[Terrain] How to make hills???

[sethmachine]

Hi,

So I've been following this tutorial: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...timate-beginners-terrain-tutorial-35233/#step method

but the instructions seem a bit vague:

So, we will use a mid-size brush, maybe 2 or 3, I recommend 2 for now, and create a ridge or point where we want the tallest point of our hill to be. From then on we will move gradually down the hill raising the terrain up until it is just a little lower than the previous step until we reach flat ground again. Be sure to use the gridlines to help you form your hills accurately.

we will use a mid-size brush, maybe 2 or 3,

What is this? AFAIK there is no field to enter in the size of a brush? And what is this brush the tutorial is referring to?

From then on we will move gradually down the hill raising the terrain up until it is just a little lower than the previous step until we reach flat ground again

How is this possible to do by hand? The way WC3 does elevation is you have to make a click each time. Do people count their clicks, and say make the highest point 5 clicks, the second highest 4 clicks, etc.?

Be sure to use the gridlines to help you form your hills accurately.

I'm confused about this instruction as well. How should the gridlines match up when making a hill?

In any case here is what I was able to produce, but it doesn't look like a hill at all. Also I couldn't make it taller either, and how on earth do I make the slope, since I can't put in a number for each height elevation...

 

[Chaosy]

"What is this? AFAIK there is no field to enter in the size of a brush? And what is this brush the tutorial is referring to? "

at the bottom.


There's a certain txt file that you'll need to create hills. Check the terraining tutorial by blood raven, there's a file attached.

 

[Heinvers]

Oh gosh. This is easy. Use size 3 brush for small hills and bigger sizes for large hills and so on.

 

[sethmachine]

That's the brush size. But how do I specify the terrain height/elevation?

AFAIK I can only click where I want to increase. How do I set the height/elevation to a certain level, so when I click, it is always at that height?

There's a certain txt file that you'll need to create hills.

Oh I have misc.txt in the UI folder. I read stuff. But still can't make the hills...

Oh gosh. This is easy

Alas art has always been my weak point. I will hope one day I can call it easy too.

 

[Xonok]

The brushes can actually be applied by holding down the mouse button, but only if you keep moving the mouse.

About the grid lines, they show you the contour of the terrain more accurately than the shading you see ingame. This way you can avoid edges that are too sharp and in general see your result better.

 

[Heinvers]

The brushes can actually be applied by holding down the mouse button, but only if you keep moving the mouse.

About the grid lines, they show you the contour of the terrain more accurately than the shading you see ingame. This way you can avoid edges that are too sharp and in general see your result better.

Exactly that ^

 

[sethmachine]

The brushes can actually be applied by holding down the mouse button, but only if you keep moving the mouse.

The brushes or the height?

How do I apply terrain height with a single click. Rather than having to click over and over to.

 

[Solu9]

You can copy paste terrain. Make a small area the height you want. Select that area, copy, and paste where you want to.

 

[Heinvers]

Do people count their clicks, and say make the highest point 5 clicks, the second highest 4 clicks, etc.?

Nope. Why would you do that? It would take a lot of time doing that!

Select a brush size and click on the terrain while keeping your finger on your left mouse button until it reached the desired height.

^ That!

 

[sethmachine]

Select a brush size and click on the terrain while keeping your finger on your left mouse button until it reached the desired height.

This takes forever, and how can I calculate the height to make it even?

Holding the left click down doesn't increase height. I have to keep clicking it. >_>

Better yet, could someone be kind and make a quick map with some hills that I could look at and study? I haven't gotten anything to work yet :[

 

[Vinz]

Hold Mouse + Move it around.

You can copy paste terrain. Make a small area the height you want. Select that area, copy, and paste where you want to.

Avoid copy pasting at all costs when you use non-Blizzard Cliffs. It destroys the rolling shores.

 

[Heinvers]

Hold + Move.

I forgot to tell that!

 

[Solu9]

Hold Mouse + Move it around.

Avoid copy pasting at all costs when you use non-Blizzard Cliffs. It destroys the rolling shores.

What are you talking about?
Here is an example of a hill using the raise tool and it's copied brother. Notice the waves.


Unless, of course, you mean something entirely different.

 

[Vinz]

I mean, rolling shores in its area after the Paste. CnP a huge area, then try to create water via lower. Weird stuff will happen. At least to me.

 

[Solu9]

Ah. You mean lowering the terrain within the copied terrain?
Yeah I believe that kills the effect.

 

[WaterKnight]

There is no tool to exactly set the terrain point to a specified height. You can however use the Plateau tool to bring a spot to the level of adjacent terrain. And in the status bar left bottom you can see the coodinates including height of under your cursor.

 

[sethmachine]

Aye so how are terrainers so precise if everything has to be eye balled? I'm not sure it works that way in real life architecture/landscaping, or does it?

 

[Xonok]

It's the visual effect that matters. I'm sure if you'd look very closely at some good terrain, then you'd still see some mistakes. However, they don't really matter if you can't see when without trying.

 

[Vinz]

Plateau, along with the other brushes, is powerful.

 

[WaterKnight]

I meant there is no tool in the World Editor. But the resolution is pretty high, a difference of 10 units will hardly matter. Why eye balled? There is a display in the status bar for the numbers as said. And you can recognize the slopes by the grid well.