SSE Do I need to generate LOD if I'm using only vanilla assets, or is that only for custom stuff?

[thumbincubation]

Just toying with some structures, for a village/stronghold idea, and I'm using only vanilla components from the CK. Do I need to generate LOD or do those pieces already have it?

[cumbrianlad]

I've had endless worries about this topic.

 

With my mod, I never generated LodGen for it. Where that was placed, it didn't really matter because you couldn't see the place before you were almost on it and it had full LOD anyway. The few components that caused an issue, I just changed the form to have full LOD. Gut feeling is that this is wrong and I shouldn't have done it this way, but generating LOD for a small area of Tamriel seemed like more effort than it was worth, for a few wall pieces and trees.

 

In testing, are you seeing major problems with items 'popping in to view'?

[thumbincubation]

I have never noticed it before I noticed its surroundings, though what brought this topic to mind was that I'm using several other expansion mods, and I'm seeing some of the components pop into view before the rest. (ie: A floating chimney until I'm much closer and a house appears.) I got to wondering if it was just that my few structures are so small or nestled in with others, or if it was that they're all vanilla.

[cumbrianlad]

I see.

 

Does making them full LOD fix it? I know it's not ideal but if it's just a few objects it shouldn't stress modern GPUs too much.