Sorry your browser is not supported!

I'm trying to apply a fullscreen shader to my project with Blitzwerks Terrain.
I've got this partially working, as all the object I create using make object xxxx are working with the fullscreen shader. The shader does get applied to the terrain, but only when my basic primitives are in line with the camera. I've added an example project with a cube and sphere (below the start point).

I use set object mask to make sure the specific objects are rendered only to the correct camera, so i don't have to hide/show all the object lateron when outputting the fullscreen shader. However, if I apply the set object mask to the bt object, this does not work. Nor does the BT SetCurrentCamera help here. Can you guys give me any directions as what I might do to apply the fullscreen shader to the terrain?

Also, I found that while using BT SetTerrainQuadReduction, I get some nice gaps (see image). I can also see these gaps in the QuadReduction demo. Any clues on how to resolve these, or is it just because of the demo heightmap used?

Hi Superbeast,

The Quad Reduction thing is a known issue. Quad Reduction is currently an experimental feature. I'm not sure whats causing it but I will have a good look into it for the next release. I will also look into making it reduce more (it currently doesn't reduce around the edges of sectors).

To solve the issue with masking, you need to render the terrain manually. I will implement object masking into the auto render for the next release (now on the todo list!).

Manual rendering lets you tell Blitzwerks Terrain when and where to render terrains. Its the way Blitzwerks Terrain used to do rendering in the old days, but people said it was too complicated so I added Auto rendering.


Heres how to render manually:

Firstly, remove this line from world.dba
BT EnableAutoRender 1


Also remove this: (this isn't correct useage of this function)
BT SetCurrentCamera %10


Next replace your render scene function with this:



The terrain should only render to camera 1

Hi kaedroho,

Thanks for your clear reply. I'll be looking forward to your next release of Blitzwerks Terrain.

I must be forgetting something, or overlooking something, as I cant seem to render the scene using the given examples. Attached is the result I'm getting.
It seems the terrain is now only rendered, when one of the primitives is in view.

If you have the time, could you please have another look at it and perhaps point me in the right direction?