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How to add Detail to the terrain?

by Jaren Watkins · in Torque Game Engine · 10/08/2008 (9:50 am) · 2 replies

I need to know how to get more detail in tge like make the terrain tiles smaller so there isnt those nasty lines jutting out everywere.
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Torque Owner Aaron E
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10/08/2008 (10:50 am)
In your terrain datablock, look for the squaresize value. Default is 8, and works pretty well for most people, but I've set some of mine to as low as 4 with decent results. At 4, the landscape looks nicer, but It often does strange things with terrain paintbrushes and can cause wierdness with waterblocks.

Also, since lower squaresize settings result in your drawing more polygons in the same space, you will see appropriate decreases in framerate performance. But if your target hardware can handle it and you are cool with the other issues, then it's a decent way to improve the terrain appearance.

[Edit: finished my thought about waterblocks]

Torque Owner Jaren Watkins
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10/08/2008 (11:21 am)
Ok thanks alot