Gem Placement on Static Mesh

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Stevie G

Set the static mesh to be pickable - entitypickmode 2 then use linepicks.

Assuming the mesh is 200x200 units square and the maximum height of the mesh is 100 units ..


gem = loadmesh("mygem")

for l = 1 to 100 

  x# = rand(-100,100 )  
  z# = rand(-100,100 )
  copy = copyentity( gem )

  linepick x, 110, z, 0,-120,0
  positionentity copy, x,pickedy()+1, z

next

You may want to add in checks to make sure there aren't 2 gems at the same point.

If you need the gem to align to the landscape you could use ...

aligntovector pickednx(), pickedny(), pickednz(), 2

after positioning.

Stevie