How can i split a Region3 into many smaller regions to make it work with ReplaceMaterial?

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#1

The title really says almost all, i’ve been trying to make a script that easily helps me set up seasonal looks for my game’s map (which uses terrain), and part of that includes replacing all the grass with snow, so i tried using Terrain:ReplaceMaterial(), but i got the “Region is too large” error (the entire size of my map is x4096)), so i thought about splitting the map into smaller regions, so instead of using 1 really big one, i’m now using 16 x1024 ones, and it still gives off the same error, and at this point i feel like i’m going to go insane if i keep trying to manually make smaller and smaller regions, so this is where i ask…:

Does anyone know a way to divide one Region3 into multiple smaller ones?

Here is my code, not really for support directly but to give you a slight idea of the hell i’m in

local region1 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(-2048,-88,2048),Vector3.new(-1024,166,1024))
			
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region1,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region1,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region1,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			
			local region2 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(-1024,-88,2048),Vector3.new(0,166,1024))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region2,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region2,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region2,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			
			local region3 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(0,-88,2048),Vector3.new(1024,166,1024))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region3,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region3,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region3,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			
			local region4 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(1024,-88, 2048),Vector3.new(1024,166,2048))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region4,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region4,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region4,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			
			
			local region5 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(-2048,-88,1024),Vector3.new(-1024,166,0))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region5,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region5,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region5,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)

			local region6 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(-1024,-88,1024),Vector3.new(0,166,0))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region6,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region6,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region6,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)

			local region7 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(0,-88,1024),Vector3.new(1024,166,0))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region7,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region7,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region7,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)

			local region8 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(1024,-88, 1024),Vector3.new(2048,166,0))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region8,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region8,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region8,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			
			
			local region9 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(-2048,-88,0),Vector3.new(-1024,166,-1024))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region1,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region1,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region1,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)

			local region10 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(-1024,-88,0),Vector3.new(0,166,-1024))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region2,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region2,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region2,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)

			local region11 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(0,-88,0),Vector3.new(1024,166,-1024))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region3,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region3,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region3,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)

			local region12 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(1024,-88, 0),Vector3.new(2048,166,-1024))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region4,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region4,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region4,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)


			local region13 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(-2048,-88,-1024),Vector3.new(-1024,166,-2048))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region5,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region5,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region5,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)

			local region14 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(-1024,-88,-1024),Vector3.new(0,166,-2048))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region6,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region6,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region6,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)

			local region15 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(0,-88,-1024),Vector3.new(1024,166,-2048))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region7,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region7,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region7,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)

			local region16 = Region3.new(Vector3.new(1024,-88, -1024),Vector3.new(2048,166,-2048))

			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region8,4,Enum.Material.Water,Enum.Material.Ice)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region8,4,Enum.Material.Grass,Enum.Material.Snow)
			terrain:ReplaceMaterial(region8,4,Enum.Material.LeafyGrass,Enum.Material.Snow)

I don’t really know what else to say, i’m just stuck…

#2

Here is a code that should split it into smaller parts:

local min = Vector3.new(-10, -10, -10)
local max = Vector3.new(10, 10, 10)
-- The imaginary block extendes from Min to Max

local subdivisions = 5 -- How many subdivisions it should have

local dx = (max.X - min.X)/subdivisions
local dy = (max.Y - min.Y)/subdivisions
local dz = (max.Z - min.Z)/subdivisions

for x = min.X, max.X - dx, dx do
	for y = min.Y, max.Y - dy, dy do
		for z = min.Z, max.Z - dz, dz do
			local region = Region3.new(Vector3.new(x, y, z) , Vector3.new(x, y, z) + Vector3.new(dz, dx, dy))
			
			-- Do whatever with the region
			
		end
	end
end

I am not certain if I got the maths right, but hopefully I did.
Edit: Inform me in case I got the maths wrong, I have an alternative solution in mind.

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#3

They likely are wrong, when looking at it, while it did in fact work, i wouldn’t exactly say it worked right…

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Excuse the phone camera picture, im not logged into the devforum on this computer, the grass is already painted white, note the stripes of snow and ice on the water