I'm currently having problems with the walkmesh in one of my areas.
I've made the non-useable props (fences etc) to environmental, and put a walkmesh around it.
Some other placeables are just normal, but I get this square, where it's unwalkable.
It's not the size of a tile, so any suggestions on what's causing it :s?
You're limited to 256 walk mesh faces per tile square. Something you're doing there is pushing it over the limit.
If that's an exterior area, you can reduce the number of mesh faces on that problem tile by removing the walkmesh cutters and instead using the terrain "non-walkable" brush to define your walkable areas. That way, it's not splitting the large triangles into many smaller ones when your cutter cuts across one.
If that's an exterior area, you can reduce the number of mesh faces on that problem tile by removing the walkmesh cutters and instead using the terrain "non-walkable" brush to define your walkable areas. That way, it's not splitting the large triangles into many smaller ones when your cutter cuts across one.
Thanks, that helped 
Sometimes I take the extra effort to even make non-walkable the space where a boulder sits insteado f using cutters. It requires time, but I find it a good way of creating my walkmesh 
.
I've been doing it even for trees in some places. I've found that the walkmesh sometimes benefits from the broader strokes than I used to use with the cutters, since I noticed that when I placed cutters where they looked like they should go, the characters' body bulk went a little too close to them anyway, clipping into what should have been solid objects. When I started using the terrain polygons, the larger area tended to keep a better buffer between creature and object. Plus, as has been mentioned by others, going along the polygons helps keep creatures from getting caught on corners.
I sort of stumbled on to that technique as well but I'm more comfortable now that I see some more experienced modders (much more) confirming that this helps. For a while I just figured I had a crappy computer. 
I've been using that technique for a while. It's great for most areas.
There is one caveat I learned about this weekend, however:
Walkmesh helpers trump the non-walk spaces, and walkmesh cutters trump the walkmesh helpers.
So if you have a really complicated walkmesh area, the best method seems to be to use one big walkmesh helper, and then cutters. and forget about the non-walk areas. Because the walkmesh helpers will override them anyway.
I have a really complicated walkmesh in one area with a lot of docks, Heed's boardable ship, bridges, and a connecting ramp. I tried a lot of different ways to bake it and a lot of different configurations of walkmesh helpers.
You might expect the non-walk areas to get obeyed no matter what, but this is not true when the walkmesh helper overlaps the same space.
So, with a complicated area, what I learned was the easiest method was to make one huge walkmesh helper, and then use only cutters to defined the non-walk areas. And of course, set all docks to environmental objects, etc.
Doing that, I was finally able to get a decent bake.
Walkmesh helpers trump the non-walk spaces,
They trump everything except the cutters, even tileset walls...
They trump everything except the cutters, even tileset walls...
That's interesting... so can you get a character to walk through a wall with those?
That's interesting... so can you get a character to walk through a wall with those?
Yes, I used it to do just that in Crimmor, it's actually a plot point in the main plot. By using a collision ball you can block passage until you want to create/destroy the ball to control passage if you don't want a permanent passage.
Here's a youtube demo, the cursor and map revealing works just like you'd probably want it to: https://www.youtube....h?v=hnlMyulk_Lo
Yes, I used it to do just that in Crimmor, it's actually a plot point in the main plot. By using a collision ball you can block passage until you want to create/destroy the ball to control passage if you don't want a permanent passage.
Here's a youtube demo, the cursor and map revealing works just like you'd probably want it to: https://www.youtube....h?v=hnlMyulk_Lo
I remember playing the beginning of Crimmor, which is why I asked. i figured that's how you did it.
That's an awesome trick... I will have to remember that one
Retour en haut