Reimplement the old terrain as standalone component / add-on

[Nauk]

+ it works
+ tested for many years and stable
+ it is lightweight, easy to use, beginner friendly and well documented
+ it is consistent with Ogres material system which Ogre::Terrain is not
+ some people don't need more, e.g. quick demos, prototypes, etc
+ I guess parting it from the scene-manager is not such a big effort ( I am already playing with the thought of doing it )
+ would be a pity to just dump it
+ many forum posts and wiki entries would still be valid

- ?

[PhilipLB]

- It doesn't support paging

[drwbns]

Are we talking about the 1.7 component or the previous version ?

[Nauk]

The one prior Ogre::Terrain, called Terrain Scene Manager, used to be part of the Octree Scene Manager and was deprecated with Ogre 1.8(?).

[drwbns]

Oh ok. I wasn't sure because the Terrain component also uses Ogre::Terrain