From 82520769622bb234f70baca61cd09fe00da02861 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:54:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] don't validate LODNodes when force_switch is in effect

---
 panda/src/pgraph/lodNode.cxx | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/panda/src/pgraph/lodNode.cxx b/panda/src/pgraph/lodNode.cxx
index a6c8f3b7fc..bedae1dc9e 100644
--- a/panda/src/pgraph/lodNode.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/pgraph/lodNode.cxx
@@ -643,6 +643,14 @@ do_auto_verify_lods(CullTraverser *trav, CullTraverserData &data) {
   UpdateSeq seq;
   get_bounds(seq);
   CDLockedReader cdata(_cycler);
+
+  if (cdata->_got_force_switch) {
+    // If we're forcing a particular switch, don't verify the LOD
+    // sizes, since they don't really apply anymore anyway.  Assume
+    // the user knows what he's doing.
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (seq != cdata->_bounds_seq) {
     // Time to validate the children again.
     for (int index = 0; index < (int)cdata->_switch_vector.size(); ++index) {