapinfo.
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It's controlled by the Top Down XY Cull Distance specified in the info_mapinfo. Setting it higher allows you to see entities from farther away but hurts commander mode performance. Set it as low as possible while preventing the entity popping you're seeing now.
Anyone heard of this bug before? Fixes?
The thing is, if I walk away from the platform, it becomes visible when far enough away. Weird.
If that's the case, you can fix it by grouping the entity brushes for each area of your map separately or increasing that top down distance in info_mapinfo.