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Revision as of 10:11, 19 November 2021
Arcane University:World Heightmap Creation
Producing height maps means to develop a greyscale map either through painting in a 2D-Tool or by sculpting in a 3D-Tool. Then, the converted greyscale heightmap can be imported in Creation Kit to generate a new huge worldspace; and the heightmap is then rendered as 3d-Terrain.
General considerations
- 1) <http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Creating_an_Exterior_Worldspace>
- 2) <https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/cgexz4/how_to_create_a_large_worldspace/>
- 3) <http://hoddminir.blogspot.com/2012/02/from-heightmap-to-worldspace-in-skyrim.html>
CreationKit
Gimp
Paint heightmap and import to CK
- 1) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SDnp4x60mM>
- 2) <https://www.buildandshoot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4984>
- 3) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdSIflnj3OM>
Blender
sculpt, render heightmap, import to CK
External Tools
- 1) <https://www.3d-map-generator.com/3d-map-generator-3d-mapper-shop/>
- 2) <https://terrain.party/> (for real world maping)
- 3) <https://tangrams.github.io/heightmapper/> (real world)
- 4) L3DT <http://www.bundysoft.com/L3DT/>
- 5) Scape
- 6) WoldMachine <https://www.world-machine.com/>
- 7) Inkscape <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WveZ-kyoUiA>
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