Probably very simple, but i cannot figure it out and don't see any posts about this:

When i insert a mesh in the world editor, and have align to heightmap on, some meshes are nicely positioned on the landscape, but others are floating a bit above it.

I've tried repositioning the meshed in the model editor, but that doesn't seem to make any difference. When I view the object matrix points, they are exactly on the landscape, but the pivot is heigher up with the affected meshes.

So how does this work, exactly?

regards,

yvan

I can't remember exactly so I might be off, but I believe the World Editor places the objects based on the center pivot point. You just need to make sure this is where you want it. In 3ds max, you can use the Reset XForm tool then collapse to an editable mesh/poly to save it that way before exporting.

mmm, i import from dae files i bought. Is there any way to do that in the model editor? I tried center and center from phys body, but that didn't work.

if object has physical body avaialble, then it will be used for alignment.
try adjusting phys body relative to the mesh.

ah, ok. That can help. Most of the trees only have a basic Physical box for physx anyway. I could just move it up a bit. however if physics are created from a mesh, this is not really possible, is it?

But thanks!