Hello everyone,

I have been going through NCF creatures textures recently and I did find some duplicate files for some of them. For example if there is file called Apocalypse knight.(Character).xdb there is double called ApocalypseKnight_LOD.(Character).xdb . Those LOD files are not linked to none of the XDB tree originate files or their children.

I dug around the internet and I found out that in 3D models and games LOD stands for "Level of Detail". Basically this is a low quality version of the original model for zoomed out view. In heroes V this will be the adventure map view.

Is there someone who knows anything about those files and if they are needed?

I did a NCF test with and without the LOD files but both texture and unit behavior seems the same.