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CHAIN
04-16-2007, 07:48 PM
4 or 5 years ago i've made a terrain for one virtual world.. their engine at that time did'nt support terrain feature,so i made a modular ground from many pieces in LW,and wrote a script for conversion. For now engine support terrain and i need to get bmp file with elevations. i can get one file from this pieces in any 3d format. any suggestions, how can i create height map from this? and sorry for my english)
noouch
04-16-2007, 10:56 PM
Most renderers can give you z-depth information. So just render the terrain from the top as z-depth, and use that as your heightmap. I used to do it all the time for "exporting" heightmaps from Bryce to other applications.
CHAIN
04-17-2007, 05:21 AM
great thanks) very nice idea
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