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Class: Terrain

Terrain

new Terrain(terrainSize, minElevation, maxElevation, numLevels, material, detail)

Terrain provides a paged terrain engine with dynamic LOD. The heightmapping itself happens in the Material.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
terrainSize

The world size for the entire terrain.
minElevation

The minimum elevation for the terrain (maps to heightmap value 0)
maxElevation

The maximum elevation for the terrain (maps to heightmap value 1)
numLevels

The amount of levels the page tree should contain. More levels means more(!) triangles.
material

The Material to use when rendering the terrain.
detail

The grid size.
Properties:
Name Type Description
terrainSize number

The world size for the entire terrain.
Author:
  • derschmale <http://www.derschmale.com>

Extends

Members

euler

The rotation of the object.

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matrix

The matrix representing the transform.

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position

The position of the object.

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rotation

The rotation of the object.

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scale

The scale of the object.

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Methods

applyFunction(func [, thisRef])

Applies a function recursively to all child nodes.

Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description
func

The function to call (using the traversed node as argument)
thisRef <optional>

Optional reference to "this" in the calling function, to keep the scope of "this" in the called method.
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attach()

Attaches a child SceneNode to this node.

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attachAfter(child, refChild)

Attaches a child SceneNode to this node.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
child SceneNode

The child to be attached.
refChild SceneNode

The scene node after which to add the new child.
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contains()

Returns whether or not a child is contained in a parent. This works recursively!

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copyTransform()

Copies the state of another Transform object

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destroy()

Removes the scene node from the scene and destroys it and all of its children.

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detach()

Removes a child SceneNode from this node.

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findMaterialByName()

Finds a material with the given name somewhere in this node's children.

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findNodeByName()

Finds a scene node with the given name somewhere in this node's children.

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getChild()

Retrieves a child SceneNode with the given index.

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getChildIndex(child)

Returns the index of a child SceneNode.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
child
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Returns:
Type
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isContainedIn()

Returns whether or not this scene node is contained by a parent. This works recursively.

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lookAt()

Orients the object in such a way as to face the target point.

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