Outdoor Level

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#1

Hi,

excuse my questions. i’m really new in this topic.

Which map format do you recommend for outdoor level?

Which map format suppored by Xith3D ?

Thanks,

Tobi.

#2

Hi Tobi

When I do the outdoor map, I first add a heightmap with a texture, then I add all the objects that I want on the map, and when I add the objects, I change the geometry of the heightmap to fit the object.

Example: I have a cave, and when I add it to a mountain, I make a “hole” in the mountain geometry to make the cave fit into the mountain.

You can find terrain in the Xith3D package com.xith3d.terrain, or you could take a look on the terrain in the sourceforge.net project Arabian Flights.

Good luck 8)

Alonzo

#3

Thanks Alonzo !

Do you know if there a public format to store the level in a file. Like BSP for indoor levels ?

#4

I can take a look around at some 3d pages, but otherwise you could store it (and import of course :)) with some sort of a object-to-file stream like:

http://xstream.codehaus.org/

or something like that.
But I will take a look around 8)

Good luck

Alonzo