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[spooks2k1]

yup, that's what I've been doing, It just didn't seem right to have odd scaling when using square pixels.

With hindsight I've been exporting correctly anyway, hey it's all a learning process :D

[spooks2k1]

Check these bad boys out,

 

 

Craters when using ASTER GDEMS :(

[59th Ducky]

Use SRTM 4.1 !

 

Google Earth: http://www.ambiotek.com/topoview/srtm41.kmz

 

Correct sea, river edge if optimized MESH !

[luckybob9]

that happens when a pixel or a few pixels are the wrong color. since pixel color determines height, a bad color = anomaly

[spooks2k1]

I'm hoping to find a fix, mountains look much better with 30m, I read you can combine STRM and DEM to partially fill craters, I'll look into that before trying the 90m SRTM 4, thx for the link Ducky.

[luckybob9]

What region?

[spooks2k1]

Helmand Province

[aaron886]

I would just export it as whatever the default native resolution is, and do a batch resize in photo to get your desired size. That is what i did

 

Agreed, why waste pixels? Export the full resolution and you'll at least have it for the future.

[spooks2k1]

Yeah i generally zoom in the UI and use Current Screen Pixel Size, It's always overkill, so resizing improves the texture.

That wasn't my issue, it was the odd X and Y co-ordinates, which turned out to be just the X co-ordinates on both Axis.

[spooks2k1]

I've spent the best part of today with these cratered DEMS I can't come up with an easy fix, I guess the reason they are free is because they are unusable in production.

I give up, 90m STRM is has to be. I have 60 cells to fix, the workload on terrain is enough without this extra hassle.

I retire defeated :(

[luckybob9]

for me, the worst as been a single vertex that just needs to be raised or lowered. sometimes a few joining verts. how many verts are affected?

[spooks2k1]

how many verts are affected?

 

Way too many

 

Here is the nasty 30m res

 

 

And here is the same with SRTM 90

 

 

 

I see what Ducky meant about the river edges, the ASTER DEMS are just going to create far too many problems to fix.

[spooks2k1]

I've just noticed when I'm low level flying 100ft above the ground my altimeter is displaying +4000, I'm wondering If I've goofed up somewhere along the creation / scale process or this can be easily fixed.?

 

Hm, good catch! I'm interested in the answer to that one as well, for future reference.

 

I think I might have figured this one out too, when you apply the displace modifier the mesh jumps up.

 

I'm not sure by how much but maybe it explains the 4000 meters on the altimeter.

 

from the WIKI:

 

Use parameter Strength to adjust displacement. 75000m. The template will already be at -98 meters, leave this setting.

What does the -98m mean? my mesh is zeroed out on the z axis when I open the Hi Res Template.

[spooks2k1]

Do I need to Center the Pivot after applying the Displace and Optimize before exporting?

Can someone confirm?

 

thanks

[spooks2k1]

Yup seems to be the case, Here I re-aligned 4 tiles to the helpers

 

 

 

Here I am at the edge of the un-altered pivot 4075m

 

 

 

And here I am flying on the centered section -495, goin underground

 

 

 

That's the issue, I'm not sure what the correct pivot placement is.

Is this an error in the High-res template ?

 

thanks

 

spooks

[spooks2k1]

I came across a new feature in Global Mapper 12 that lets you make a grid of features and afer playing with it for a while, I think it's precise enough for exporting. I threw a quick tutorial together.

 

If you pro's could check it out and let me know if it's good/precise enough for terrain making. It takes all the hassle out of exporting :smilewink:

Exporting Using Grid of Areas.rar

[59th Ducky]

Vertex, polygons number for this 40km×40km terrain ?

[spooks2k1]

Vertex, polygons number for this 40km×40km terrain ?

 

Pretty much irrelevant at this time, this is just a single cell as I learn the trade :D

 

My current issue is the settings in the template and how they affect the altitude in the game, but I think I may have fixed, I'm running a test.

 

Did you look at the Global Mapper Tutorial?...is this method ok to use on terrain with out breaking anything? It seems to work fine for me.

If all is ok I will refine it and post a full version.

 

thanks

[spooks2k1]

I'm now at the stage were I'm using boolean to cut out the shape of a lake, and I'm getting my first errors when exporting.

It would help if someone could tell me how to fix them, they are covered briefly in the wiki, but it doesn't say what causes them.

Can someone expand on what I need to do.

 

thanks

[Almazi]

just to correct these errors. It is inevitable

[spooks2k1]

just to correct these errors. It is inevitable

 

Thanks Almazi, but it doesn't tell me what the errors are.

 

For example:

 

After you perform the boolean operation on the terrain mesh, it can cause errors in the mesh, these are _ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _, and _ _ _ _ _.

When you export ground terrain containing water features, make sure there are no _ _ _ _ _ _ _ vertices.

Also check there are no _ _ _ _ _ _ edges.

For vertice problems you need to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ before exporting.

For edge issues you need to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ before exporting.

 

C'mon guy's give me a clue, those "in-house" documents masquerading as tutorials on the wiki have lots of gaps :smilewink:

 

Please fill in the blanks.

 

thanks

[spooks2k1]

Never mind, I got it figured :D No quads only tri's

 

Better to use the cut tool for making water features, it's more precise and gives you less errors, boolean is nasty :crazy:

 

Here's a good polygon non-quad selector.

 

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/non-quad-selector

Edited June 25, 2011 by spooks2k1

[spooks2k1]

I'm getting an error when exporting my shoreline

 

 

But when I ChekError in the Editor it tells me there are no errors.

I linked the shoreline to the terrain dummy, If I break the link it exports fine.

Only my, shoreline doesn't show up in game.

 

Do additional objects need to be linked to a dummy ?

 

thanks

Edited June 25, 2011 by spooks2k1

[spooks2k1]

Other Data - This section describes how to create the maps required for the F10 view and Mission Editor.

Guy's this document is missing from the WIKI, does anyone have a copy or an alternative link?

 

Why has so much information been deleted ?

 

http://en.wiki.eagle.ru/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=&user=Moshkov&page=&year=&month=-1

[Almazi]

3DS Max flawed program. Errors occur (especially after a boolean). Just to correct errors. or use the plugin (I recommend) - http://en.wiki.eagle.ru/wiki/MaxRoadnRiver_eng. It seems a video tutorial I did it.

 

additional objects to export in superficial files (*.sup). In lsa export only land mesh.

Edited June 25, 2011 by Almazi