Height of buiding blocks ...

[jollyjack]

Is there a way to measure height of a water tower, lighthouse and other blocks in the ME?

This for placing effects etc on top of 'em.

 

Also is it possible to make a search light shine during daylight?

[Jaegermeister]

You can measure the height of a water tower or other tall object by placing an effect on top of them and adjusting it until it is right at the top, then noting the height in meters.

 

 

Searchlights in daytime, not that I know of.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

You can change the height of the objects in the "ground" category in the mission editor. Place one so that it barely breaches the surface at the location of the tall object, another one at the top, and measure the difference. 

[jollyjack]

On 4/2/2022 at 12:01 AM, Jaegermeister said:

You can measure the height of a water tower or other tall object by placing an effect on top of them and adjusting it until it is right at the top, then noting the height in meters.

 

That's how i did it so far, time consuming though.....

[JG4_Deciman]

Hi there

 

Did some 'parsing' of the '.mgm' files

and managed to extract the sizes...

 

Y is the height

 

File is 'csv' conform

All fields are separated by ';', numbers are decimal '.' as decimal separator

 

Deci

Measures Report.txt

[DD_Friar]

As far as I was aware the Y axis is locked in the editor, there was a "campaign" a while back to "Free The Y-Axis!"

 

Are we now saying that heights can be adjusted?

Is it all objects or just some?

I know the observation / barrage balloons can but did not think anything else could? 

 

Can they be changed in the mission file via "the back door"?

 

I need to do some digging.....

[Jaegermeister]

4 hours ago, DD_Friar said:

As far as I was aware the Y axis is locked in the editor, there was a "campaign" a while back to "Free The Y-Axis!"

 

Are we now saying that heights can be adjusted?

Is it all objects or just some?

I know the observation / barrage balloons can but did not think anything else could? 

 

Only the height of effects can be changed.

Barrage balloons are considered a type of plane. They have altitude, direction, etc.

Blocks are placed on the ground automatically.

 

[DD_Friar]

Sorry - I re-read the OP, I get what he means now - for adding smoke to the top of chimneys etc.

 

[JG4_Deciman]

4 hours ago, Jaegermeister said:

 

Only the height of effects can be changed.

Barrage balloons are considered a type of plane. They have altitude, direction, etc.

Blocks are placed on the ground automatically.

 

 

Hmmm, yes AND no

 

After having participated in different missions

and noticing some 'strange' blocks inside those missions (bunkers flying in the air)

I know there is a way....

And I also know that way is NOT possible from inside mission editor...

 

Whenever moving a group of objects inside the mission editor it seems, the 'height' axis is NOT ALWAYS changed for objects inside.

Noticed that for 'Grounds' (inside mission editor) and also for blocks (from observations by participating in missions)

 

And I also noticed that even resaving a mission (resaver OR mission editor) would NOT place at least grounds (and maybe blocks) on ground automatically

 

So it seems that you can edit the Altitude (Y Axis) of any (some?) blocks by using a simple text editor

and editing the '.mission' file

Afterwards a resaving is done (resaver or editor)

 

And if you do not touch the 'modded' object inside the editor directly

it seems that the 'modded' height is not changed to 'on ground'

 

Deci

 

Edited April 27, 2022 by JG4_Deciman