hi, I have this terrain generator that uses parts to generate the terrain. Except when I used it, the curves in the parts seem to be verp sharp and not smooth like you would see on a hill. Is there a way to fix this?
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Try using the smooth tool, it should smooth it out
What method are you using to generate the terrain? It appears like you might be using the :FillCylinder() function which is going to give you this sharp terrain as the parts it is generating terrain from likely have sharp edges as well. You might be able to fix this by beginning with more cylinders that have less gradual drop-offs.
I am using fillBlock to fill cubes. I thought that would be the simplest way to do it.
I am using scripts to generate the terrain and I need it smooth In-game.
Could I see the code you’re using to fill the terrain?
if CurrentBlock.Position.Y > DefaultPartHeight / 5 then
if Biome == "Grass" then
game.Workspace.Terrain:FillBall(CurrentBlock.Position, CurrentBlock.Size.Y, Enum.Material.Grass)
elseif Biome == "Leaf" then
game.Workspace.Terrain:FillBall(CurrentBlock.Position, CurrentBlock.Size.Y, Enum.Material.LeafyGrass)
end
if math.random(1,2) == 1 then
Object("Tree",CurrentBlock.Position)
else
Object("Rock",CurrentBlock.Position)
end
CurrentBlock:Destroy()
I switched to ball after to see if it would change anything. I didn’t change much. Still bumps.
Hmm… ok. Unfortunately that snippet doesn’t help me too much. I’m not sure how you’re getting the shape you showed in the first posts screenshot using the :FillBall() function. Could you walk me through your process: What is it you’re trying to achieve (more than just smoothing the terrain, like what shape/map are you trying to make), how and where are your going about making these blocks or spheres to fill the terrain with the :FillBlock() and :FillBall() functions.
While the :FillBlock() and :FillBall() can often work for situations like these, the :WriteVoxels() function (albeit slightly more complicated) affords your scripts more control over creating terrain - which you might want to look into depending on your situation.
I am using math.noise to create a noise map and creating 1,1,1 parts and positioning them based on the perlin noise. I changed my code to use terrain because generating thousands of parts can crash your pc. So I create the part and fill it using terrain, then I delete the part and this happens for all of the terrain. Then I switch to sand if it is next to water. Sand is smoother than the grass for some reason.
Alright so you are likely getting the choppy terrain because the parts are not aligned to the voxel grid. That’s something you really can’t get around under the current setup youre using. The way that sand voxels are connected differs from the way grass does - that’s likely why you see a difference causing it to appear more smooth. Since you’re already using perlin noise I would highly recommend switching to a setup that uses the :WriteVoxel() function over the other ones which conform to some Part-like shape.
This article - “Scripting Terrain” does a pretty nice job going over how to use :WriteVoxels() and provides an example using noise at the end.
pretty sure its just the terrain 4,4,4 grid