Hole in a terrain

[waverider]

Hy i've been trying to create a hole in a terrain like in this video, but i don't know what approach to take, i was thinking maybe i should use shader, but the only problem with using shader is that the vertices can't be specified. i'll appreciate any demo or idea that can help me out

 

[Dad72]

I have a function to make a hole and to close it:

var vertices_toremove = [];
var faces_toswitch = [];

function createHole(ground, pickInfo, radius, ctrl)
	{
        let indices_array = ground.getIndices();
        let positions_array = ground.getVerticesData(BABYLON.VertexBuffer.PositionKind);
        let index;
        let face_id;
        let safety = 10000;
        let pickpoint = pickInfo.pickedPoint;
        let current_v = BABYLON.Vector3.Zero();
        let worldmatrix = ground.getWorldMatrix();

		if(!ground.original_indices) {
			ground.original_indices = indices_array.slice(0);
		}
		for(let i = 0, countPositionsArray = positions_array.length/3; i < countPositionsArray; i++) {
			current_v.x = positions_array[i*3];
			current_v.y = positions_array[i*3+1];
			current_v.z = positions_array[i*3+2];
			current_v = BABYLON.Vector3.TransformCoordinates(current_v, worldmatrix);
			if(BABYLON.Vector3.Distance(pickpoint, current_v) < (radius)) {
				vertices_toremove.push(i);
			}
		}
		for(let i = 0, countVerticeToRemove = vertices_toremove.length; i < countVerticeToRemove; i++) {
			while((index = indices_array.indexOf(vertices_toremove[i], index+1)) != -1)
			{
				face_id = index - index%3;
				faces_toswitch.push(face_id);
				safety--;
				if(safety <= 0) { break; }
			}
			if(safety <= 0) { break; }
		}
		let countFacesToWitch = faces_toswitch.length;
		if(ctrl == false) {
			for(let i = 0; i < countFacesToWitch; i++) {
				indices_array[faces_toswitch[i]+2] = ground.original_indices[faces_toswitch[i]+1];
				indices_array[faces_toswitch[i]+1] = ground.original_indices[faces_toswitch[i]+2];
			}
		} else {
			for(let i = 0; i < countFacesToWitch; i++) {
				indices_array[faces_toswitch[i]+1] = ground.original_indices[faces_toswitch[i]+1];
				indices_array[faces_toswitch[i]+2] = ground.original_indices[faces_toswitch[i]+2];
			}
		}
		ground.setIndices(indices_array);
	}

 

[Dad72]

I have you add an example on the playground :

http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#99GABU

[waverider]

Great awesome!! 

[waverider]

looks better

http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#99GABU#1