Utilisation de GridMaps

Introduction

Gridmaps sont un outil pour créer des niveaux de jeu 3D, similaire à la manière dont TileMap fonctionne en 2D. Vous commencez avec une collection prédéfinie de maillages 3D (une MeshLibrary) qui peuvent être placés sur une grille, comme si vous construisiez un niveau avec un nombre illimité de blocs Lego.

Les collisions et la navigation peuvent également être ajoutées aux maillages, tout comme vous le feriez avec les tuiles d'une carte en mosaïque.

Exemple de projets

Pour apprendre comment fonctionnent les GridMaps, commencez par télécharger le projet d'exemple :gridmap_starter.zip.

Unzip this project and add it to the Project Manager using the "Import" button. You may get a popup saying that it needs to be converted to a newer Godot version, click Convert project.godot.

Création d’une MeshLibrary

To begin, you need a MeshLibrary, which is a collection of individual meshes that can be used in the gridmap. Open the "mesh_library_source.tscn" scene to see an example of how to set up the mesh library.

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Comme vous pouvez le voir, cette scène a un nœud Node3D comme racine, et un certain nombre d'enfants MeshInstance3D.

Si vous n'avez pas besoin de physique dans votre scène, alors c'est fini. Cependant, dans la plupart des cas, vous voudrez assigner des corps de collision aux mailles.

Collisions

Vous pouvez assigner manuellement un StaticBody3D et un CollisionShape3D à chaque maillage. Vous pouvez également utiliser le menu "Maillage" pour créer automatiquement le corps de collision en fonction des données du maillage.

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Notez qu'un corps de collision "convexe" fonctionnera mieux pour des mailles simples. Pour des formes plus complexes, sélectionnez "Create Trimesh Static Body". Une fois que chaque maille a un corps physique et une forme de collision assignés, votre bibliothèque de mailles est prête à être utilisée.

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Matériaux

Seuls les matériaux provenant des mailles sont utilisés lors de la génération de la bibliothèque de mailles. Les matériaux définis sur le nœud seront ignorés.

Le format MeshLibrary

To summarize the specific constraints of the MeshLibrary format, a MeshLibrary scene has a Node3D as the root node, and several child nodes which will become MeshLibrary items. Each child of the root node should:

  • Be a MeshInstance3D, which will become the MeshLibrary item. Only this visual mesh will be exported.

  • Have a material, in the mesh's material slot, not the MeshInstance3D's material slots.

  • Have up to one StaticBody3D child, for collision. The StaticBody3D should have one or more CollisionShape3D children.

  • Have up to one NavigationRegion3D child, for navigation. The NavigationRegion3D can have one or more additional MeshInstance3D children, which can be baked for navigation, but won't be exported as a visual mesh.

Only this specific format is recognized. Other node types placed as children will not be recognized and exported. GridMap is not a general-purpose system for placing nodes on a grid, but rather a specific, optimized system, designed to place meshes with collisions and navigation.

Exportation de la MeshLibrary

To export the library, click on Scene > Export As... > MeshLibrary..., and save it as a resource.

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Vous pouvez trouver une MeshLibrary déjà exportée dans le projet nommé "MeshLibrary.tres".

Utilisation de GridMap

Create a new scene and add a GridMap node. Add the mesh library by dragging the resource file from the FileSystem dock and dropping it in the Mesh Library property in the Inspector.

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Inspector properties

The Physics Material setting allows you to override the physics material for every mesh in the NavigationMesh.

Under Cells, the Size property should be set to the size of your meshes. You can leave it at the default value for the demo. Uncheck the Center Y property.

The Collision options allow you to set the collision layer, collision mask, and priority for the entire grid. For more information on how those work see the Physique section.

Under Navigation is the "Bake Navigation" option. If enabled it creates a navigation region for each cell that uses a mesh library item with a navigation mesh.

If you click on the MeshLibrary itself in the inspector you can adjust settings for individual meshes, such as their navigation mesh, navigation layers, or if the mesh casts shadows.

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GridMap panel

At the bottom of the editor is the GridMap panel, which should have opened automatically when you added the GridMap node.

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De gauche à droite dans la barre d'outils :

  • Transform: Adds a gizmo to the scene that allows you to change the relative position and rotation of the gridmap in the scene.

  • Selection: While active you can select an area in the viewport, click and drag to select more than one space on the grid.

  • Erase: While active, click in the viewport and delete meshes.

  • Paint: While active, click in the viewport and add whatever mesh is currently selected in the GridMap panel to the scene.

  • Pick: While active, clicking on a gridmap mesh in the viewport will cause it to be selected in the GridMap panel.

  • Fill: Fill the area that has been selected in the viewport with whatever mesh is selected in the GridMap bottom panel.

  • Move: Move whatever mesh or meshes are currently selected in the viewport.

  • Duplicate: Create a copy of whatever the selected mesh or meshes in the GridMap are.

  • Delete: Similar to erase, but for the entire selected area.

  • Cursor Rotate X: While the paint tool is selected, this will rotate the mesh that will be painted on the X-axis. This will also rotate selected areas if they are being moved.

  • Cursor Rotate Y: While the paint tool is selected, this will rotate the mesh that will be painted on the Y-axis. This will also rotate selected areas if they are being moved.

  • Cursor Rotate Z: While the paint tool is selected, this will rotate the mesh that will be painted on the Z-axis. This will also rotate selected areas if they are being moved.

  • Change Grid Floor: Adjusts what floor is currently being worked on, can be changed with the arrows or typing

  • Filter Meshes: Used to search for a specific mesh in the bottom panel.

  • Zoom: Controls the zoom level on meshes in the bottom panel.

  • Layout toggles: These two buttons toggle between different layouts for meshes in the bottom panel.

  • Tools dropdown: This button opens a dropdown menu with a few more options.

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Clicking on Settings in that dropdown brings up a window that allows you to change the Pick Distance, which is the maximum distance at which tiles can be placed on a GridMap, relative to the camera position (in meters).

Utiliser GridMap dans le code

Voir GridMap pour plus de détails sur les méthodes du nœud et les variables membres.