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Yeah, the tut is a little weak IMO. I used the tut that andy mentioned earlier along with this, and kinda pieced things together: FH2 mapping tutorials - Create bf2 heightmaps with Geocontrol

You don't actually need a .dem file to import to Microdem, the .asc files you can get from google earth using SRTM 4.1 will import just fine. Then it's just a matter of finding the correct geographic area and slicing the map down.

try opening it with 8bit maybe you have exported it wrong

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Im having a weird problem.

Trying to make a 4km 1024 island map.


In microdem and photoshop it looks fine.
http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv17 ... oblem3.jpg


In GeoControl 2 it looks fine, and it looks ok when I checked the exported file in photoshop too.
http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv17 ... oblem1.jpg


But once its in the Bf2 editor it takes up no resemblance of the above pictures.
Check the minimap below:
http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv17 ... oblem2.jpg


Does anyone know where Im going wrong, Ive followed the tutorial, and tried it many times with the same result.

Please help

you need to change your TerrainSettings in the same tab were you change the sky

+LevelSettings
- TerrainHeight 163[sth like 163 is default i think] play around with this number set it to 500 or 1000

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The terrain height is not the problem, the heightmap seems to have become warped or streched when it gets into the editor.

I drew along the corners and center of the heightmap to show you what i mean. (THEY ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED)


IN PHOTOSHOP
http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv17 ... oblem8.jpg

IN THE EDITOR (with water so it sticks out on the minimap)
http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv17 ... oblem7.jpg

i think it might be 2 layered. resave and open with 1 layer and then resave again and remember it must me 16 bit

Fixed.

Somehow the resolution was changed to 1024x1024, changing it to 1025x1025 fixed it.

sorry for the necro but i need help...

These buttons dont appear for me:



Any ideas?

btw my microdem is 10.0 build 2009.5.27.1

maybe you disabled it? go to windows and tools maybe?

when I installed it was like that... Window and tools dont have any options that are related to that window.

P.S. found it! my build has a different layout. Those buttos're now in the main menu, in modify, in a sub section Map area...

Just got an headace

P.S.2. Just found an button that puts those buttons in the right spot... headace now even bigger...

simple and great way to get terrain into editor, nice work!

I cannot seem to save my data from google earth, any help.

TheBobJeff wrote:I cannot seem to save my data from google earth, any help.

uhhm? more info please?

Zeno wrote:uhhm? more info please?

Sorry. It says in the tutorial to download the map data from google earth, and i cannot figure out how to do this.

this tut here has info on getting dem data, although there are probably better tuts out there on this: Transport Tycoon Forums • View topic - How To: Generate Superb Heightmaps

The newer versions of Google Earth don't show the SRTM4.1 grids or download links. If anyone has found a way around this, please update us.

For now, I'm finding a coordinate using Google Earth and then manually typing that into the search function here: http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/SELECTION/inputCoord.asp

I'm having trouble with my raw file in photoshop. I keep getting the same error as everyone else and i can't figure out how to fix it

My file:
[ATTACH]5912[/ATTACH]

Any help?

What error exactly? There have been numerous posts of errors in this thread.

TheBobJeff wrote:I'm having trouble with my raw file in photoshop. I keep getting the same error as everyone else and i can't figure out how to fix it

My file:
[ATTACH]5912[/ATTACH]

Any help?

The attached file you had was 660pix X 660pix.
Try going to your IMAGE tab and adjusting the size to 1025x1025 then exporting the psd back out as a RAW.