Quick Question...

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FBEpyon (Posted 2013) [#1]

Hello All, I have been working on a game for me and a friend of mine, we play lots of Warhammer, and we wanted to play epic 40k, but on the computer. So I started to code an engine for it, and I'm to the point where i want to add the units to the terrain(board). I have it right now reading the current x,y,z of the vertex used to build the terrain when placing the Entity for the units, and I want to be able to have the units work more freely, but when doing that the Entities sink into the terrain when not placed directly on a vertex. Any suggestions..? Thanks,

Who was John Galt? (Posted 2013) [#2]

Either interpolate the z position (look up 2D interpolation) or if you're using an engine with collision commands, 'drop' the entities onto the map until they collide.

ima747 (Posted 2013) [#3]

or set the render order so they always draw before the terrain. depends on what you're using and how you want to go about it.

ImaginaryHuman (Posted 2013) [#4]

Bilinear interpolation based on 4 vertices?