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Problem with using zones

by genomegames · in Torque 3D Professional · 09/30/2012 (2:48 am) · 1 replies

Hi all.
I have many zones and portals between them.
If portals are large, zones are working correctly. But they are also rendering across large distance through other portals (see image 1)
If portals are small, zones have bugs (see image 2)
How to locate zones and portals,that portals will be small in size and they will work correctly.

image 1:
www.pgenom.ru/images/stories/image1.jpg
image 2:
www.pgenom.ru/images/stories/image2.jpg
use Torque 1.1
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Torque Owner Richard Ranft
Roostertail Games
#1
10/04/2012 (6:01 am)
I haven't seen this problem, but the zone faces for the zones I was using were larger than the portals I used. Of course, the portal has to overlap both zones, but my zones were - say 5 high x 10 wide x 20 deep and on the 5 x 10 adjacent sides I'd place a portal 4 x 4 and deep enough to span the zones where no edge of the portal clipped a perpendicular surface of either adjoining zone, if that makes any sense....

I also try to place the zones as close to one another without overlap as I can - I've seen some interesting interspacial rendering things that were usually due to my zone and portal placement.