Terrain Problem

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Billamu (Posted 2004) [#1]

Can you duplciate a terrain? as in... ObjMountain(2)=LoadTerrain("graphics/wterrain"+a+".jpg") M\EntP=CopyEntity(ObjMountain(2)) I've tried to use this in my program and I don't see anything.

Matty (Posted 2004) [#2]

I would guess there would be no problem with it..but where are you placing it. You would then have to position the second and subsequent entities somewhere else.

Billamu (Posted 2004) [#3]

What I'm trying to do is have 5 terrains and have them appear one after the other randomly. That way I have a somewhat randomly generated continuous terrain.

Matty (Posted 2004) [#4]

I see no problem with copying the entity and placing it next to the other terrains however there will be a problem at the border between the two/three/four terrains. At the border they will probably not join very well unless the height of the terrain is the same at those edges.

DJWoodgate (Posted 2004) [#5]

You can't copy a terrain entity. You will have to create separate ones.

Billamu (Posted 2004) [#6]

I stopped trying to copy the terrain entity and I loaded it twice. They now scroll one after the other and when terrain 1 is behind the camera i put it in front of terrain 2 out of camera visual range. The border problem was solved by making the border flat. That way I don't even have to worry about seams. Nuisance about the "can't copy a terrain entity" though.