Groundscar issue

[Warlord Zsinj]

Currently we are able to give buildings customised groundscars, which is great.

Recently I've been using this in SWS to create certain features under buildings that tie in with geometry, so that you can have pipes that disappear into holes in the ground, generators that have wires leading away from them, construction pits that actually look like blackened pits with mechanical stuff in them, etc, etc.

This works well, the only problem is that currently, if you rotate a building 90 degrees using the built-in ] and [ button functionality, while it rotates the building, it does not similarly rotate the groundscar.

This is ok for generic groundscars (which we are also using), but for a custom groundscar where things you have drawn on the groundscar needs to line up with geometry, this causes clear problems.

I've included an image to demonstrate what I mean:

Here you can see a groundscar that is working fine


This building has been rotated, you can see that things don't line up anymore


A solution would be greatly appreciated.

[KDR_11k]

Smoth has been annoyed by this for quite some time already.

[Warlord Zsinj]

If I could at least be informed that a solution is possible, and that it is on the cards to be fixed, that'd help the planning on my end - as it means I can continue to make custom groundscars knowing that in the near future it will be fixed. If there is no likelihood that it will be fixed, or it is impossible, then I can't do specific custom groundscars - which is a pain in the arse, and a shame, but atleast I know so that I won't waste any more time on it.

[Kloot]

I'll fix it.

[FLOZi]

We love Kloot!

I meant to fix this ages ago, but when i glanced over the code nothing leapt out at me and i forgot all about it. Oops.

[Argh]

Yay. I was planning to make use of this, too, and had forgotten to whine about it.

[KDR_11k]

BTW, can you fix the resizing when a decal is near the edge of the map, too?

[Warlord Zsinj]

Thanks, kloot, it is much appreciated :)

[Kloot]

Committed a patch for this in r5410. Note that I wrote it with
BA factories as visual aids, so let me know if your SWS decals
line up properly.

@KDR

Any particular reason why you'd want a groundplate to extend
outside of the map area? Other than to avoid some heightmap
boundary checks, the resize logic isn't there by accident.

[Gnomre]

Works, thanks Kloot :)

[smoth]

awesome! Thanks kloot!

[Argh]

Er, might need another look, unless major stuff's being done to rendering in general (there's another odd issue at present, with giant black bands at the horizons). The quads aren't being drawn on the ground surfaces, but hey, I always wanted to have green clouds above my trees The rotation Y is working perfectly, however.



Probably a z-buffering issue. Lemme test 16-bit to 24, see if that resolves this...

<tests>

Nope, the quad's drawn well above the terrain. Sorry Kloot.

[KDR_11k]

Any particular reason why you'd want a groundplate to extend
outside of the map area? Other than to avoid some heightmap
boundary checks, the resize logic isn't there by accident.

I'd want it to retain its aspect ratio but be cut off where it leaves the map. Because this is just fail.

[Kloot]

Oops, remind me to fix that before the next release.