Hi,
I want to setup a camera array to export geometry from.
For those that use World Machine, I am trying to setup a similar system to "Tiles to output".
So far I am manually creating a camera moving it into position, then duplicating and moving it over in order to get my tiles.
I am trying to achieve an array of 9 cameras positioned above my terrain, which are pointed down, in a grid formation.
I realize I can simply import such a camera setup but Is there an automated way in TG to do this?
Or does TG have another method for doing this?
Thnx
Ash
Do you need your export to be in tiles? If so, then what you're describing is probably the best way in Terragen. You would setup 1 camera with the right settings (high altitude, orthographic camera, 90 degrees pointed downward), attached to a renderer that also had the right settings (micro exporter), then copy that set of nodes 8 times and just change the camera coordinates and voila. (I think)
Another option would be to export a large TER heightfield and import into World Machine or another tile-capable terrain editor then export your tiles.
- Oshyan
Thanks for your reply Oshyan.
I prefer TG for exporting meshes over WM, but its an interesting suggestion.
I was thinking, instead of individual cameras, say I animated a single camera moving across the terrain and plugged it into the micro exporter.
Is it possible to set it to export a mesh every frame? or set which frames?
I'm interested in any 'batch' or 'automated' processes.
Thnx
Yes, you could animate the camera as well. The problem is I don't know if you could specify a different file name for the micro exporter for each frame. You could *try* using the same sequence output format specified with images, e.g. %04d
- Oshyan
Quote from: Oshyan on August 16, 2015, 03:54:01 PM
Yes, you could animate the camera as well. The problem is I don't know if you could specify a different file name for the micro exporter for each frame. You could *try* using the same sequence output format specified with images, e.g. %04d
- Oshyan
That worked perfectly!
Thank you :-)
Glad to hear it. :)
- Oshyan