Creating 3D objects at runtime?

[AW999]

Does JPCT allow a program to generate 3D objects at runtime? 

[EgonOlsen]

Of course. You can always create new Object3Ds and add triangles to it. The only precondition is, that you have to know the polygon count of your object before creating it.

[AW999]

Thank you for your reply. What's the easiest way to handle terrain?  I thought I read somewhere that there was a special feature for it, but I can't find the page now.

[EgonOlsen]

What do you mean by "handle"? Create or render it? For creation, have a look at this thread: http://www.jpct.net/forum2/index.php/topic,1343.0.html

[AW999]

What do you mean by "handle"? Create or render it? For creation, have a look at this thread: http://www.jpct.net/forum2/index.php/topic,1343.0.html

  Thank you - that should be a big help. But if I'm wondering if there's any other way to do it, such as a 'heightmap' type 2D array separate from any 3D polygon objects?  I remember coming across a webpage that seemed to imply that something of that sort was possible, although I may have misinterpreted.

[trisco]

you could dynamically generate a perlin noise map or load a greyscale bitmap and displace the terrain vertices based on that map, however, that doesn't change anything about the basic terrain creating as shown by EgonOlsen.