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[Mihulik]

Hi,
our 3D modeler has encountered a problem when dealing with the hidden geometry file for a scene.
This is the post he posted on our forum:

Hey guys!

Working on the collision for the Mountain Path currently:



And I've run into an issue. You see that bush?



The one in the inset? I have no idea what to do there. It's too thin to make a spline object to accurately block all those branches. Normally, I'd just make a plane, put the texture on it, and alpha it out, but considering that Wintermute isn't a 3D engine per se (it just uses pre-rendered 3D art as flattened 2D backgrounds), I seriously doubt this will be possible.

I'd like to know whether his approach to the problem is possible or not. If not, how can we deal with the issue?

Thanks!:-)

[shuin]

You want it to be in the foreground and partially hide the character when it passes? Why not simply make the bush part of the foreground?

[odnorf]

shuin is correct. Make it a separate sprite. Don't forget that wme scenes support layers.

[Mihulik]

God damn it, how could I forget that? That's the simplest solution and actually even the best one. Thanks!

However, I'm still wondering whether WME is capable of the solution that our modeler suggested. Is it?:-)

[Mnemonic]

You could create a plane 3D actor.

[Mihulik]

He'd like to project the bush on a planar texture and keep the rest of the texture transparent. He'd use that texture as a blocking region.