Dragon going inside the landscape? : V

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:55 pm

The title says it all.

Any tips in how to avoid this? Thanks.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:02 pm

"Sky Marker: For XMarkerHeadings, flags this marker as a point in the air that can be used in a Dragon's flight path."

http://www.creationkit.com/Reference

Havent tryed myself but I think thats the one you're looking for.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:10 pm

Thanks, I'm already using them, problem is during combat, he seems to ignore any object or land.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:45 pm

"This might just be a temporary fix, but depending on how big the things are he's flying through you might set up some invisible collision markers around those objects. "

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1353599-dragon-is-flying-through-terrain-and-objects-this-isnt-good/page__p__21163626__hl__dragon%20fly__fromsearch__1#entry21163626

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:10 pm

Some more possibly helpful links:

http://www.creationkit.com/Collision_Layer
http://www.creationkit.com/Creating_Primitives

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:55 pm

Gonna check all of them, thanks.

» Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:28 am

No problem. I recommend to try Collision Markers first. Thats exactly what game uses, as examble player to leave tamriel. (the invisible wall)

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:23 am

Not sure if collision markers will do any good, but I'm gonna try that.

Regarding the trigger box, whats the object type of the land? I don't know the name, I need that to try the detection solution.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:23 pm

Im not really sure about that.

Have you done complete NavMesh already? If NavMesh is complete, Dragon shouldnt go through ground atleast.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:44 pm

No I haven't, and my hopes are in that.

» Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:26 am

Well then thats the problem... You need to make NavMesh for the ground. Then it doesent fly through it, and make Collision markers for examble trees etc so it doesent fly through them.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:51 am

hopefully it will work.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:42 pm

And as a tip when making new dungeon or worldspace, to keep things simple and not too messy the "creating order" is best to keep.

1. Layout for dungeon
2. Cluttering (furniture)
3. Navmesh
4. Enemys

And after every step check ingame does everything work correctly. And when you're finished NavMesh. Just put 1 enemy in dungeon. Go to him and let him chase you around. So you can see if NavMesh is correct, and NPC doesent stuck in places.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:18 am

Yeah, thats the line of work I follow, but for some reason Dragons are a little bit different.

» Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:11 am

Update

Dragon keeps going inside the Landscape, anyone has discovered a way to avoid this? Thanks.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:30 pm

You have to generate the height information to solve this problem.
When you change something on your landscape, place new houses, trees, etc. you have to generate height information again.

See this thread: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/798488-controlling-dragons/page__p__6394013__hl__dragons+fly__fromsearch__1#entry6394013

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:55 pm

Gonna check that, many thanks.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:35 pm

It works! Many, many thanks! I've added the solution to the wiki:

http://www.creationkit.com/How_to_avoid_dragons_flying_through_landscape