There are lots of tutorials on here that show you how to make height maps, including this one. (http://feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=11) There are plenty more in this section (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&board=85.0) of the forum too in case some of them make you think "Whaaat? o.0".
But in short, you need a program like Gimp or Photoshop. You make a new canvas that is 512x512 in size, and you have to set the mode to greyscale. Then you basically colour it in varying shades of grey. Black areas will be areas where the land is at a low level and will probably be filled with water. Lighter areas and white areas will be at a higher level, white being the highest and will probably make up most of your hills or mountains. Then when you've finished, you save it as "MapNameTerrain.png" in the Terrains folder. If you've done all that correctly, it should work in your map maker.
If you're having problems, check this thread (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=1391.0) out. It's a good list of common problems and solutions to them. :)
Happy mapping
Well i don't want gimp because almost everything i download comes with a virus and malwerebytes won't work anymore so no thanks
I knew about greyscale in paint but i'm talking about Paint tool SAIWell i don't want gimp because almost everything i download comes with a virus and malwerebytes won't work anymore so no thanks
I promise you Gimp won't give you a virus or anything bad like that. I've downloaded and many other people have too and they haven't reported any viruses.
If you download things from the right place they mostly won't have any viruses, malware etc. http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ (http://www.gimp.org/downloads/)
But if you really don't want to I can understand; I had a virus on my laptop once and...well, let's just say it didn't go down well with the father...
Did you say you were doing this on Paint?
Well, I don't use it very often, but I think you click on the drop down menu, where it gives you options like 'New' and 'Save'. Go to 'Properties', and a new window should come up. Under a heading 'Colors' there should be two options: 'Black and white' and 'Color'. Select the 'Black and white' option. Ta da! your image should be greyscale.
I knew about greyscale in paint but i'm talking about Paint tool SAIWell i don't want gimp because almost everything i download comes with a virus and malwerebytes won't work anymore so no thanks
I promise you Gimp won't give you a virus or anything bad like that. I've downloaded and many other people have too and they haven't reported any viruses.
If you download things from the right place they mostly won't have any viruses, malware etc. http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ (http://www.gimp.org/downloads/)
But if you really don't want to I can understand; I had a virus on my laptop once and...well, let's just say it didn't go down well with the father...
Did you say you were doing this on Paint?
Well, I don't use it very often, but I think you click on the drop down menu, where it gives you options like 'New' and 'Save'. Go to 'Properties', and a new window should come up. Under a heading 'Colors' there should be two options: 'Black and white' and 'Color'. Select the 'Black and white' option. Ta da! your image should be greyscale.
Well i tried doing it in paint... It didn't workWell, Silv, it's because FH heightmaps only work when you design them using GIMP or Photoshop. As it's been said before, GIMP is your best bet (since Photoshop isn't free). While it's perfectly understandable for you to be concerned about downloading programs from the internet, I recommend that you speak with your parents, run a scan on the GIMP download (on their site), and it will show you that thousands of people download this program every day. It's very reliable, trustworthy, and the fact that so many people have downloaded it previously shows that it's unlikely that it's a dangerous source.
I followed all the steps but it won't work when i try to put it in fh