Does anyone know how I can take a normal image and put it into a height map so i can import it into the map editor?
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do you have photoshop or some kind of program that can create at least 16 bit PNG's?
You can basically take any image, it needs to be 1081x1081 pixels.. Convert it to 16 bit greyscale in PS then Save As png...
8 bit will work too, but its a bit rough.
You can basically take any image, it needs to be 1081x1081 pixels.. Convert it to 16 bit greyscale in PS then Save As png...
8 bit will work too, but its a bit rough.
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If you want to create a map from a real location then best place is here: http://terrain.party Makes it very simple.
But I what do I do to make a map of a fictional place? I probably should have led with that.
then you do it like I instructed.
If you have an image, you need to stretch it or crop it down to 1081x1081 pixels. Then you take it in Photoshop, convert to grayscale, choose 16 bit if it is an option for you. I have a very old version of PS and only 8 bit is available for me, but it still works.
As a test, and I guess rudimentary tutorial, I have taken this image;
Then cropped out all the white space, resized it and cropped it down to 1081x1081 pixels. Then convert to grayscale and you have something like this;
You can see I actually missed a little 1 pixel wide stripe at the top of the image... it was only for testing so I didn't really care.
Then we load it into the game... Remember I can only do 8 bit PNG's with my version of PS, so it is a little rough.
easy
If you have an image, you need to stretch it or crop it down to 1081x1081 pixels. Then you take it in Photoshop, convert to grayscale, choose 16 bit if it is an option for you. I have a very old version of PS and only 8 bit is available for me, but it still works.
As a test, and I guess rudimentary tutorial, I have taken this image;
Then cropped out all the white space, resized it and cropped it down to 1081x1081 pixels. Then convert to grayscale and you have something like this;
You can see I actually missed a little 1 pixel wide stripe at the top of the image... it was only for testing so I didn't really care.
Then we load it into the game... Remember I can only do 8 bit PNG's with my version of PS, so it is a little rough.
easy
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If you're interested in making a map you should also check out this thread I started that contains a lot of brushes for the editor. 
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...ustom-brushes-for-the-map-editor-more.847386/
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...ustom-brushes-for-the-map-editor-more.847386/
Well, I just looked it up, and I can get Photoshop itself for free. I thought I had to pay for the whole thing, but that will make life a million times easier.