vtTerrainScene Class Reference
[Terrain]

Inheritance diagram for vtTerrainScene:

[legend]List of all members.

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Detailed Description

vtTerrainScene provides a container for all of your vtTerrain objects.

It keeps track of which terrain is active, and allows you to switch between terrains if you have more than one. It also creates some of the surrounding environment (sunlight, skydome) which is common to all of the terrains.

Public Member Functions
vtGroup *	BeginTerrainScene ()
void	AppendTerrain (vtTerrain *pTerrain)
void	SetCurrentTerrain (vtTerrain *pTerrain)
vtGroup *	BuildTerrain (vtTerrain *pTerrain)
unsigned int	NumTerrains ()
	Access the terrains in the list.
vtTerrain *	GetCurrentTerrain ()
	Get the terrain currently being shown.
vtTerrain *	FindTerrainByName (const char *name)
	Find a terrain by its name.

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Member Function Documentation

void vtTerrainScene::AppendTerrain (  vtTerrain *  pTerrain  )

Adds a terrain to the scene.

vtGroup * vtTerrainScene::BeginTerrainScene (   )

Call this method once before adding any terrains, to initialize the vtTerrainScene object.

vtGroup * vtTerrainScene::BuildTerrain (  vtTerrain *  pTerrain  )

BuildTerrain constructs all geometry, textures and objects for a given terrain. Parameters: pTerrain  The terrain to build. Returns: A vtGroup which is the top of the terrain's scene graph.

vtTerrain * vtTerrainScene::FindTerrainByName (  const char *  name  )

Find a terrain whose name begins with a given string.

void vtTerrainScene::SetCurrentTerrain (  vtTerrain *  pTerrain  )

Set the current Terrain for the scene. There can only be one terrain active a at time. If you have more than one terrain, you can use this method to switch between them.

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