Hey Guys,

I want to fly with my camera from a custom distance to a near point on the mountain - the procedural terrain adds more and more detail if the camera nears the end position, but I don't want so much details, that it constantly looks as if the cam is hundreds of meters above the mountain. I want it to look as if the cam nears this mountain and stops 1 m near the mountain, so it has to look like this (like a big stone wall and not a detailed mountain from 1000 m away).

How do I have to set this up ?

Regards,
Basti.

You cannot act on the level of detail. Other than that, I'm not sure I understood what you're after, sorry!

In other words:

I want my camera just about some meters away from the stone wall (terrain), but it always looks, as if the camera is 1000m away - because of the little structures and the big amount of detail. I don't need so much detail, when my cam is 1 m near the ground (except little stones and something like this) - it more has to be more flat, but with hard crips edges, but not so structured like a big terrain.

so that it looks more like this:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WrzDrX6X6_s/SnsoHT8NqAI/AAAAAAAAAGI/7QvbLdcdwp8/s400/p12.jpg
and this:
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.yellowleaf.org/scramble/pics/2005-08-13-bessemer/026-rock-wall-enl.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.yellowleaf.org/scramble/g/enl/2005-08-13.026-rock-wall.html&usg=__O2gSN_p9yqtuGO_t9fixyzuBvg8=&h=768&w=1024&sz=283&hl=de&start=4&um=1&tbnid=z20QBpWINYh-aM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmountain%2Bwall%26hl%3Dde%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozillaofficial%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1

and not like this:
http://www.britishskytours.com/images/above%20the%20engadine.jpg

Regards,
Basti.

You could use a standard terrain instead. That doesn't increase the level of detail with camera distance.

You could try upping the 'smallest feature' value on the fractal that is being used to generate the procedural terrain.

I would turn off "use fractals" if there is a setting.  Because fractals keep on generating forever and ever the closer you look at them.

TheSea is correct. It's easy to control.

Hey Guys,

thanks for your help.... I was away the last days, but today I will try your tips !!!

Regards,
Basti.