Re: Height Maps
 

I'm bit stuck with my map. I've used the tool and have a perfect heighmap. But whenever I try to place certain terrain to a hex the height of the hex will change as follows:

- if placing clear terrain and height was 0 it will be 5
- if placing trees and height was 0 it will be 0
- if placing pavement and height was 0 it will be 5
- if placing paved road and height was 0 it will be 0

- if placing clear terrain and height was 10 it will be 11
- if placing trees and height was 10 it will be 10
- if placing pavement and height was 10 it will be 5
- if placing paved road and height was 10 will be 10

In conclusion - placing almost anything besides trees or road ruins the height.

I've attached the heightmap so you can see yourself.

What can be done about that ?

Re: Height Maps
 

First things first: whenever you have downloaded a map, open it up in map editor, click fill range, write 255, choose "clear map following the contour" (the other clear terrain - you need to click blue triangle once - in same screen as railways etc.) and then click "fill."

That way you have the hills and slopes properly. The map and game engine don't follow the precise heights that much so it's only close to the actual height. And natural formations don't make that hex grid, either.

Re: Height Maps
 

Here, attached are the loops you must jump thru:
1) set fill range to 255
2) go to correct tool page and select the clear that keeps the height info
3) click fill button (no picture of this)
4) result.

Included in attachments are pictures of 1, 2 and 4 - and a resulting map I got from your map attachment.

Re: Height Maps
 

That's page 2 of the editor ( page 2 is the page the fill range button is NOT on ).......the page one clear gives you ground level grass, Page 2 clear follows the contours and on maps like this you won't know where the contours are until you flood the map with page 2 clear ( grass )

..and "fill range" could be any large number..... I usually type in 500

Don

Re: Height Maps
 

Thanks guys, I'll try again. I've did the step with fill & clear, but apparently not properly (used probably wrong "clear").

Re: Height Maps
 

when you place your cursour over each terrain type in the editor the explanation that shows in the upper left changes.


For page one clear it reads..........

Clear All Terrain From Hex - Add Level Terrain [C]

page 2 clear reads........

Add clear terrain to hex following the contours of the existing map [C]

pressing C will give you clear grass in both pages but you get the correct effect depending on the page you are in

Don

Re: Height Maps
 

Learn something new everyday! :up:

Great for building winter maps!




Just for fun I'm going to try the Link to this map grid function and see if I open it on my spare computer:

http://www.venhola.com/maps/geo.php?...63476562&rot=0

Re: Height Maps
 

If you want to try, you can rotate the map either by
1) entering the degrees to the url: http://www.venhola.com/maps/geo.php?...3476562&rot=45
2) Using alt+shift+mouse drag and then clicking the crosshair symbol (top right)

Re: Height Maps
 

Sweet - just compleated a rotated map of Villiers-Fossard, near St Lo, France. :up:


(disregard link below, unrelated)

http://www.venhola.com/maps/geo.php?...67480469&rot=0

Re: Height Maps
 

Yes but it generates an interesting map:)