Collada vertex format and creating Terrain

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Hi guys,

Currently i'm trying to implement a terrain collision class. We are using the .dae file format from Collada and are loading the vertex data into a vbo for drawing. From this face/vertex data i'd like to create a 2d array that stores the corresponding vertexes of the vertex data. I've worked out how this can be done already, but i'm not sure if its going to because i'm unable to determine if the .dae file stores the face data in order.

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This is what i'm hoping to achieve, which i believe is possible with .OBJ format because it stores the vertices in this order but from what i've had a look at, i dont think max exports the collada data like this.

Help is greaty appreciated.

- rocklobster
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You cannot expect anything about the order of vertices/polygons, unless your modeling program explicitly says, that it keeps them in certain order in exported file.

Instead I'd suggest simply walking through all vertices, rounding their X & Y (maybe scaled by sme factor, if your grid step is not exactly 1) coordinates to nearest integer (thus getting array coordinates) and saving Z as the elevation at that point.
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Wow thats a great idea, i can't believe it didnt cross my mind. Thanks!

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