"Low-quality" car for the AI

Hello !

I don't if this possible or not, but here's a little idea I get a long time ago :
It's a trick a lot of game compagnie use.
Basically it's "fake cars" inspired by those who already in game.
In big, those cars won't have any interior, no suspension (Floating wheels with fake suspension) No realistic tires, no engine, a flat bottom with only a flat texture,
unbreakable tinted windows and welded bodyworks.
And surelly a really simple J-beam
The point of that is to be able to make spawn a lot of cars with less lags, I remenber the very simple car like the "Paper car", I can't remenber from who it was, but I could make turn like 20 of those cars with no lag.

So yeah, idk

 

Yeah I guess, buut this won't be cars which you can drive, only "decorative" or cars for the traffic

 

Could it be possible that when you hit a fake car, it gets replaced by a "real" car the instant you hit it and deforms like one. So it would create an illusion where all the fake cars look and behave like real ones. Would be useful in a lot of stuff imo, but I could very well be wrong though.

Of course, the fake cars' models are identical to real cars' ones. (maybe less poly?)

 

I think i saw the same statement you just said get a reply of "this game simulates physic in real time. So no."IIRC

 

I submit to make a 3d model, jbeam and textures mipmapping on the car at long distance that becomes morehigh poly when it comes to you and a map loading part per part (for this look at the GTA 3D series games island loading).

 

Found the post: http://www.beamng.com/threads/node-multiplication.32064/#post-466946

 

Nice idea but...this is not Driver or GTA or Need For Speed. The game's aim (at least what i think) is to simulate things correctly in real time so having that would be like using russian mods

 

Just use the kerr, DSC toy car, busfag, or volksfagen. All of those have like no lag at all.

 

Cars you weren't driving in RoR were just sitting there looking pretty but when you got near them, and the physics activated, you had to say byebye to your FPS.

 

Ikr, i'm not the kink of people who believe in this kind of idea, but it was just to see what people think.
Also not really russian mod, because they doesn't have ,for the most, custom J-beam and they aren't to FPS friendly

And this is what i'm doing

 

Nadeox1: Would it be possible to freeze physics and simulations per vehicle? If so, it could be used as an improvised LOD system, because if the player is far enough away, why bother "reactivating" the vehicle before the player gets closer in order to improve overall performance?