Changing world size doesn't work

[motorsep]

Has anyone tried increasing the size of the world from +-65536 ? It doesn't seem to be working: http://bugs.thedarkmod.com/view.php?id=3536

[Obsttorte]

I fairly doubt anyone here has the time to build such huge missions

 

I don't know where this limitation comes from, though.

[i30817]

Size of integers

[Obsttorte]

Why integers, the coordinates are stored in floats, aren't they?!

[jaxa]

From bikerdude's thread: http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Limits,_Max,_Min,_Stats,_etc

 

"Grid size is 131,072 x 131,072 units x 131,072 (inches) or about 2 x 2 x 2 miles"

 

That what you meant?

[i30817]

Why integers, the coordinates are stored in floats, aren't they?!

I have no idea. I only know that that number is 2^16, which is half of 2^32, which is the integer size on most 32 and 64 bits programming ABI's. Since half the size of a 'normal' integer is reserved for negatives, it's most likely a signed integer you're looking at as a limitation.

Edited August 28, 2013 by i30817

[motorsep]

From bikerdude's thread: http://wiki.thedarkm...Min,_Stats,_etc

 

"Grid size is 131,072 x 131,072 units x 131,072 (inches) or about 2 x 2 x 2 miles"

 

That what you meant?

 

That is the distance from -65536 to +65536. I want to make it larger.

[i30817]

tough luck, i doubt that will be 'fixed'. Are you trying to recreate morrowind in doom3 or something bizarre like that?

Edited August 28, 2013 by i30817

[motorsep]

not really, but I need space for visible geometry (player doesn't interact with it) so it doesn't not disappear when it goes past +-65k border.

[jaxa]

Maybe someone could crank out a special build for you with bigger limits.

 

This probably isn't a good solution, but maybe you could build it modularly so that certain areas are located very high vertically, hidden. Exploiting the 2 miles of y-axis that you aren't using.

 

*to edit*

 

┌───────────┐
│        │
│        │
│        │
│        │
│        │
└───────────┘
┌───────────┐
│        │
│	   ┌─┘
│	   │B
│	   └─┐
│        │
└───────────┘
───┐
B  │
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If you had a building at the edge of the map, no windows, large area, you could perhaps teleport the player at some point to a higher altitude without the player's knowledge. Or maybe there is an easier way. The floating building(s) could not be seen, because a sky would block the view of such trick buildings from the ground. I doubt it would be possible to stack entire cube worlds a couple hundred feet above each other since shadows and other things at the edges would break.

 

So back to getting a custom build of TDM with higher limits. I wouldn't expect the grid size limits to be changed in the main game soon.

 

not really, but I need space for visible geometry (player doesn't interact with it) so it doesn't not disappear when it goes past +-65k border.

 

3d skybox?

 

http://forums.thedar...__fromsearch__1

http://forums.thedar...post__p__294344

Edited August 28, 2013 by jaxa

[motorsep]

No, not portal sky. It's virtually impossible to have portal sky on such large outdoor map I am working with.

 

This

is how it can be done.