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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Blitzwerks Terrain Tutorials

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Scotty1973
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2011 16:46
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This looks a great plug in but there seems little in terms of tutorials, I've tried the blitzwerks.co.uk website but there is some problem with it.

I wanted to know how to create the bitmaps for height, texture, detail and exclusion.
Is there a program to see how it will look in 3D or is it just a question of using programs such as gimp and creating the bitmaps?

Many thanks

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KISTech
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2011 07:05 Edited at: 3rd Jun 2011 07:05
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We're working on the website issue. In the meantime, the free version has examples with it. They install in your DBPro folder under examples.

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Posted: 3rd Jun 2011 12:45
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Thank you Kistech for your reply. I've looked at the examples and they look great!
What us the best way to create the media files like those supplied with the examples? I assume a program like Gimp but wondered how to line up textures etc.

Also the commands that I'm unsure about are ...
BT setTerrainScale in example 12 but what does this refer to..

BT SetTerrainYScale
BT SetTerrainSplit
BT SetTerrainDetailTile

Sorry to be a pain just want to be able to understand it.
Many thanks
Scott
Any news when the website will be sorted ?
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Thank you Kistech for your reply, I've looked at the examples and they look great!!

What is the best way to create the media files like those supplied with the examples? I assume a program like Gimp, paint etc but wondered how to line up the textures etc.

Also some commands i'm unsure about are ...

BT SetTerrainScale in the example it's set to 12 but what does this mean/refer to..

BT SetTerrainYScale
BT SetTerrainSplit
BT SetTerrainDetailTile

Sorry to be a pain, just want to be able to understand it.

Many thanks.

Scotty.

p.s. Any news when the website will be sorted?
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2011 18:19
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The webserver seems to be having a hard drive issue. Not sure when it will be back up.

I use L3DT to make the heightmaps and textures I use for BT.

BT SetTerrainScale : Scales the terrain on the X and Z axis, giving you control over how much area the terrain covers.

BT SetTerrainYScale : Allows you to set the scale of the height differences in your terrain.

BT SetTerrainSplit : The terrains are split into parts that the culling system uses to improve performance. There are minimums and maximums depending on your heightmap size, and the value of BT SetTerrainScale. You'll have to experiment to find the right setting for your situation on that one.

BT SetTerrainDetailTile : If you supply an image to BT SetTerrainDetail it will use that image across the entire terrain to give a bump map look to it. BT SetTerrainDetailTile allows you to set the scale of that image as it's repeated across the terrain.

Hope that helps.

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Hi Kistech

Thank you for your help gonna download L3DT and have a look tomorrow.

Hope the website will be sorted soon!

Thanks for making my first use of these forums a pleasent one!


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You bet. Welcome aboard.

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