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Help - Height Map
« on: November 20, 2017, 06:27:42 pm »
Sooo I wanna make a good map, and I need to learn about height maps. I tried to map one, and my game crashed when I added it.. So please help and explain how to make a heightmap and/or add a video :) Thanks! <3
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Re: Help - Height Map
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2017, 08:51:43 pm »
Make sure that your height map is all of the following:
In Grayscale Mode
513pixels x 513pixels
One layer, flattened
Alpha Channel off
Saved in a png format
Named as “MapnamehereTerrain”
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Re: Help - Height Map
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2017, 04:36:25 pm »
Make sure that your height map is all of the following:
In Grayscale Mode
513pixels x 513pixels
One layer, flattened
Alpha Channel off
Saved in a png format
Named as “MapnamehereTerrain”

Thanks, will try to fix! <3
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Re: Help - Height Map
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2017, 05:05:19 pm »
Make sure that your height map is all of the following:
In Grayscale Mode
513pixels x 513pixels
One layer, flattened
Alpha Channel off
Saved in a png format
Named as “MapnamehereTerrain”

It worked! Honestly don't know what was wrong before - I think it was fine. Anyways, thanks for all the help <3
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Re: Help - Height Map
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2017, 05:17:18 pm »
No problem! Glad it worked! I'll go ahead and lock this as the issue was solved. Good luck with your map!<3
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