BuildingRenderConfig (Each building consists of different parts that can be configured by this object)

• Create Meshes

  • a multi selectable field which part of the building should be generated

    • FLOOR

    • FOUNDATION

    • WALLS

    • ROOF

Merge Meshes

• checked - all buildings are collapsed into one actor

• unchecked - each building is there own actor

• Generate UVs

  • should the building generator also calculate UV coordinates?

    • disable that option if don't have a tileable texture for your buildings

    • increase render performance slightly if unchecked

Height Per Level

• If that information is available each building have a real world representation of there floors/levels. This field configure how tall each level is.

  • in unreal units

Generate Collisions

• should the building generator also create collision data?

  • Warning: If you disable this option, the decoration system can not detect that this place is occupied by a building object and will place decorations even if you select "don't spawn on buildings"

Default Building Level

• If no information is available how many floors/level the real world building has, this value will be used

  • You can use this mechanic to have buildings with 3 level's in your map (to have a nicer overall feeling)

Clamp to Default Building Level

• If this is checked, all buildings that have more floors/levels than the value in "Default Building Level" are clamped to the value in "Default Building Level"

  • You can use this mechanic to have all buildings the same size (to simulate a skyline)

Elevation Scale

• Coala also has elevation data. With this value you set the scaling.

Area Load Buffer

• This value specifies how many areas around character should be generated.

  • Value of 0 - Only the area where the player is currently in

  • Value of 1 - One area around the players area

    • 3 x 3 = 9 areas in total

  • Value of 2 - Two areas around the players area

    • 5 x 5 = 25 areas in total

  • and so on

• Hint: Do not use a value above 1 on mobile builds because it messes with the performance

Get Weather Updates

• If checked the plugin requesting weather data and update the weather system accordingly

Get Weather Delay

• This value is used to configure how many seconds are between weather updates pulled from the COALA server

GPS Accuracy

• How accurate should the GPS data be?

  • Three Kilometers

  • One Kilometer

  • One Hundred Meters

  • Ten Meters

  • Best

  • Best for Navigation

Enable Movement by Click

• For easier investigation and testing check this box. It allows you to move over the map by right clicking into to scene

Gametag

• A list where the COALA decorator checks the GameTags/context of the cell and decide if this decoration configuration object will be used

Used At

• On rich data layer the decorator should pull the data?

  • currently on "CELLS" layer ( GameTags/context's )

Skip If

• Because the decorations a randomly spawned on the map, it could be that a COALA object is in the way. This field let you define wiche objects should be skipped by calculation's

  • WATER

  • STREETS

  • BUILDINGS

• Example: If you want to have trees over the map (like the PaperMap) but only if there is no WATER, STREETS or BUILDINGS Coala object on that position

Decoration

• The object that will placed

Random Scale Max

Random Scale Min

• let you define in wich range the placed object will be spawned

  • (to have more variations with the same object on the map)

Count Retries If Position Is Occupied

• Because the decorator places the object with in cell bounds, it could be that the random spot is occupied. This values let you configure how often he will try to find a new spot if the last one was occupied.