Hide terrain (for graphics only)

[M0RT]

Hi, I have an issue with terrain in my map. When I zoom too far, FPS drops insanely because of terrain, which shouldn't be rendered, as it is hidden behind a giant doodad. I would like to turn off terrain rendering (hide terrain cells won't work, as I need to hide the terrain for some players only, and only at certain times).
If this isn't possible, I noticed that editor has no problem displaying entire map at one time, is it due to some setting that could be used in game, too?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Its due to the editor not rendering all the terrain at full quality (int only renders cells near your camera).
I do not think you can do this ingame. I advise just not zooming out so far.

 

[M0RT]

Well.... thanks. I will need to find some workaround. I wanted to "zoom" out of a Battlecruiser, so that insides of the ship would be hidden and players would see the battle that is going on outside.
Btw. I noticed that mousewheel can not be detected by triggers, is that right, or I missed something?

 

[AionCannonzSC2]

change the cameras far clip so it is in front of the terrain but behind the units

 

[M0RT]

Well I tried that, but that will cut off skybox. Also, I would need exact angle(but that is doable). Is there a way to "remove" skybox from far clipping?

 

[WhitePhoenix]

There is a method to generate a dynamic (unit-attached) skybox, you can use a dummy unit if you don't have a specific unit each player handles at all times, and just move that dummy unit around appropriately. It was on sc2mapster a while back, I can't find it right now, have things to do in the morning, but a little searching and you should find it fine.

Far clip seems to be by far the best option when it comes to awkward camera angles that just end up rendering way too much terrain, third person views are particularly brutal without a farclip of a 100 or less.

 

[M0RT]

Well the dummy unit won't make any difference, it still won't be displayed due to far clip. I think far clip works on polygon level, so it doesn't matter which way the model is created (I cut off 4 heights above terrain, and I cant see the targeting arrow)

 

[Rispetto]

Try just making the battlecruiser smaller, infact everything in your game smaller, so when you zoom out, make it smaller amounts. It creates the effect of zooming out largely, and leaves frame-rate to spare.
Though sometimes, especially if not done properly, it can looking very shitty.