Micro exporter request.

Started by mash, August 29, 2013, 06:26:45 PM

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mash

This may be a half baked idea so disregard it if it is.
Currently the Micro exporter exports all the terrain from the camera view to a fixed distance or to over the horizon if left at the defaults.
I was thinking if the camera has a key frame and isn't moving if it would be possible to do a ray cast selection from the camera so that only the terrain that is visible to the camera gets exported. That would cut down on file sizes and make some of the data more manageable.
Just a thought.
Thanks,


Matt

It used to do this (based on visibility in the image), but it always resulted in some gaps that weren't visible in the Terragen render but were visible when inspecting the geometry, or rendering it from a different angle, image resolution, or in another renderer. However, I think back-face culling could be done safely, so perhaps I'll make that optional.

Matt
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