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  1. Posted

    So, what i want to do is to create an island with mask and sat with L3DT and finsihing the island with all the objects, vegetation and roads. After that i want to export the satmap and paint it.

    I found this here for visitor 3, but i cant transfer it to Terrain Builder.

    just scroll to the middle of the tutorial and read from "Exporting Reference Layer" to "Creating the Satmap".

    Seems like this stuff doesn not apply to Terrain Builder, so id be happy if someone could explain what to do here.

    Id understand the blue edge stuff also, but this doesnt apply for TB then? If not what i have to do exactly, how exporting the emf´s?

    https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Mondkalb%27s_Terrain_Tutorial

    Thanks in advance!

  3. Posted

    Only abc_c_Thistle_High shows on the rock surface, but not the secound one.

    This is what my surface.cfg looks:

    class CfgSurfaces 
{
class Default {};
class abc_samplemap_grass_green_Surface : Default
{	
	 files = "abc_samplemap_grass_green_*";
	 rough = 0.1;
	 dust = 0.05;
	 soundEnviron = "grass";
	 character = "abc_samplemap_grass_green_Character";
	 soundHit = "soft_ground";
};

class abc_sampleMap_rock_Surface : Default
{	
	 files = "abc_samplemap_rock_*";
	 rough = 0.1;
	 dust = 0.05;
	 soundEnviron = "grass";
	 character = "abc_sampleMap_rock_Character";
	 soundHit = "soft_ground";
};
};

class CfgSurfaceCharacters
{
class abc_samplemap_grass_green_Character
 	{
		probability[]={1.00};
		names[]={"abc_StrGrassGreenGroup"};
 	};

class abc_sampleMap_rock_Character
 	{
		probability[]={1.00, 1.00};
		names[]={"abc_c_Thistle_High","abc_c_Grass_BrushHigh_Dry"};
 	};
};

    And this is the clutter.cfg

    class Clutter	
{
class abc_StrGrassGreenGroup: DefaultClutter
  {
   model = "A3\plants_f\Clutter\c_StrGrassGreen_group.p3d";
   affectedByWind = 0.6;
   swLighting = "true";
   scaleMin = 0.7;
   scaleMax = 1.0;
  };
class abc_c_Thistle_High: DefaultClutter
  {
   model = "A3\plants_f\Clutter\c_Thistle_High.p3d";
   affectedByWind = 0.6;
   swLighting = "true";
   scaleMin = 0.7;
   scaleMax = 1.0;
  };
class abc_c_Grass_BrushHigh_Dry: DefaultClutter
  {
   model = "A3\plants_f\Clutter\c_Grass_BrushHigh_Dry.p3d";
   affectedByWind = 0.6;
   swLighting = "true";
   scaleMin = 0.7;
   scaleMax = 1.0;
  };
};

  4. Posted

    Yeah it can be fixed, if you ask All in arma terrain pack team they probably fixed that stuff I bet they are willing to give you their stuff to use.

    Also as victim mentioned some dryer non grass patches in areas that are logical would make sense, would also help to optimize stuff, its not like your just gonna try to hide on a 5 inch grass patch anyway, so no gameplay effects.

    you dont even have to do this. i dont know how he included the plants, but on my test island they work perfectly, even without the dirt thing, they drop leafes when shot and ai cant see through it.

    i do also think its a bad idea to not optimize maps for AI. its not like you have to create an ugly map then.

  6. Posted

    Im having the same problem actually, and im pretty sure it worked as i changed it to this settings:

    Grid size: 4096

    cell size: 5

    terrain size: 20480

    sat surface mask source:

    size: 20480

    resoltion: 1

    satellite surface mask tiles

    size: 512

    layer size: 40

    its a pain in the ass having to rebuild a terrain everytime just to get the satmap working, thats what i do right now and i hope this time i remember right how it worked some time before.

  7. Posted

    Yes, very annoying to still have that issue.

    But it seems there is a very easy fix for it, i dont fully understand it.

    Quote from the feedback tracker, the possible fix. Can someone easily explain what to copy and to do?

    Btw, even Arma 2 buidling are not showing for me ingame map.

    It does read the Model ok the problem is because of two reaons :

    A: you havent binarised the Mlod house etc first ( addon builder will move this to the temp folder)

    B: Addon Builder will not move a binarised P3d to the temp folder becuase its on a map , you have to do it manually before Binarisng the map.

    Log report Using Unbinned A3 Sample Houseexample and Binarised Gate reports as follows without moving the Binned p3ds and not Binarising the Mlod sample house before Binarising the map :

    A3 Binarised P3d

    using non-binarized object a3\structures_f\walls\city_gate_f.p3d

    Cannot open object a3\structures_f\walls\city_gate_f.p3d

    A3 Samples Unbinarised P3d

    using non-binarized object samples_f\Test_House_01\Test_House_01_F.p3d

    Cannot open object samples_f\test_house_01\test_house_01_f.p3d

    THE FIX : http://i.imgur.com/5ddoKZD.jpg [^]

    It seems the FIX is to manually copy the Folders of the Binarised objects and configs and Binarise the Models that are used and unbinarised Before the map is Binned your map uses to the Temp folder Defined in addon builder Before you Binarise the MAP .

