@PensiveDolphin Cool I'll take a look at it soon. LOD stands for level of detail. Typically games will have a few models at different resolutions that will swap out at further distances to lessen the load on the GPU.

I'll take a look at the texture mapping and try to give some tips.

For the flag, Unity has cloth simulation, so that can be setup in game, just need a flat plane for the flag. The cloth simulation in blender won't be used unless you save it out to a looped animation. Eventually I'll setup wind in game though.

I will try to race, might be a little difficult with the newborn though.

Nice, that's really good for only just starting in Blender. I tried measuring the bridge in google maps. Looks like its 1145 ft long and about 70ft wide. I'm not sure how tall it is though.

The road might need to be tiled a bit more, so the stripes aren't so long. Any idea what the triangle count is? We may need to make differen't LODs.

Also if the flag is flat, can probably make it into cloth in Unity and have it actually wave around.

Edit: Hmmm, wikipedia says 2,520 ft long.

Shoot me an updated model when you get a chance, I can try importing into the game, so we can see what needs to be adjusted.

Another edit: Found some more dimensions here: https://bridgehunter.com/wa/benton/4195A0000000/

Dimensions

• Length of largest span: 520.0 ft.
• Total length: 2,521.1 ft. (0.5 mi.)
• Deck width: 63.3 ft.
• Vertical clearance above deck: 18.3 ft.

@PensiveDolphin wow, that's looking pretty good. I see you already emailed it to me.

Did you set up texture maps for it?

Also, I used an asset called easy roads in Unity to make the San Diego bridges. I just made a small section of the bridge and a pillar. Then it procedurally generates it with a road using splines.

The blue bridge would be more difficult since it has that large blue truss section. That could easily just be a separate model though.

@doublejays18 I've been having issues getting it to show up on Mac in the Standalone build, I can't figure it out, it shows up in the Unity Editor on Mac and the other Standalone builds. I don't have a Mac, so its hard to test, I've been trying to borrow my co-worker's any time I get a chance.

@DJ-Miller Ah yeah, you are correct, I will fix that.

@nlj04 You're ok man, don't fret, I messaged you some more detailed instructions.

@jeffdewalt Yeah, I agree its a bit difficult to find your bearings without landmarks. I'll eventually get to it. For the Roostertail turn, just look for the yachts for now ;-)

@craigmont said in HydroSim Alpha v0.5.2.1:

@nlj04 You don't need rfactor to run HydroSim.

Correct, HydroSim is a standalone game, you don't need anything else to run it.

HydroMod is the old "game" that was a mod for rFactor. I wouldn't worry about that if you're new.

@Mickey Oh sorry, I'll bug Kallen then, haha