Empty Height Map Implementation (3 posts)

Topic tags: heightmap, jME3, terrain
  • Profile picture of sbook sbook255p said 4 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Would anyone be horribly offended if I committed this? Its a very simple height map implementation that just builds an array of 0′s so that flat terrain can be quickly achieved.. Good for debugging, I figure this would be useful for people working on their own tile loaders or just want flat, endless terrain :) 

    import com.jme3.terrain.heightmap.AbstractHeightMap;

/**
 * Creates a flat heightmap of a desired size.
 * @author Skye Book
 *
 */
public class EmptyHeightMap extends AbstractHeightMap {

	private int size;

	/**
	 *
	 */
	public EmptyHeightMap(int size) {
		this.size = size;
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.jme3.terrain.heightmap.HeightMap#load()
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean load() {
		heightData = new float[size*size];

		for(int i=0; i<(size*size); i++){
			heightData[i]=0f;
		}

		return true;
	}

}

    https://github.com/skyebook/TMS3D/blob/master/src/net/skyebook/tms3d/EmptyHeightMap.java

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  • Profile picture of Sploreg Sploreg200p said 4 months, 2 weeks ago:

    You can just pass in a float array of zeros directly to the terrain quad constructor if you want it flat, without having to use a heightmap. The heightmaps just are a converter from various data sources to height values using the heightmap.getHeightMap() method.

    Also if you do not supply an array to the constructor, it will create an empty/flat heightmap for you.

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  • Profile picture of sbook sbook255p said 4 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Ah, excellent!

    Gonna have a look at the source now :)

    Edit: Well played, @sploreg… well played.

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