Rock objects

[silentgod]

Hey folks.

I`ve had a route around trying to find a guide on how to use/change rock objects (not fake stones) but can`t seem to find one.

Is there one somewhere I`ve just missed?

Thanks.

[Oshyan]

The rock object is a rather underdeveloped feature at this point. It's worth experimenting with, but there are a lot of limitations. You are often better off with a custom-modeled imported object or a Fake Stones shader. In the future we may choose to either develop the rock object further, or simply retire it in favor of improved Fake Stones implementations.

- Oshyan

[reck]

Yeah the built in rock object is rubbish.

As well as what Oshyan said you can also use the sphere object to create a better looking rock than the rock object.

[dandelO]

I'd say it's far from rubbish. Just wrongly named, or something.

For instance, a sphere cannot be stretched along any axis, only its overall size can be changed.
Take a rock object, give it a couple of thousand faces, smooth normals and then you have a sphere that you can stretch AND populate...

I'd not like to see it go but maybe just renamed to a more sensible internal object, other than 'rock'.

I made this thing out of rocks... http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5312.0;attach=13973;image

[FrankB]

I made this thing out of rocks... http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5312.0;attach=13973;image

Amazing! I've must have missed that render of yours. Great stuff, Martin.