Making REALLY big worlds...

Hextor · Post by **Hextor** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:15 pm

Hi everyone!

I'm making an RPG with Irrlicht, and I thought it'd be great to walk about in a HUGE world. What's the best way to do this? Is it possible to put terrain nodes next to each other like tiles, so the engine will load them as they get within far distance?

Is it possible to make holes i terrain nodes, so U can make caves?

Is it possible to add different textures to terrain nodes, so U get cliffs on steep terrain and grass on flat terrain? (and maybe snow on top?)

Hextor,
Acheron

Robomaniac · Post by **Robomaniac** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:25 pm

I don't know if he still is active on this forum, but cochi has created a terrain "planet", that would take 6.5 years of pressing the up button to go back to the place he started. Normally, he can be found in the #feralengine channel on irc.freenode.net. You might wanna stop by and ask him about it!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 9:07 pm

Heey! That's neat! Is that made with Irrlicht?

Robomaniac · Post by **Robomaniac** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 10:11 pm

I don't know exactly, i know he's been working w/ ogre, a little bit of neo, and i think he's working on a game core now. I'd definately try to contact him though if that's what your looking for

Cal'Mihe · Post by **Cal'Mihe** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:09 am

*throws a pillow at Hextor*

Get back to coding you! :p

(I got collision detection to work btw H

)

Regarding the 6,5 year planet, wouldn't it either take up an enourmous amount of storage memory if each and every part of it had to be remembered down to some level of detail, or, parts of it would change if you went a little bit away and then came back to the same place ?
Assuming he would use a generator that worked out of a heightmap of some sort, or whatever.

Robomaniac · Post by **Robomaniac** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:19 am

I think the way he did it was to dynamically generate it from a series of points. I don't know how he did the memory management.