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TheMooseIsLoose: /* Create Height map */

2017-03-17T00:46:40Z

Create Height map

2017-03-17T00:17:38Z

What you will need

2017-03-16T23:58:59Z

fix images

2017-03-16T23:07:25Z

bringing enetheru's beginners tutorial to Zero-K and replacing some steps with ZK specific methods

2017-03-16T23:04:17Z

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Hello

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 For this tutorial we will be creating a 4x4 size map, which is relatively small. Typically maps will be 8x8 (for a 1v1) or larger, but entirely depends on the game you are targeting.
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-<li>Check the [[Mapdev:height|height]] page to get our image dimensions. In our case a 4x4 map yields a image resolution of 257x257 pixels
+<li>Heightmap dimensions in pixels = Spring Map Size * 64 + 1. In our case a 4x4 map yields a image resolution of 257x257 pixels
 <li>Create a 257x257 greyscale image using your image editor
 <li>Draw the terrain</li>
 <li>Save the image to your working directory, call it heightmap.png
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-{{Tip|Black represents the lowest elevation on the map, white represents the highest, in between lies all the shades of grey. Hard edges in the image will be cliffs, and smooth gradients will be ramps.}}
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 * An image editor, such as [http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP] or [http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html Adobe Photoshop], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_raster_graphics_editors#List etc]
 * [http://www.7-zip.org/ 7zip]
-* Windows - [[MapConv]], Linux - [[MapConvNG]]
+* A map compiler. This tutorial will use [http://springfiles.com/spring/development/spring-map-edit SpringMapEdit]. There is also [https://springrts.com/wiki/MapConv MapConv] for Windows, and [https://springrts.com/wiki/MapConvNG MapConvNG] for Linux.
 * a copy of the map blueprint [https://github.com/jk3064/Map-Blueprint/archive/master.zip archive]
-There are a multitude of other tools you can use to make maps, however for the purposes of this beginners tutorial, these are the only ones you will need. Check the [[Mapdev:Main#Tools|tools]] section for more information.
+There are a multitude of other tools you can use to make maps, however for the purposes of this beginners tutorial, these are the only ones you will need.
 = Download =

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-| [[File:Mapdev-height.png|256px]] || [[File:Mapdev-height-example.png]]
+| [[File:Mapdev-height.png]] || [[File:Mapdev-height-example.png]]
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 ! Example Height Map !! Ingame Result
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-| [[File:Mapdev-metal.png|256px]] || [[File:Mapdev-metal-example.png]]
+| [[File:Mapdev-metal.png]] || [[File:Mapdev-metal-example.png]]
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 ! Example Metal Map !! Ingame Result
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-| [[File:Mapdev-grass.png]] || [[File:Mapdev-grass-example.png|455px]]
+| [[File:Mapdev-grass.png]] || [[File:Mapdev-grass-example.png]]
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 ! Grass map !! In Game Result