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isu_compu_dude

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Posted: 3rd Feb 2003 23:01

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Is there a tutorial to do large outdoor landscapes such as everquest or ascherons call?

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isu_compu_dude

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Posted: 4th Feb 2003 01:08

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Or is it possible?

Can you have several BSP's for buildings in a large area matrix landscape?

Thanks for your responses.

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isu_compu_dude

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Posted: 4th Feb 2003 20:21

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Because I have not purchased the software and I do not see examples of such.

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isu_compu_dude

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Posted: 4th Feb 2003 21:38

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I just found the manual online and it says:

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You are able to store over sixty thousand matrix planes at any one time. A matrix plane is best described as a landscape that has been cut into a grid pattern. You can modify the landscape by raising and lowering a point on the grid, terra forming it to whatever you want. Additionally, you can apply a special texture that can contain several different styles of floor. These floor textures can then be mapped onto a point on the grid allowing you paint your landscape anyway you want. To make the matrix even more powerful, you can shift the matrix in any direction and it will automatically wrap around to effectively create an infinite landscape!

Is there a way to get more than 60,000 planes?

Or maybe a way to store and load them quickly in LOD applications?

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The Darthster

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Posted: 4th Feb 2003 23:27

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You can use scroll matrix tiles or some command like that to scroll the matrix around, and change the edge values to correspond with your terrain height values held in an array. It is so quick to alter matrices that having more than one isn't really needed, unless you are using multilevelled terrain. Also, it only needs to be as big as the distance you can see. All the rest you can load when you need.

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