Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Terrain Editor => Topic started by: artik on January 25, 2017, 02:28:54 PM
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2017-01-25: Version 1.9
- Added 3 types of ground mapping european, pacific and mediterranean optimized different tile sets
they can be selected using tile_set option in config.ini
- Implemented automatic updates checks and updater software.
- Fixed bug #4: Now really the smoothing is much more accurate and peasing
MakeAHMap upgrade process automated and simplified!
There is an automatic updater: http://cppcms.com/files/makeahmap/update_makeahmap.exe
Put it into the directory you keep MakeAHMap and run it. It would automatically update the program to the most recent version.
Each new release already contains the update_makeahmap.exe
Additionally makeahmap.exe would check upon run if there are updates available
Three types of ground mapping are provided for different tile sets
It is important to use tile_set option and set it to one of europe, pacific or mediterranean - the same tileset you use for the terrain.
For example:
tile_set = "pacific"
It is very important to use the correct one to get proper splittype.bmp
Splattype smoothing and tiles selection was improved in general.
It is highly recommended for all MakeAHMap users to update your versions - it is very simple now.
Also as short reminder I recommend to all users to take a look on the following options regarding water generation:
water_alt_limit - if you have high altitude rivers or lakes they may modify the terrain too much (see output/sea_level.ppm) so it is good idea to cut them at some point.
lake_or_island_min_size - may help in removal of small lakes or islands that do not bring added values.
river_level - the "majority" of the river allows to control how many rivers are added to the terrain.
You can observe the effents on the terrain by looking on
output\water_bodies.pgm - outline of water bodies
output\sea_level.ppm - the modifications of the mean sea level such that water bodies are placed at 0 altitude.
I think these can be very useful for fine tuning the terrain.
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Thanks, I will get this and start playing. Your hard work is much appreciated.
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Why would I be unable to get anything for the Hawaiian Islands? I'm using:
lat=21.3069
lon=157.8583
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Thanks, I will get this and start playing. Your hard work is much appreciated.
Thanks
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Why would I be unable to get anything for the Hawaiian Islands? I'm using:
lat=21.3069
lon=157.8583
What do you mean?
What does the program prints?
What do you get in the output directory?
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Try
lon=-157.8583
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What do you mean?
What does the program prints?
What do you get in the output directory?
Never mind. See below.
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Try
lon=-157.8583
Thanks, that did the trick, although for the life of me, I thought I had already tried that LOL
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Well I was able to run it for the Aleutians map. Checking stuff now on the splat map.
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Well I was able to run it for the Aleutians map. Checking stuff now on the splat map.
One thing I forget to mention in the release notes,
I added a special mode that helps mapping Globcover codes to the splattype tiles:
You can run:
makeahmap.exe --type=NNN
from the command line (you can type cmd in "path" location of the folder with makeahmap to open the command line there) like
makeahmap.exe --type=110
Setting the globcover code you want to observe and it creates in output folder the ground_mapping.bmp with the area that contains this globcover codes and coordinates of the 10 largest clusters of this type in the map. (They are also printed out)
Now all you need to do is copy-paste them in google maps select satellite view and decide which tile fits the type best.
This way I created the mapping for med and pac tile sets (see resources\globcover\[typecode].csv)
It significantly speeds up mapping.
So if you have improvements for these mappings you are more than welcome to provide.
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Artik
When i d/l the new version 1.9 I either get can't open due to changelog txt not found or I get some dll files missing. I am using windows 10 as my ops system.
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What Dll? Try to run makeahmap_cpu.exe
Can you post a print screen
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Also please can you tell me exactly what are you doing, where is the program located what do you see, screenshot and the output of the program will help me to understand what is exactly the problem. Try to provide as much details as possible
Thanks
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hi im new , id like to get the program i need and the read me file i need.
i found this on the internet.
Index of /files/makeahmap/
Name Last Modified Size Type
Parent Directory/ - Directory
images/ 2014-May-03 23:40:32 - Directory
makeahmap-1.1alpha.zip 2016-May-06 00:04:22 2.2M application/zip
makeahmap-1.2alpha.zip 2016-May-07 23:21:55 2.3M application/zip
makeahmap-1.3alpha.zip 2016-Jun-14 00:17:00 2.7M application/zip
makeahmap-1.4alpha.zip 2016-Jun-15 23:37:18 2.7M application/zip
makeahmap-1.5beta.zip 2016-Jul-01 20:25:08 2.8M application/zip
makeahmap-1.6.zip 2016-Dec-30 22:53:17 2.5M application/zip
makeahmap-1.7.zip 2017-Jan-18 00:17:29 2.5M application/zip
makeahmap-1.8.zip 2017-Jan-19 00:04:23 2.5M application/zip
makeahmap-1.9.zip 2017-Jan-25 20:07:53 3.4M application/zip
makeahmap_v0.1.zip 2013-Oct-19 18:35:18 1.7M application/zip
makeahmap_v0.2.zip 2013-Oct-22 18:10:28 1.7M application/zip
makeahmap_v0.3.zip 2013-Oct-23 23:38:17 1.7M application/zip
makeahmap_v0.4.zip 2013-Oct-24 13:37:41 1.7M application/zip
makeahmap_v0.5.zip 2013-Oct-29 23:53:22 2.2M application/zip
makeahmap_v0.6.zip 2013-Nov-02 19:56:19 2.2M application/zip
update_makeahmap.exe 2017-Jan-25 20:06:18 2.7M application/x-msdos-program
lighttpd/1.4.28
Is there a good place for me to start today?
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First of all start from the documentation:
http://www.hitechcreations.com/wiki/index.php/Terrain_Generation_From_Geographical_Data
You need to download the latest version - as you can see from this thread it is 1.9 - i.e. makeahmap-1.9.zip - unzip it and start working.