I appologize. I didn't take a close enough look previously... ( I can get that way when I'm frustrated). It would seem that it does indeed switch between LODS depending on the distance, which I assume was included in an attempt to accelerate the program when dealing with the onslaught of hi-poly models expected in the near future. I do however advise some changes. I've noted that FRED will go to LOD0 only at near point-blank range, and some users (myself included) may not like this feature. Therefore I suggest a), have a command line flag to disable this and revert to the standard LOD0 all-the-time display format, b), as with -ambient_factor in FS2, have a variable numeral flag such as -lods_display X.X. If X.X were replaced with "0.1", FRED would switch LODS at 10% of what the table defined LOD change distance for every selected ship. Option c) would have this ratio controlable by a slider in FRED itself, but that would require new menus so it would be much more work.
Again, I'm sorry for pushing this on you Kaz.
Later!
