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Is the world truly limitless?

by ololo · in Torque Game Engine · 05/04/2005 (8:32 am) · 6 replies

After about half an hour of flying in one direction, i came to the conclusion that the torque world map in the demo never ends or wraps back around itself. but before i make a game based on this assumption, i would like to know if this is true. so is it true?
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Torque 3D Owner Matthew Langley
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#1
05/04/2005 (8:33 am)
It repeats the same terrain after a 2048 x 2048 block ( somoene correct me if I'm wrong)

Torque Owner Dreamer
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#2
05/04/2005 (8:36 am)
Kinda, sorta yeah... You as a client will never fall of the planet, and you will never run around the planet either. However TGE is limited in what it can actually track and address to a space (2048x2048) x the number of terrain tile repeats, I think it's about 8 but I could be wrong.

Anyways, if you just want the player to be able to all out run forever, and only see terrain (not foliage or buildings or anything else), then yes the world is limitless, however the practical world where your character can actually interact and do stuff is limited to the size of your mission area.

TSE gets around those limitations somewhat, but there are still limits to what any engine can actually address.

Torque Owner Mz
#3
05/04/2005 (9:08 am)
If you go far enough, I think you'll eventually run into problems with variable precision/overflows.

But you can run pretty darn far!

Torque Owner Dreamer
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#4
05/04/2005 (9:36 am)
@Mark, I believe you may be wrong, I've asked the same question in another thread, located...
www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=26637

Torque Owner Mz
#5
05/04/2005 (9:52 am)
I don't see anything in that thread that contradicts what I said. :)

Torque Owner Dreamer
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#6
05/04/2005 (10:15 am)
NM I just realized what you were actually saying was different from the way I was reading it, sorry.