Terrain

Scripting Issues
1

i use blender for make model.Object scene is character, terrain, some building, and tree. For terrain collision detection i use collisionpolygon.but its dificult for set height the collisionpoygon equal with terrain.Is there for more easy way?

2

Yes. You can create a terrain in any terrain editor that supports greyscale heightmaps, and use the GeoMipTerrain to load it in. Next, you update the position of the player every frame by doing:

player.setZ(root, terrain.getElevation(player.getX(root), player.getY(root)) * root.getSz())
3

Thanks.I have look your game screenshot.it’s nice screenshot,how about the game fps?

One more question, can Panda3d make loading screen?i have search for the tutorial anywhere but didn’t find any tutorial.

4

Yeah, loading screens are quite easy. Try something like this:

import direct.directbase.DirectStart
from direct.gui.OnscreenText import OnscreenText
#create a loading screen here:
loadingText = OnscreenText("Loading...", fg=(1,1,1,1))
#or whatever you like (an image, an animation, whatever.)
#render two frames
base.graphicsEngine.renderFrame()
base.graphicsEngine.renderFrame()

#now, put the rest here. Like the rest of your imports, and your classes.

class World(blah dee blah):
  yadda yadda

w=World()
#just before you call run(), hide the loading screen.
loadingText.hide()
#ok, now run the game.
run()

This is just abstract code, but something like this is the basic idea.