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The case of the vanishing interiors

by Gerald Fishel · in Torque Game Engine · 04/15/2004 (6:54 am) · 3 replies

Hi all,

I seem to be having a problem with one of my interiors vanishing when I move to certain locations.

I am guessing it has something to do with the occlusion in the terrain manager, but I'm not certain.

The interior goes 'inside' of a terrain hill, perhaps that has something to do with it, but part of it is outside as well.

here are some screenshots of what I am seeing. I took them in world editor mode so you can see the bounding box, and that the box is not being occluded.

This SS shows it working correctly:
www.whogotgame.net/screenshots/ss1.jpg

This SS shows what happens if I move one step to the left from where the first SS was taken:
www.whogotgame.net/screenshots/ss2.jpg


The collision detection still seems to apply, if I shoot where the interior should be, I see bullet holes appear in mid air, just the rendering seems to be blocked.

Any ideas on how I can alleviate this problem would be great.

Thanks
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Associate Kyle Carter
#1
04/15/2004 (11:15 am)
That's very strange. Have you tried adding some code to make the occlusion check render its rays? Are there any invisible but collidable objects between you and the interior?

Torque Owner Gerald Fishel
Development Ninja
#2
04/16/2004 (2:27 pm)
Hi Ben,

Nope on both accounts. That's a good idea though. I'll see if I can get into the occlusion stuff this weekend. It will probably be useful to learn how Torque handles it all anyway.

Thanks

Associate Kyle Carter
#3
04/16/2004 (5:05 pm)
It's actually really simple - a few lines in the scenegraph code.