Newbie questions - skybox cords and transparent ground.

[Kilombo]

Hello,

 

I'm trying to implement a transparent ground or plane. I need the ground coordinates (has references "on click/tap") but I don't want it to be visible.

Another question is related to the skybox coordinates. I'm not beeing able to find what the _nx, _ny, etc.. represents in terms of "right", "top", "bottom", etc.. images.

Btw, how do you set the skybox to be at "infinite distance" ? Cause no one is supposed to get near to the skybox limit.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Kilombo

[GameMonetize]

For infiniteDistance, justuse mesh.infiniteDistance = true

nx means negative x (left), etc...

 

Could you elaborate more your first question?

[Kilombo]

Thanks. The infiniteDistance worked just fine 

About the ground. Has you see in my code, i've got a "ground". But i need it to be transparent instead of textured or with any kind of color. I already tried to remove the texture. Change the createGround for createPlane, but it didn't worked out.

I need the ground reference. You see, when i click in some place on it, it will run a "scene.pick" that returns the coordinates. But it's only working with a ground or plane.

 

//Criação de chão de teste.

        var chaoTeste = BABYLON.Mesh.CreateGround("chaoteste", 500, 500, 1, scene, false);

        var chaoTesteMaterial = new BABYLON.StandardMaterial("chaoteste", scene);

        chaoTesteMaterial.diffuseTexture = new BABYLON.Texture("Textures/ground.jpg", scene);

        chaoTesteMaterial.diffuseTexture.uScale = 60;

        chaoTesteMaterial.diffuseTexture.vScale = 60;

        chaoTeste.position.y = -2.05; 

        chaoTeste.material = chaoTesteMaterial;

 

Thanks in advance.

[GameMonetize]

can you try ground.visible = false ?

[Kilombo]

Thanks, it worked. Actually it was "invisibility" instead of invisible. 

 

That was really helpfull.

[Wingnut]

hehe.  I think both of these guys have been hitting the sauce.  But who am I to make such judgements, eh? 

 

MY version of babylon.js uses...   .visibility = <a float number in the range of 0 to 1 inclusive>

 

Maybe I am hallucinating this entire topic thread. 

[GameMonetize]

it is mesh.isVisible btw:)

[Wingnut]

Ahh, yes, now that one DOES work with a true or false.  Good deal.    Good forum fun, and at half the price of fun on other forums.  (thx deltakosh!)