Re: Game world and implementation

[Max]

@Gregorius

The closer you get to the Surface of the Torus the higher the detail of the Resolution of the Octree Grid becomes on the Torus, until you get close enough to hit the ground and its at full Resolution at the place where you are at. No Transition Cutscenes, just actual live Transition.

So if you fall from Space onto an Island, you only see a Green Dot on the Torus at first, then the Dot becomes a 2x2, then a 4x4 with a few missing pieces since islands aren’t perfectly square, after that the Island will be in an 8x8 Resolution, then 16x16, 32x32, 64x64 until it has reached full resolution.

If you can get that to work, that’s great. But another option if the transition proves too difficult is to use the outer boundary of the atmosphere as a wall of fog when you break through. That way the observer in space sees the baked model planet while the observer on the planet sees a baked skydome. See for example the beginning of this clip: https://youtu.be/71XGAbjfn4Q?t=116