Conversation started Jun 25, 2018 at 8:58.
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
Jun 25, 2018 08:58
hi
Am I alone here :(
Why code when you can code()
@genaray Yes. The + signs in the bottom line are misplaced
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
Jun 25, 2018 09:24
@KevinvanderVelden hi
@doppelgreener hi
doppelgreener
doppelgreener
o/
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
how are you all
Can someone help me with generating terrains with negative positions
user92578
once again, ask, dont ask to ask
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
I have a terrain and I need to support terrains with negative positions colliding with the player
doppelgreener
doppelgreener
You're not going to get someone going "yes! i will help with that" before they know what the problem even looks like, so asking if someone will help is kind of a waste of time. Just post the question and if someone can respond to it helpfully they may do so.
user92578
Jun 25, 2018 09:38
And why do negative heights currently not work?
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
no negative positions don't work not heights
user92578
okay lol
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
so If I set the whole terrain to a negative coordinate the player-terrain collision will just return 0
user92578
first of all, what is a negative position?
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
Where the terrain is positioned in the world
I repersent that as a vector
If one of the values are negative than the collision returns 0
doppelgreener
doppelgreener
Jun 25, 2018 09:48
you don't need help generating terrain with negative values then, your collision code is messed up instead
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
@doppelgreener I'll show it here:
doppelgreener
doppelgreener
You really need to debug and unit test this stuff.
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel 
public float getTerrainHeight(float worldX,float worldZ) {
		float terrainX = worldX - this.x;
		float terrainZ = worldZ - this.z;
		if(this.x > worldX) {
			terrainX = this.x - worldX;
		}
		if(this.z > worldZ) {
			terrainZ = this.z - worldZ;
		}

		float gridSize = SIZE / ((float) heights.length -1);
		int gridX = (int) floor(terrainX / gridSize);
		int gridZ = (int) floor(terrainZ / gridSize);

		if(gridX >= heights.length - 1 || gridZ >= heights.length - 1 || gridX <= 0 || gridZ <= 0) {
			return 0;
doppelgreener
doppelgreener
Dude, debug your stuff.
Set a breakpoint and start debugging.
Have you debugged it?
You should be coming to us only after you've debugged it and are still not sure.
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
yes I have and I am sure that the code is ok
user92578
Jun 25, 2018 09:53
well then there must be no issue!
doppelgreener
doppelgreener
Is it getting input that looks correct, doing the right things to it, and providing the right output? Because if your code isn't working the way you expect, then one of those things is wrong.
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
well the output of the program says otherwise
doppelgreener
doppelgreener
If there is no bug in this code, then there are bugs elsewhere, such as the collision detection code that uses this output.
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
@doppelgreener I have looked and changed stuff and I'm sure that the terrain generation code is the problem
user92578
okay fuck this i dont have the patience for this right now
doppelgreener
doppelgreener
Jun 25, 2018 09:55
@TheMaskedRebel Then you haven't debugged properly.
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
I'm going get some concrete information
doppelgreener
doppelgreener
I need to make this really clear: we are not, and cannot be, a debugging service. Like, we cannot be in that we do not have the resources to debug (we don't even have your game files -- and we're not going to download those to go through it). You need to do the debugging yourself.
This may mean also learning how to debug effectively.
But it is very clear you have not debugged, because you cannot have a bug and also be sure your code is fine. Somewhere it's broken, and you need to set breakpoints and step through and examine the code to find where.
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
I think I know where the problem is.
doppelgreener
doppelgreener
Good, set breakpoints and/or make changes to find that out.
The Masked Rebel
The Masked Rebel
The code I'm using doesn't seem to allow the generation of negative terrains
 
Conversation ended Jun 25, 2018 at 9:57.