terrian tool

[Master chief]

ok workign on my stuff i have come to realize that most of my current terrains look like a flat plane with parts pushed up , bt then i heard about the terrain tool , unfortunatly i know nothing about how to use it , any help

[Rodney]

For others looking in that may not know... the Terrain Wizard is a little paint tool built into A:M that lets you A) Paint a terrain B ) Import an image as a terrain.

 

With it you can transform a spline mesh grid into an environment for them for your animated adventures to take place in.

 

To start the Terrain Wizard:

- Create a new Model

- Right Click in the Model window

- Select > Plugins > Wizards > Terrain

- Adjust the settings or paint on the provided screen to create a terrain.

 

Note: The reason many first attempts fail with the Terrain Wizard is due to the Magnitude not being set high enough.

[Rodney]

When painting on the screen adjust the slider on the left up or down to paint your height map in grayscale colors.

 

White/lighter colors create elevated terrain.

Black/darker colors create depressions.

 

Try several different options.

Experiment and see what you get.

[Rodney]

Remember that the smaller the mesh the less detail your terrain will have.

Its usually a good idea to keep paint colors smoothly transitioning in your height map.

Painting white next to black will cause major changes in your terrain.

[Rodney]

A very handy method of adjustig your height map is to use a filter.

Blur works really well.

If you want to repeat the application of the filter several more times select the Apply button.

[Rodney]

Blur can help you create much smoother terrain.

[Rodney]

Try to keep your experimenting simple at first.

Even simple terrain can work well after texture is applied.

[Rodney]

There are many other options to use with the Terrain Wizard besides painting.

- Try that Load button to import images (Color images will be converted automatically to grayscale)

...and of course you can use the same image as a texture on that terrain!

 

- Try that Render button (adjust the Noise type and scale and Render again)

[Rodney]

Perhaps most importantly... post your results here.