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Best practice: Having a big 2k terrain or smaller connected ones

Discussion in 'World Building' started by demonixis, Jan 21, 2020.

  1. demonixis

    demonixis

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    Hello,
    I would like to know what is best for my use case. I want to create a 1500x1500 terrain (with a 1000x1000 walkable area). What is best for that? Create a single one or create 9 connected smaller terrains?
     
    demonixis, Jan 21, 2020
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  2. Flavelius

    Flavelius

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    For walking? both will do.
     
    Flavelius, Jan 21, 2020
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  3. jamespaterson

    jamespaterson

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    I agree, however one small observation is that breaking the terrain down (probably powers of two in size) carries a potential advantage that you can cull whole terrain objects which are behind the camera, which may ultimately be more performant. This does add complexity however. Good luck!
     
    jamespaterson, Jan 21, 2020
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  4. demonixis

    demonixis

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    Thank you guys for the quick replies!
     
    Last edited: Jan 22, 2020
    demonixis, Jan 22, 2020
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