Floating .TOD Object Problem

[+JSF_Aggie]

I decided to place some trees/objects on my SWUS terrain, and I'm having an issue with them floating on the northern half of the map.

This is a single object, placed on a single tile (sand1).  There is no HeightMap/HeightMapScale associated with this tile in the SWUS_data.INI.

 

In the southern half they sit right on the ground.  In the northern half, they float.

Anyone have any ideas?  I was about to start making .TOD's for the whole map, but not if the objects are floating.

Thanks

[+Menrva]

Nice to see that you're still working on that terrain, it's awesome!

Here, try the following _data.ini statements for solid and alpha object texture shaders. Notice the ZBufferOffset.

[SolidObjectTextureMaterial]
EffectShaderName=terSolidObject.fx
DepthBufferCheck=TRUE
DepthBufferWrite=TRUE
RenderedInOrder=FALSE
AlphaTestEnabled=FALSE
CullMode=CLOCKWISE
LightEnabled=TRUE
SpecularEnabled=FALSE
EmissiveEnabled=FALSE
FogEnabled=TRUE
AmbientColor=1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000
DiffuseColor=1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000
ZBufferOffset=0.000000
BlendOp=BLEND_SRC_ALPHA
NumTextureStages=1
TextureStage[01].TextureName=
TextureStage[01].MipMap=TRUE
TextureStage[01].FilterEnabled=TRUE
TextureStage[01].StageColorOp=TEXTURE_MODULATE_DIFFUSE
TextureStage[01].StageAlphaOp=NO_OP

[AlphaObjectTextureMaterial]
EffectShaderName=terAlphaObject.fx
DepthBufferCheck=TRUE
DepthBufferWrite=FALSE
RenderedInOrder=TRUE
AlphaTestEnabled=TRUE
CullMode=NO_CULL
LightEnabled=TRUE
SpecularEnabled=FALSE
EmissiveEnabled=FALSE
FogEnabled=TRUE
AmbientColor=1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000
DiffuseColor=1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000
ZBufferOffset=0.000000
BlendOp=BLEND_SRC_ALPHA
NumTextureStages=1
TextureStage[01].TextureName=
TextureStage[01].MipMap=TRUE
TextureStage[01].FilterEnabled=TRUE
TextureStage[01].StageColorOp=TEXTURE_MODULATE_DIFFUSE
TextureStage[01].StageAlphaOp=TEXTURE

However, it's odd that it happens on half tile. I think the issue may lie elsewhere...

Edited March 14, 2020 by Menrva

[+JSF_Aggie]

That was it.  My ZBufferOffset under AlphaObject was 2.0.  I set it to 0.0 and the tumbleweeds are ground clamped everywhere.

Appreciate it.

[Wrench]

were they near Area 51, by any chance???

I mean, just asking .....

 

 

[+JSF_Aggie]

I can neither confirm, nor deny.

[+russouk2004]

must be...wasnt this plant problem SWUS?

[+Menrva]

2 hours ago, russouk2004 said:

wasnt this plant problem SWUS?

Nope, that's my TexasASC terrain. Never bothered to fix it. It's just a wrong .TGA assigned to the terrain's tile TOD.

SWUS currently does not have TODs. JSF_Aggie's terrain already looks great, and with TODs additions will look even better!

Edited March 15, 2020 by Menrva