Terrain Editing template for Blender (NOW PAINT! in 3D too)

[jojoestinky]

This package lets you sculpt your terrain in Blender 3D.
http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/
It has 2 templates. 1 for sculpting your heightmap, and the other for 3D terrain painting goodness!
Updated file:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1660874/Downlo ... -paint.zip

Here is the terrain sculpting tutorial/overview:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1660874/Download/tutorial.jpg

UPDATE!
OK I added texture painting!
Open up the paint.blend file for painting your textures!
Just make a copy of your existing images and rename them to _color.bmp, and _heightmap.bmp.
Then open the paint template and everything should be automatically loaded.

It is so easy to use, the entire tutorial is on 1 image!! If you can use Microsoft paint... You can use this template!
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1660874/AoS/Tu ... torial.png



If you import OBJ files from qubicle, just press S, then type .0039 ad press enter. It should be to perfect scale :)
Great for laying out where your buildings will be.


There will be a video soon!

YOU NEED BLENDER TO RUN THE TEMPLATE :
http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/

Very fun application. You only need to learn .01% of it though with my template set. It is very simple once you do it once or twice.

[PXYC]

Great, JoJoe! I'll definitely be testing this out.

[jojoestinky]

Good deal, hope you get it to work for you i am on IRC, and can answer simple questions.
I will be adding more features today while I make some terrain maps, so stay tuned. (watch this thread, push the subscribe button)
i will get the video ready as soon as all the features are in place.

Also, the download file contains content made by Buildrammer and Ken Silverman (Bitmap2AoS converter, voxxed, respectively.)
Be sure to thank them! This tool would not be possible without their help.

I hope you guys just try it yourself in the meantime. I still need a video ripper. One that outputs SWF, and FLV preferably , FFMPEG is a pain in the $%^ to use all the time. Cam studio hates me, and abuses blind children while they are not looking. I can not get it to work with my system. I just get dayglow pink and garbled audio.

I can not use FAPPS either. the video is going to be 12+ minutes long, and i am not going to pay anything.
I have ubuntu in a VM, so I can do it in linux too.


i just updated the main file BTW, ^^^ look in the first post. ^^

There are Perlin clouds that sort of break up the solid colors a bit. Going to play with more noise functions to mix things up a bit.

[jojoestinky]

OK!

It is done!!
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1660874/Downlo ... errain.zip

You now have a tutorial too!
Look at the tutorial.png file in the ZIP.

OR click HERE:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1660874/Download/tutorial.jpg

[PXYC]

Nice, stickied.

[TBS]

woo, you're back!
I knew you'd return :D

[Enari]

I'd love to test this out again!
Blender is rather hard for inexperienced people, but your tutorials are awesome and make it Easy(ier).

[jojoestinky]

Awesome PXYC! Thanks!
Hi TBS glad to be back.

Well Enari, I have a new tutorial for you guys now. It is for the new paint template for blender!
It allows you to paint your terrain in stunning 3D!

Look here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1660874/AoS/Tu ... torial.png

And here is the updated file:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1660874/Downlo ... -paint.zip

[Tigershield]

Great tool Stinky.

keep it it coming.

[jojoestinky]

OK, PXYC found a major bug!

I had the wrong converter in teh zip file, it is all fixed now!

Sorry about that!
If you downloaded before, eitehr re-download the fie, or use this link to get the missing executable.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1660874/AoS/Maps/converth.exe

Thanks PXYC!

[Tigershield]

Hey, I kinda have a problem I have the heightmap.bmp and the color.bmp. Now when i run make heightmap,bat it opens Voxed,but voxed doesn't open the map that I created it just opens like normal voxed.


UPDATE : It works now I re-downloaded the executable file you posted before. Works great I'm really thankfull for this great tool.

Thanks Joe.

[jojoestinky]

Glad to be of help Tigershield !

More updates coming soon. Including High mountain colors, snow, and a desert shader, for the terrain coloring.

[cow]

JoeJoe, I need some help, when I opened the file, I cannot seem to see it in colour, on the left side (user persp), it is just the outlines of the starting map. :<

[Enari]

Cow: please post a screenshoot of what you are seeing

[Dany0]

He probably has wireframe mode on.