/// <summary>
/// This sets up the vertices for all of the triangles in this quad-tree section
/// passes them to the main terrain component.
/// </summary>
private void SetupTerrainVertices()
{
int offset = this.terrain.VertexList.Count;
// Texture the level
for (int x = 0; x < width; ++x)
{
for (int z = 0; z < width; ++z)
{
VertexTerrain tempVert = new VertexTerrain();
int offsetXtotal = offsetX + x;
int offsetZtotal = offsetZ + z;
tempVert.Position = new Vector3(offsetXtotal * terrain.ScaleFactor,
terrain.heightData[offsetXtotal, offsetZtotal],
offsetZtotal * terrain.ScaleFactor);
tempVert.Normal = terrain.normals[offsetXtotal, offsetZtotal];
this.terrain.VertexList.Add(tempVert);
}
}
this.vertexBufferOffset = offset;
this.vertexBufferOffsetEnd = terrain.VertexList.Count;
}
/// <summary>
/// Setup vertex buffer for entire terrain section.
/// </summary>
private void SetupTerrainVertexBuffer()
{
VertexTerrain[] verticesArray = new VertexTerrain[vertexList.Count];
this.vertexList.CopyTo(verticesArray);
int SizePlusSizeDivWidth = (this.size + (this.size / QSConstants.DefaultQuadTreeWidth));
this.vertexBuffer = new VertexBuffer(this.parentEntity.Game.GraphicsDevice, verticesArray[0].GetType(), SizePlusSizeDivWidth * SizePlusSizeDivWidth, BufferUsage.WriteOnly);
this.vertexBuffer.SetData(verticesArray);
}
/// <summary>
/// Setup <see cref="Terrain"/> normals. Normals are used for lighting, normal mapping, and physics with terrain.
/// </summary>
private void SetupTerrainNormals()
{
VertexTerrain[] terrainVertices = new VertexTerrain[this.size * this.size];
this.normals = new Vector3[this.size, this.size];
// Determine vertex positions so we can figure out normals in section below.
for (int x = 0; x < this.size; ++x)
{
for (int z = 0; z < this.size; ++z)
{
terrainVertices[x + z * this.size].Position = new Vector3(x * this.scaleFactor, this.heightData[x, z], z * this.scaleFactor);
}
}
// Setup normals for lighting and physics (Credit: Riemer's method)
int sizeMinusOne = this.size - 1;
for (int x = 1; x < sizeMinusOne; ++x)
{
for (int z = 1; z < sizeMinusOne; ++z)
{
int ZTimesSize = (z * this.size);
Vector3 normX = new Vector3((terrainVertices[x - 1 + ZTimesSize].Position.Y - terrainVertices[x + 1 + ZTimesSize].Position.Y) / 2, 1, 0);
Vector3 normZ = new Vector3(0, 1, (terrainVertices[x + (z - 1) * this.size].Position.Y - terrainVertices[x + (z + 1) * this.size].Position.Y) / 2);
// We inline the normalize method here since it is used alot, this is faster than calling Vector3.Normalize()
Vector3 normal = normX + normZ;
float length = (float)Math.Sqrt((float)((normal.X * normal.X) + (normal.Y * normal.Y) + (normal.Z * normal.Z)));
float num = 1f / length;
normal.X *= num;
normal.Y *= num;
normal.Z *= num;
this.normals[x, z] = terrainVertices[x + ZTimesSize].Normal = normal; // Stored for use in physics and for the
// quad-tree component to reference.
}
}
}