Controlling Rendering Order for Terrain and Emitters

12-26-2002, 08:00 PM

Hi all,

I just added in some DecoLayers on the terrain, and while the effect is neat, the rendering job kind of sucks. The UT2003 rendering engine should render all objects in a back-to-front order, just like making a painting. Yet, emitters and decolayers seem to be rendered on top of everything else, making some nasty results (see screenie).

Is there a workaround for this?

DraZtiK · 12-26-2002, 10:36 PM

Are the trees added as decolayers or meshes?
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12-26-2002, 10:57 PM

All of the trees are one-piece static meshes. Upon closer inspection of the rendering, the trunks of the trees block the foliage just fine, but the tree's leaves do not (can be seen in the screen shot above). I looked at the settings for both the leaves and the trunk and they appear to match exactly. It's almost like the engine gets confused about the depth-order for the leaves?

I should have mentioned, the map is "DM-NebulousStone." It was "officially" released, but with these problems, I'm tempted to recall the map for further work.

Open it up in the editor and perhaps you can find something I can't? This is my first map; maybe I futzed up some settings.

Squirrelinabox · 12-26-2002, 11:36 PM

yeah i had the same issues with a map i was fiddling with... had the decolayer of grass on the terrain show through static mesh trees... never found out why...

12-26-2002, 11:58 PM

What do you think... should I leave the map alone or remove this detail? Recommend players turn off the "Foliage" option if they don't like it?

12-26-2002, 08:00 PM	#1
jperson Guest Posts: n/a	Controlling Rendering Order for Terrain and Emitters Hi all, I just added in some DecoLayers on the terrain, and while the effect is neat, the rendering job kind of sucks. The UT2003 rendering engine should render all objects in a back-to-front order, just like making a painting. Yet, emitters and decolayers seem to be rendered on top of everything else, making some nasty results (see screenie). Is there a workaround for this? Attached Thumbnails Last edited by jperson; 12-26-2002 at 08:06 PM.

12-26-2002, 10:36 PM	#2
DraZtiK UP Regular Join Date: May 2002 Location: tampa Fl. Posts: 184	Are the trees added as decolayers or meshes? ________ VAPORIZER Last edited by DraZtiK; 09-07-2011 at 12:20 AM.

12-26-2002, 10:57 PM	#3
jperson Guest Posts: n/a	All of the trees are one-piece static meshes. Upon closer inspection of the rendering, the trunks of the trees block the foliage just fine, but the tree's leaves do not (can be seen in the screen shot above). I looked at the settings for both the leaves and the trunk and they appear to match exactly. It's almost like the engine gets confused about the depth-order for the leaves? I should have mentioned, the map is "DM-NebulousStone." It was "officially" released, but with these problems, I'm tempted to recall the map for further work. Open it up in the editor and perhaps you can find something I can't? This is my first map; maybe I futzed up some settings. Last edited by jperson; 12-26-2002 at 11:19 PM.

12-26-2002, 11:36 PM	#4
Squirrelinabox Exploiting the stupid Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: in a box, duh Posts: 2,570 My Files: 13	yeah i had the same issues with a map i was fiddling with... had the decolayer of grass on the terrain show through static mesh trees... never found out why... __________________ Squirrelinabox Wii Play- Community driven Wii site for news, reviews, guides, and more.

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12-26-2002, 11:58 PM	#5
jperson Guest Posts: n/a	What do you think... should I leave the map alone or remove this detail? Recommend players turn off the "Foliage" option if they don't like it?