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Terrain.SampleHeight

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public function SampleHeight(worldPosition: Vector3): float;
public float SampleHeight(Vector3 worldPosition);

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Description

Samples the height at the given position defined in world space, relative to the terrain space.

	function LateUpdate () {
		transform.position.y = Terrain.activeTerrain.SampleHeight(transform.position);
	}

void LateUpdate() {
    	Vector3 pos = transform.position;
        pos.y = Terrain.activeTerrain.SampleHeight(transform.position);
        transform.position = pos;
    }
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