GET TOTAL TERRAIN HEIGHT

This command will return the overall maximum height of the terrain landscape.

  Syntax
Return Float=GET TOTAL TERRAIN HEIGHT(Terrain Number)
  Parameters
Terrain Number
Integer
The terrain number

  Returns

This command will return the overall maximum height of the terrain landscape

  Description

A terrain feature that was produced from a white pixel of the heightmap is the highest point on the terrain, and will match exactly the value returned here.

  Example Code
make terrain 1,"land.bmp"
position terrain 1, 0, 0, 1025
load image "grass.bmp",1
texture terrain 1,1
set cursor 0,0
print "TERRAIN DATA"
print " exist:";terrain exist(TerrainNumber)
if terrain exist(1)=1
print " x:";terrain position x(1)
print " y:";terrain position y(1)
print " z:";terrain position z(1)
print " height:";get terrain height(1, 1.0,1.0)
print " totalheight:";get total terrain height(1)
endif
do
loop
delete terrain 1
  See also

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