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Jna99
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Posted: 4th Dec 2006 12:30
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Is it possible to load and .x or .dbo object as a terrain?
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APEXnow
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Posted: 4th Dec 2006 13:17
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Normally, terrain files are just DBT files which you can load normally, but if you plan to use an .X or a .DBO file for terrain, it will need to be treated like any other object. The standard Terrain functions will not work on the object loaded in this manner.

Paul.

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Jna99
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hmmmm any way of converting objects in .x or .dbo to .DBT?
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Jna99, I'll be honest, I don't think it will be as straight forward as first thought trying to convert either an .X or a .DBO file. The thing is that Terrain objects are setup internally to deal with the terrain height points at specific vertices of the terrain. Unless the file format for a DBT file is available, a terrain <-> object conversion may not be possible. I'm not qualified to elaborate any further unless the format specification is made available.

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Miguel Melo
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I never tried to use the Terrain Engine but looking at the Terrain commands that are available I believe you could only convert a mesh to a terrain if said mesh had a "grid" layout with equal spacing between nodes on X and Y.

If it normally only produces terrains from a heightmap, it means that you cannot have overhangs etc. In other words, support is limited to Magic Carpet-style terrains.

I have vague plans for World Domination
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y2ksw
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In DBPro, the (advanced) terrains are saved simply as *.dbo files (in fact no other extension is allowed). In DSDK it is not working any way since a null pointer assignment crashes the game at a saving attempt (any case).

Loaded *.dbo (DBPro) files are correctly handled as terrains. However some objects may cause a weird behaviour, such as overhanging meshes.
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