Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => Terrain Editor => Topic started by: mrmidi on August 30, 2009, 08:24:25 PM

Title: Trees in water problem
Post by: mrmidi on August 30, 2009, 08:24:25 PM

It appears that the problem with the trees and clutter being in the water is only in the TE it's self.

I created a terrain with a river leading into the ocean and in the TE the trees are showing in the water,
but when the res file is built the trees are not there in game.
The following screen shots show what I am talking about.

TE image:

(http://www.mrmidi.net/images/AH/new_TE/te_trees.jpg)

In Game Image:

(http://www.mrmidi.net/images/AH/new_TE/game_notrees.jpg)

 :salute
midi

Title: Re: Trees in water problem
Post by: USRanger on August 30, 2009, 08:42:19 PM

I can't build a .res because of a build error I'm getting, but while in the TE, I'm getting the same tree in water.  Good to know they disappear when the terrain is built.

Title: Re: Trees in water problem
Post by: ghostdancer on August 31, 2009, 02:20:50 PM

I have played around with this and seems like we can't have thin beaches (1 pixel) but instead the beach zone (rgb 170,170,170) needs to be at least 4 pixels thick.

I  created a beach zone of 2 pixels thick and then a 1 pixel thick transition between beach and sandy grass and it got rid of most of the trees. But I still had an odd one here and there. Going to try a 3 pixel beach and 1 pixel transition beach to sandy grass tonight and see if that does it. Not real happy about that since it creates 3/8 of a mile thick beach zone but if that is what it takes.

Might also try doing 2 pixels of beach and 3 pixels of beach to sandy grass transition then have the grass zone beyond that. But I think that is the issue.