    this will then fix it , you will still get the unrelatedd error of the Walls not having a Class in the Geo LOD but it will now work and show in the m,ap :)

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city2_4m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city2_4m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_pillar_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_pillar_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city2_4m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city2_4m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_pillar_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_pillar_f.p3d

    Class Land_city2_4m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city2_4m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_pillar_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_pillar_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Class Land_city_8m_f exists, but there is no property class in a3\structures_f\walls\city_8m_f.p3d

    Im not sure this is related possibly because there are two instances of the wall in the same place or its simply registering the presence of the object , i will check that :)

    Info: Persistence detected on [139,177]:

    "a3\structures_f\walls\city_gate_f.p3d": "house": 16

    "samples_f\test_house_01\test_house_01_f.p3d": "house": 16

    Info: Persistence detected on [140,177]:

    "a3\structures_f\households\house_big01\i_house_big_01_v1_f.p3d": "house": 16

    Info: Persistence detected on [139,177]:

    "a3\structures_f\walls\city_gate_f.p3d": "house": 16

    "samples_f\test_house_01\test_house_01_f.p3d": "house": 16

    Info: Persistence detected on [140,177]:

    "a3\structures_f\households\house_big01\i_house_big_01_v1_f.p3d": "house": 16

  10. Posted

    Why i ask this,-i can no more select objects to rotate them ingame, or drag them and i cant find the key for this purpose. Want to create a small test town and need to edit it in 3d in bulldozer.

    Whats the keys to select and drag objects, -and secound question, -how do you get the actual object, in this case a house in the editor shown so you can let the AI go in with a WP for example?

    Didnt find any tuts on this...Thanks!

  11. Posted · Edited by TerrainAlien

    Ok thank you. As this only happens with terrain which is connected to the outside area, i would mind making a island which is not connected to the actual outside area. Is there a way to set the preferences in L3DT so the island has no terrain connected to the outside, but only water? Overall this is the idea of the island of course, if we taling about "island";-)

    Stupid question...for what do i have L3dT!

  14. Posted

    this worked...! However, the outside terrain where land connects to the outside, not water, looks very weird.

    this part was edited out in the config and it looked like on the screenshot. not i tired to play around leaving the part in the config, same result.

     class OutsideTerrain
     {
       satellite = "abc\abc_sample\Data\sat.bmp";
       enableTerrainSynth = 1;
       class Layers
       {
         class Layer0
         {
           nopx = "abc\abc_sample\data\abc_sample_grass_green_nopx.paa";
           texture = "abc\abc_sample\data\abc_sample_grass_green_co.paa";
         };
       };
     };

    trjf11yo4v16.jpg

  15. Posted

    Hmmmm....

    Those look like solid, dependable values - should work OK...

    Try turning the texture layer size up another notch - 80x80m will be the next available size, thern recrunch layers > re export wrp > repack and check ingame again....

    No need for this at all any more - once you import the sat & mask & heightmap they become part of the project fileset and the originals don't need to be in the project folder at all....

    B

    Same problem, only other dimensions. I know that this does not occure if i set the overlap to zero, tested this on my last test project. If that works, is that ok?-if not why not?

    and please could you tell me what could cause that at bigger heights and cliffs i can see through the surface? only 2 problems remaining to really start to work on a project;-(^^

  16. Posted · Edited by TerrainAlien

    yep did that. this is the project after generating the layers:

    lgkvnutoluv7.png

    all, the satlayer, heightlayer and masklayer have those preferences now. i had to adjust the mask manually from 2048x2048 to 20480x20480 because L3DT didnt let me resize the masc for export.

    1lnvt6rfzhs2.png

    one thing i forget was to copy the sat, mask and heightfield into the project folder, did that after i generated the layers. if that matters...

    also i did not create a mapframe around the map, but used the first default layer.

    at big heights i can see through the surface for some reason, had the problem before.

  19. Posted

    ok, guess i will have to ignore that small problem for not, - another problem occured...i can see through the surface at some heights. what could trigger this problem? just for the info, island is:

    GridSize: 2048x2048

    CellSize: 10x

    SatMaskSourceImage: 2048:2048

    SatMaskSurfaceMask tiles: 2048x2048

    desiredOverlap: set to 0

    texturelayer: 10

  22. Posted · Edited by TerrainAlien

    Thanks! So i understood that right, just to be sure. The distance texture is allways the texture the sat image shows, like i see it in the sat map? so the first step, gettin a area is the most important (in my case searching for a desert area), cause that will show the distance texture ingame? If its like i think, arent the distance textures allways pretty blurry then?

  23. Posted · Edited by TerrainAlien

    I searched for some tuts, also watches some on youtube, but i do not fully understand how you define where which texture applys on the map.

    Also the definition in layers is not 100% clear. just tried some stuff, but i want to understand it...help much appreciated! maybe there´s a easy tutorial on this, didnt find one.

    To got a bit more in detail, i exchanged the grass texture with a desert texture, which works, but only if im near the ground, if i zoom out there´s still grass texture.

    this is how it looks ingame, i dont know why theres still grass, i exchanged everything i found with the desert texture.

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