

Terrain load-tile terrain.Please post links to any free resources you know of and if possible credit the creators. You can now also create terrains in some multiple of 256x256 to load to multiple regions at one time with the terrain load-tile command.įor example, if you create a 768x768 terrain.r32 file, you can load it to a set of 9 regions centred on 1000,1000 as follows: raw file and change it to " MODE COMBOSED = "32-bit-floating-point(meters)" in the EDIT format option is no longer needed. You need to choose a file type of "R32" in step 10. The new Terrain system requires 元DT export files to have a file extension of. Tutorials: Here is the link to a in-depth tutorial for these steps with pictures and comments.You now have your new terrain! You can at this point use the terrain add, terrain scale, or terrain multiply commands in the opensim console to rescale it to your liking. Now you are finished and ready to upload that terrain file to your simulator.Īssume your file is called "terrain.r32".At the region console, type:

button to select a directory where your maps should be saved.

Name the terrain file whatever you want, and click OK to save it or click the. Select R32 in the File Format Dropdown.ġ1. Choose FILE / EXPORT / EXPORT ACTIVE LAYER MAP (STRG +E) or use the corresponding icon in the menu bar.ġ0. If you are done with your changes hit the ESC key again to proceed with the map export.Ġ9. You get some opensim like land tools for creating hills or cliffs or you can lower or elevate parts of your map. If you like to make adjustments to this map, click on the EDIT button in the menu bar. To get out of the 3D preview just hit the ESC key. You can look/move around with the in the 3D preview (Hold the left mouse button to cam around). If you want to see how the terrain looks, click the 3-D Button in the menu bar. Now the calculation starts and you will be presented with a grayscale picture of your heightmap. (Selecting the other options like Water map gives you a nicer view in 元DT build in Preview but will not be used for opensim.) In the calculation queue (step 3 of 3) only select the Heightfield. Check the Edge wrapping option and click NextĠ8. Set the horizontal scale to 1 (important)Ġ7. So for a start and to get hills and riffs use values like 10 as minimum and 80 as the maximum altitude.Ġ6. Choose your terrains minimum and maximum altitude (20 is the waterline in opensim Higher values for the maximum results in high mountains). Select Fractal Heightmap and click the next buttonĠ5. Create a NEW MAP by clicking on that + icon in the menu bar.Ġ3. The important parameters like "Horizontal Scale 1" or the size of 256x256 of a terrain map for a single region must be used with all other type of maps you can create in 元DT (like the Blank Designable Map and the Designable Map and more where you can directly "paint" your terrains withing 元DT).Ġ2. In the example below i use the Create Fractal heightmap as it gives you a nice random landscape. Here are the instructions for the latest version of 元DT This article was completly updated in February 2013 by Wordfromthe Wise OSGRID.The program runs natively under Windows, and can be run under Linux using the Wine compatibility layer (Only with the development version which is now 元DT Standard Edition - v13.01 dev build 0) Link: Quick intro on creating a terrain with 元DT 2 Quick intro on creating a terrain with 元DT.
