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General Forums => Terrain Editor => Topic started by: mrmidi on November 07, 2010, 11:28:29 AM
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I've been getting several PM's and emails about my TE tutorials.
The old TE for Dummies PDF file that is floating around is out dated and no longer valid.
The most current tutorials are the ones on the AHWiki located here Midi's Terrain Tutorials (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/wiki/index.php/Mrmidi%27s_TE_Tutorials)
Hope this clears up any confusion any one has.
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midi
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There is a funny bug in wiki if you go to wiki - content creation - editors...the wiki won't let you access the information
If you use midi's direct link it lets you see it
Just a heads up
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There is a funny bug in wiki if you go to wiki - content creation - editors...the wiki won't let you access the information
If you use midi's direct link it lets you see it
Just a heads up
Hmm, works for me bro.
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OK I know it's been quite a while since I said I would get the next part of my tutorials posted, but have had quite a lot
going on in the last few months.
This is the first part of the "Working With Elevations for the Terrain Editor" series.
It will show you how to make an elevation bit map to use for creating your terrain.
This is simply a tutorial on the way I do things, it doesn't mean it is the exact or right way to do it but I find it to be the easiest
way, using tools and things that you don't have to buy. With the exception of Photoshop which I reference in my tutorials.
There are other graphics editors that are free you can use also such as Gimp.
As I said this is just the tutorial on how to create the elevation bit map, I have started the next one on how to take that image and make your terrain.
There are a couple of links inside the tutorial to files needed, 2 of which I have hosted on my web site so you won't have to try and hunt them down.
This tutorial is not on the AHWiki yet so I'll link to the .pdf version here.
Working with Elevations part 1 Creating the elevation bit map (http://www.mrmidi.net/AHTE/Working_with_elevations_in_the_TE.pdf)
I tried to keep the explanations in this one as simple as possible, so I hope it helps.
As usual if you have questions you can post them in the TE forums or PM me directly and I will do my best to get you an answer.
Hope every one has a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday season.
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midi
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Great job as always my friend. :aok
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Thanks a ton mrmidi. Have been waiting for you to do this one.
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mrmidi
i tried to click on the link for your set3 dat and it comes up file404 page not found, is there a way to post the file here??
Thanks in advance. Lawndart
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Sorry my bad I forgot to remove the publichtml tag. :huh
This should be it. http://www.mrmidi.net/AHTE/set3.dat
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midi
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MrMidi,
That worked great and thanks for the fast reply.
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Hyperlinks within the PDF file should all be working properly now, sorry for the over site.
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midi
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Great job Midi! :aok
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The link to download the DEM's does not seem to be working for me. I keep getting the following error.
550 Can't change directory to /pub/data/gtopo30/global/: No such file or directory.
Thank you for all the effort you have put in to getting the masses educated on the use of the TE. I know this takes time.
Sorry if I am being a pain and this particular problem may even be on my end but I don't know how to fix it either.
I am pretty eager to see how this works and how much better it will make my terrains look.
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No problem bud... the link in the document is actually an ftp link more for an ftp client... you can
use the following http link and get there as well... you will just have to download them one at a time.
http://edcftp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/gtopo30/global/
There is also a tiles.gif image in the folder there which tells you what dem file covers what area of the globe, in case you only need a particular area..
Let me know if you need anything else.
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midi
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That did it. Thanks again mrmidi.
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It appears that you can no longer anonymously FTP into the USGS server to get all the DEM files at once.
So you will have to use the http link instead. http://edcftp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/gtopo30/global/
There is an image in there called "tiles.gif" that tells you what DEM file set covers what area in case you don't want the entire globe.
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midi
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New tutorial for those that have been waiting on this one.
Working with elevations in the Terrain Editor Part 2 getting the elevation file into your terrain.
http://www.mrmidi.net/AHTE/Working_with_elevations_in_the_TE_Part_2.pdf
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midi
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Updated the download link for the editor in the first tutorial on the AHWiki...
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midi
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Fixed a typo in the part about painting the texture on the land.
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midi
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After the 2nd partof the tutorials, my CBM in game was pitch black, you could see field icons but not the gridlines or grid numbers. Do you know what I did wrong???
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After the 2nd partof the tutorials, my CBM in game was pitch black, you could see field icons but not the gridlines or grid numbers. Do you know what I did wrong???
The bmp file needs to be indexed 256 color. Not sure about the indexed part, but pretty sure about the 256 color part. :)
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Make sure in the bottom right for terrain window options and select "Grid" prior to clicking on make map.
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midi
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The first link in the elevation turtoial part 1 does not work
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First page of this thread, and the 13th post down references the link to the USGS site for the DEM data.
No problem bud... the link in the document is actually an ftp link more for an ftp client... you can
use the following http link and get there as well... you will just have to download them one at a time.
http://edcftp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/gtopo30/global/
There is also a tiles.gif image in the folder there which tells you what dem file covers what area of the globe, in case you only need a particular area..
Let me know if you need anything else.
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midi
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Link to the Tutorials in the first post was not working... here is a new link
http://www.hitechcreations.com/wiki/index.php/Mrmidi%27s_TE_Tutorials
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midi
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That link doesnt work Need help
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It is offline, at the moment, due to a hard drive failure at the colocation facility where the server is. We are working on getting it back online today.
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Worked fine for me. :headscratch:
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That is because we got it back online last last night.
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Now we only need a downloadable terrain editor ;)
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The link to geo-data is not available...
Does anybody have an up-to-date link? Or alternative source of this geo-data?
Edit: The server is offline due to the government shutdown... :(
Is there any non US-government mirror available?
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What is the normal link for geo-data? :headscratch: