Terrain editor questions.
by Bryan "Over_burN" Lovely · in Torque Game Engine · 12/05/2002 (5:14 pm) · 5 replies
Hey all
I been playing with the terrain editor and i must say im impressed with the funtionality and ease of use. But like every newbie i have a few questions. Thanks in advance for any and all answers.
1) A good tutorial...where might i find one...there is one listed in resources but the link is broken and there is a warning for spyware in reponse for it.
2)The green boarder is the Levels boarder am i correct?...what is the red boarder representing.
3)I seem to be getting holes in the terrain randomly(the water world demo has one of these holes) where there is no texture and you can fall though it and out of the world...is this a glitch that everyone is aware of or is it just me..im using 1.1.2. Its not on every map i create but it is a pain having to scower my levels for holes.
Thats perty much it..a tutorial would probably help an small questions like how to rotate objects and stuff.
Again thank you for any answers you may be able to provide.
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Over_burN
I been playing with the terrain editor and i must say im impressed with the funtionality and ease of use. But like every newbie i have a few questions. Thanks in advance for any and all answers.
1) A good tutorial...where might i find one...there is one listed in resources but the link is broken and there is a warning for spyware in reponse for it.
2)The green boarder is the Levels boarder am i correct?...what is the red boarder representing.
3)I seem to be getting holes in the terrain randomly(the water world demo has one of these holes) where there is no texture and you can fall though it and out of the world...is this a glitch that everyone is aware of or is it just me..im using 1.1.2. Its not on every map i create but it is a pain having to scower my levels for holes.
Thats perty much it..a tutorial would probably help an small questions like how to rotate objects and stuff.
Again thank you for any answers you may be able to provide.
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Over_burN
#2
Ya the holyer then thou terrain is holy on both slight slopes and harsh terrain as well..adding dirt /excavation or any hight ajustments do not help at all and i can seem to fill in the hole in anyway. Anyway ill check your tutorial tonight when i get home...thx a bunch.
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Over_burN
12/05/2002 (6:26 pm)
Thank DYa the holyer then thou terrain is holy on both slight slopes and harsh terrain as well..adding dirt /excavation or any hight ajustments do not help at all and i can seem to fill in the hole in anyway. Anyway ill check your tutorial tonight when i get home...thx a bunch.
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Over_burN
#3
If you erase this, all the holes should go away.
12/07/2002 (6:30 pm)
There is a field, a property, in the terrain block that contains the index #s of the empty squares. Cant remember what its called, nowhere near my dev machine, but...If you erase this, all the holes should go away.
#4
12/07/2002 (7:12 pm)
You should also be able to erase empty squares using the "set empty" and "clear empty" actions in the terrain editor. Just select "clear empty" then paint the affected area with your brush.
#5
12/07/2002 (8:37 pm)
Ya playing with the editor i found them there nifty erase and clear fucntions...thx though..everyone here is so helpfull i love it :O) 
Torque Owner Devon Ly
but try my tute over at
www.gug.ca/members/tourniquet
I hope it helps
as with the hole I've noticed that when you make the ground too deep it creates this hole. Try bringing the terrain a little higher.