terrain height ?

[fLUnKnhaXYU]

hello , Im back . I have questions concerning terrain height and terrain mesh editing .

1. Is their a height limit ? I cant seem to get more than 1024 .

2. Does terrainBlock::setScale work ? I have tried to change the scale but getScale result is always 1 1 1 .

3. I want to clear terrain faces of only a certain angle but I cant find any sort of masking/selecting options for the terrain .

these issues have been encountered while trying to create a rather challenging (for me anyhow) terrain which will require a height of 2400'ish meters .

Thank You for your very valuable time and have a good ol' day

[Azaezel]

1) There's a fidelity limit, which translates to a height limit, though I suppose one could try stacking multiple terrain blocks?

2) Not at present

3) There's a min/max slope angle for *painting* brushes but yeah, doesn't seem to be applying at present to the slope brushes/removals. 
https://github.com/TorqueGameEngines/Torque3D/blob/43501127ec4e994d054ee9ddc0988701e2452882/Engine/source/gui/worldEditor/terrainActions.cpp#L203
so will try and have a look over that as time allows. no promises.

[fLUnKnhaXYU]

thank you .

[fLUnKnhaXYU]

So resorting to this witchery is a little embarrassing but . 1024 (height limit) / 2400.4 (desired height) .4266 . So , 32 (square size) * .4266 , models (character etc..) scaled to .4266 . MUAHAHA! i hadn't re-scaled terrain texture detail at the time of the taking of this pic . 

i saw a couple reddit posts discussing some of the issues being faced by developers concerning this height fidelity stuff which were relatively recent , say 5 years'ish  , so maybe this some viable hackey sloosh . in the meantime , TY again Azaezel .

[Azaezel]

 

 

just to keep folks in the loop: findings so far. obviously would want to follow up there with some interface tweaks so you're not darting back and forth

[fLUnKnhaXYU]

Azaezel , I hate to keep doing this to you guys but , maybe this vid isn't Win7 friendly . So, I'd really like to see it , ya know ?

[Azaezel]

right. beat https://github.com/TorqueGameEngines/Torque3D/pull/1328 up a bit when you have time. adds the additional sliders and fixes some position issues.

[fLUnKnhaXYU]

Azaezel , thank you and I really look forward to seeing that in action . Just as you said Its an attempt at stacking terrains and I would like to be able to select the flat 0 height and clear them all .

[Azaezel]

should be most of the way there, barring any oversights: 

work better vid wise?

[fLUnKnhaXYU]

YES , the movie worked . I commend you and offer you my sincere big ol' congratulations and TY .

[fLUnKnhaXYU]

Is there any chance of this being included in any future binary or does it not really fit the plan ? ty

[Azaezel]

https://github.com/TorqueGameEngines/Torque3D/pull/1388 threw that and...

a few other things into head. yes.

[fLUnKnhaXYU]

intriguing , Sir , yep , be waitin' , tHx so much .