==[TASK]== Structure Platforms

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

I've named them platforms to differentiate them from the "foundations" already used in the game for a different purpose. Platforms are actors placed beneath structure actors to help the structure blend into the terrain grid better (for example, on sloped terrain) and remove the "floating" effect for many structures in-game, especially large ones like wonders.

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[hyperion]

2 hours ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

Platforms are actors placed beneath structure actors

Which should be more computationally expensive than adding the "platform" to the model itself, right?

[Stan`]

24 minutes ago, hyperion said:

Which should be more computationally expensive than adding the "platform" to the model itself, right?

Correct.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

52 minutes ago, hyperion said:

Which should be more computationally expensive than adding the "platform" to the model itself, right?

We're talking about geometrically simple shapes, usually cubes. The problem with simply adding additional geometry to the existing building mesh is that the civ structure textures often don't have a good texture for it.