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Is there a problem with Get Ground Height in DBPro 4? Sometimes it works, othertimes my model is buried halfway in it. I'm using the right matrix and coords....

ive never had a problem. Is it only buried on steep slopes or something.

I think it would help if you got the heights from the 4 corners (as well as the middle), and then tilt/raise the model over the average...

Yeah, actually, it buries itself whenever I'm going over something steep. (I used the Randomize matrix command, so it's kinda different every time...)

@ MrTaToad
How do I do that? Use math (divide my position by the width of the tile, using an integer value) or is there some commandset I don't know about?

I think you would need to find the object size (and thus you would be able to work out each of the four corners). Alternatively you could do a checklist for 4/5 limbs, and get the positions for each of those.

It would be nice to be able to get each limb size...

rem Calculate four X+Z coordinates for each corner
foot#=110
ta#=wrapvalue(a#-45)
frontleftx#=newxvalue(x#,ta#,foot#) : frontleftz#=newzvalue(z#,ta#,foot#)
ta#=wrapvalue(a#+45)
frontrightx#=newxvalue(x#,ta#,foot#) : frontrightz#=newzvalue(z#,ta#,foot#)
ta#=wrapvalue(a#+225)
backleftx#=newxvalue(x#,ta#,foot#) : backleftz#=newzvalue(z#,ta#,foot#)
ta#=wrapvalue(a#+135)
backrightx#=newxvalue(x#,ta#,foot#) : backrightz#=newzvalue(z#,ta#,foot#)

rem Calculate degree of tilting from corner heights
frontlefth#=get ground height(1,frontleftx#,frontleftz#)
frontrighth#=get ground height(1,frontrightx#,frontrightz#)
backlefth#=get ground height(1,backleftx#,backleftz#)
backrighth#=get ground height(1,backrightx#,backrightz#)
across#=((frontrighth#-frontlefth#)+(backrighth#-backlefth#))/2.0
length#=((backlefth#-frontlefth#)+(backrighth#-frontrighth#))/2.0

xrotate object 1,wrapvalue(length#/4.0)
zrotate object 1,wrapvalue(across#/4.0)

x#=newxvalue(x#,a#,s#)
z#=newzvalue(z#,a#,s#)
h#=get ground height(1,x#,z#)
position object 1,x#,h#,z#
yrotate object 1,a#

if upkey()=1 and s#<8 then s#=s#+1
if downkey()=1 and s#>-8 then s#=s#-1
if leftkey()=1 then a#=wrapvalue(a#-4)
if rightkey()=1 then a#=wrapvalue(a#+4)