fxDtsBrick::getExposedArea() always returns 0

[DurkaDude]

Basically all of the getExposedArea functions I call on a brick return 0, implying that the brick has every face completely covered when they are not. I'm making an add-on that coverts groups of bricks to a single BLB and I'm trying to find out which faces of a brick are covered so I can hide them and allow the player to have more bricks converted without using up as much Quads.

I really don't want to reinvent the wheel and calculate this manually.

I found a similar topic from 2011 with no conclusion

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[Zeblote]

These functions only work on the client side (ghosted bricks in ServerConnection) since coverage is not computed for server sided ones.

[DurkaDude]

These functions only work on the client side (ghosted bricks in ServerConnection) since coverage is not computed for server sided ones.

I guess that makes sense. Now that I'm thinking about it there's no reason I can't make the entire mod generate .blb's client sided (with culling) and serversided without culling. Maybe in the future I'll calculate it manually on the serverside.

[Woof]

Wait, if it's only for the client side, how can you get the brick ID in the first place?

[DurkaDude]

Wait, if it's only for the client side, how can you get the brick ID in the first place?

serverConnection.getObject(#);

[Shift Kitty]

Wait, if it's only for the client side, how can you get the brick ID in the first place?

How do you think saving works?

[Woof]

lmao point taken