[Map] Badghis mountains (2km) [WIP]

[Zeno]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Rhino

DEM data for the most part is really low quality. Using DEM data on its own is not enough for a FPS like BF2 which each grid square is 2ms. Right now your only using like 10m grids worth of data.

You need to add the missing detail the DEM dosen't have, unless you want really low detailed terrain.

smooth tool is my friend

[SWIZZ=kettcar=]

sure

nice work so far zeno

[Rhino]

Originally Posted by Zeno

smooth tool is my friend

You sir have just lost 20pts. Smoothing is the opposite thing you want to be doing...

Ok lets take muttrah for example a sec, here its its primary heightmap:


Now if we zoom in 500% on the mountains to the north, we can see all the differences in height by the colour of the pixels.


notice there is a lot of variation in the pixel colours from one to the next, some very dark with the other right next to it might brighter. All this variation makes for the natural looking rock face where you have some bits of rock sticking out etc, as seen here:




Now for a start, if I make the image much lower scale (which basiclaly what a DEM image is like) you end up with it looking like this:



Notice all thous small detail pixels have gone, all thous small jitters etc have been lost and basically "smoothed out" into the surrounding area.

Now that's what you have to work with that's fine but you now need to add the detail back in, not take even more out by smoothing it even more....

[Zeno]

i see your point but when you directly import terrain from DEM you get a very uneven terrain that is almost impossible to walk on... thats why i use the smooth tool and then go over with the random tool/smooth tool to add details

[Rhino]

Ye the main reason its probably impossible to walk on thou is because you most likley didn't use a 2km area off the DEM data, your most likley squeezing something like a 16 or 32km area into 2kms which then ye makes it impossible to walk on

If you use 2km DEM on a 2km area, its very easy to walk on as its incredibly smooth hehe.

[Zeno]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Rhino

Ye the main reason its probably impossible to walk on thou is because you most likley didn't use a 2km area off the DEM data, your most likley squeezing something like a 16 or 32km area into 2kms which then ye makes it impossible to walk on

If you use 2km DEM on a 2km area, its very easy to walk on as its incredibly smooth hehe.

i know all this

im making the the desert dunes green now

[MikeDude]

This map gives an freaking awesome feeling! +10 for this map!

[Zeno]

OP updated:

[Zeno]

how do i place caches and code it to work properly? and link to tutorials or explenation how to?

[AFsoccer]

Originally Posted by Zeno

how do i place caches and code it to work properly? and link to tutorials or explenation how to?

We hope to have a tutorial for this shortly.