Hight maps and planets

[djaj1988]

What will happen if I change one of the planets hight map with on of mine by naming it the same name as the hight map for that planet? While the terrain change to my hight map?

[zaroba]

why not try and see?
would be a much faster answer then posting and waiting for somebody else to try

but i doubt it'll work.
the ground is static and unchanging like the models. if changed, you'd need to relog to see the change. all well and good, except clients download the heightmap when entering.


textures can be changed without trouble though.
you just need to hit f1 and enter island again to get it to relaod textures.

[socom]

Make sure you don't accidentally overwrite the original heightmap. If something goes wrong somehow you'll want the original back.

[zaroba]

clients download the heightmap everytime they enter.
woulden't matter if the origional was deleted in the test.

[socom]

I thought only the map image was re-downloaded every time.

[Kirby]

I thought only the map image was re-downloaded every time.

Your connection must be pretty fast then. Settings aswel are downloaded when ya enter...

[Mit]

the heightmap is downloaded by the client only when it has changed.

[zaroba]

oh, oops.
shgows how often i play anymore

[djaj1988]

the heightmap is downloaded by the client only when it has changed.

Thanks Mit! You are the bomb at answering questions.

[Kirby]

the heightmap is downloaded by the client only when it has changed.

Thanks Mit! You are the bomb at answering questions.

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...I'll stop now.