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Why does this happen and how do I fix it?

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Okay, so anyway, I have a question. You see, it seems just about everytime I import a dinosaur I've taken from another level this stuff happens:
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And it's not just retail dinos either:
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My question is: Why does this happen and how do I fix it? It bothers me because it happens unless you're like deadly close to them and it's a bit annoying. It also just doesn't look right because the levels I got them from didn't have them like that. So what happened?
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Do you export them as TPM and not 3ds?
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Yeah, that might explain why they look like shit... I've been exporting them as .tpm.
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No, you have to export them as TPM. Exporting them as 3ds doesn't work.
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Looks like a problem with mipmaps, rather...
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Hmm... I just wanna know how to fix the messed up graphics from a distance. It looks really weird seeing a dinosaur's face all blurry until you're right up on it. I know I'm not the only one with this issue, Take a look at the raptors in Prime Chaos for instance. Would it be possible to tell me how to correctly get mipmaps working in my levels? Some of the dinosaurs I got from the site do this too for some odd reason.... (mostly SI's though the TC Dilo has done this in the past as well In fact, my Labyrinth level, which I just released last week, has this problem with some dinos as well.)
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From my experience it doesn't have to do with the dinosaurs itself, but rather your computer hardware and the settings in Trespasser. You should let someone else try it on some other system just to be sure it's the same there.
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But in the retail levels the raptors look normal, even from a distance on my computer.... It's just if I import them to a level that it happens. And not all the dinosaurs I import have the issue. Just certain ones....

SI's JP1 T-Rex imports fine, his JP3 Alpha Male Raptor imports fine. Slash Master's Dienocheirus imports fine. However, certain other dinosaurs do not.
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It's as I said, mipmaps... if you use dinosaurs that are already in the level (or keep the textures already in teh level, which are bumpmapped, without replacing them), they will look fine. But when you import dinosaurs with new textures, you should set

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bool MipMap = false
in their *.values.txt file before importing them...
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Oh, cool Thanks machf! =)
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