There is this way:
But then I can only use cubes as the mesh, and then for example if I want to add bushes to the terrain, I cant.
I know there is the way with Instanced Static Meshes but I cant figure out how to not cause a lag once a chunk is “being loaded”… Screenshot by Lightshot
I feel like I will waste my time if I will continue doing that in the first way that I showed, there is gotta be a way…
Did you see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI7eYXMJ5eI ? It shows how the designers made the Turn-Based Strategy Game (you can get the project in the learn tab in the launcher). They used events - when one part of generation ended, the event fired, triggering the next one.
Even if I have only 1 chunk to load it will freeze the game for some seconds…
You might consider posting the code directly in the thread instead of link to a screenshot.
Your Algorithm could be doing a lot of work since its O(n^3), the number of iterations being dependent on chunkLineElements.
If its freezing up your frame, you might consider moving the work out of the construction / begin play. Do small amounts of work each frame until its done, then show the completed object.
I tried doing it with event tick so not everything is done together but it’s if I wonna totally remove this freeze lag I will have to make it very slow…
UInstancedStaticMeshComponent *PrimalItem_Grass_BP = NewObject<UInstancedStaticMeshComponent>(this);
PrimalItem_Grass_BP->RegisterComponent();
PrimalItem_Grass_BP->SetStaticMesh(StaticMeshes[0]);
PrimalItem_Grass_BP->SetFlags(RF_Transactional);
this->AddInstanceComponent(PrimalItem_Grass_BP);
for (int32 x = 0; x < chunkLineElements; x++) {
for (int32 y = 0; y < chunkLineElements; y++) {
for (int32 z = 0; z < chunkZElements; z++) {
int32 Index = x + (chunkLineElements * y) + (chunkLineElementsP2 * z);
FVector IndexVector = FVector(x * voxelSize, y * 10 * chunkLineElements , z * chunkLineElementsP2);
//int32 MeshIndex = chunkFields[Index];
PrimalItem_Grass_BP->AddInstance(FTransform(IndexVector));
}
}
}
}