P-152: Virtual World Concept Update 155: Planet-sized Terrain: Part 34

I have fixed the terrain texturing painter issue, as can be seen from the below images.

I have also fixed a long-standing issue where the terrain textures weren’t showing up until I forced an update from the T3D editor. This was caused by the terrain code, which runs on the client, not communicating properly with the server.

I will probably need to spend some time looking into the multiplayer aspect of the new terrain system. I have done some multiplayer testing, which went well, but I have extensive changes to the terrain since then. The floating origin system that I am using is supposed to be difficult to implement in multiplayer, and I am also worried about rendering the terrain at multiple levels of detail when other players are close by. I may have to leave multiplayer integration until MS3, so that I can spend more time on it.

I have also implemented the Tier-1 planet scaling system, and this works very well. I ran into the same networking issue that I had with the texture bug here, but this was relatively easy to solve. The Tier 1 and Tier 3 scaling and subdivision system both seem to be working very well now at all distances.

I am, however, having a problem with Tier 2. Tier 2 may end up being the most difficult range of distance to deal with, since at this point the player is far enough from the terrain that they are able to see much further than 10,000 meters, but not so far that the earth can be rendered at a low-resolution sphere. Imagine a plane flying at cruising altitude, that’s similar to the height that I am dealing with here.

I am not sure how I am going to deal with this particular issue, but I should be able to draw on the work that I have already done in other areas of this project.