Alternative to Terrain Party

[Bluejay0013]

Is there something else to get heightmaps besides Terrain Party? For some reason it isn't working when i download, it just says no heightmaps found.

[mbutton15]

It seems terrain.party works at times and not at other times. Give it a go every fews days and it should be working again.

As an alternative, try this: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=6/52.241/2.219
However, that also has spells of not working (and wasn't last time I tried a few days ago).

[Bluejay0013]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von mbutton15:

It seems terrain.party works at times and not at other times. Give it a go every fews days and it should be working again.

As an alternative, try this: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=6/52.241/2.219
However, that also has spells of not working (and wasn't last time I tried a few days ago).

how would i start using a map from openstreetmap?

[mbutton15]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bluejay0013:

how would i start using a map from openstreetmap?

I think in much the same way as a map from terrain.party. Sorry I can't be more precise as openstreetmap is not working for me at the moment, so I can't try it !!

[Bluejay0013]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von mbutton15:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bluejay0013:

how would i start using a map from openstreetmap?

I think in much the same way as a map from terrain.party. Sorry I can't be more precise as openstreetmap is not working for me at the moment, so I can't try it !!

Hmm, i guess i'll wait for terrain party to see if it starts to work again, dang, i was ready to try it out when i heard about it.

[Northman]

Hi guys! Did you find any solution? Terrain party is still not working ...

[Bluejay0013]

So, an update to Terrain party, it is still not working maybe, someone can download the map i want and just give me the zip?

[diego_adum]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bluejay0013:

So, an update to Terrain party, it is still not working maybe, someone can download the map I want and just give me the zip?

Hey you can download a heightmap using this URL https://tangrams.github.io/heightmapper/
It's not exactly as terrain.party but it works for me!

[Bluejay0013]

cool, i will give it a try, thanks!

[grapplehoeker]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von diego_adum:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bluejay0013:

So, an update to Terrain party, it is still not working maybe, someone can download the map I want and just give me the zip?

Hey you can download a heightmap using this URL https://tangrams.github.io/heightmapper/
It's not exactly as terrain.party but it works for me!

That is workable, but that means a lot of work to get a reasonable scale accuracy - compare with Google maps to judge the correct 18km area of scale and then try to zoom in and match the size of the height map image to that. Then it's just a case of cropping it to a square .png image file and saving it in your Height Map folder. In game you may import it from there for use in the Map Editor to tidy it up and edit it as usual.

For example, I used it to get a height map of Hawaii big island and here is the result. As you can see I didn't get the scale right at all. It's far too small, but could still be used as a workable map after it has been properly prepared ;)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1451082531
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1451083392
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1451084693
So, while it is a workable alternative to terrain.party and usable until that site is back in working order, I will prefer to wait for that, since this method is a little too time demanding for my taste. But it's up to you ;)

[Bluejay0013]

yeah , i just tried it and it is nice to have, i really don't mind preparing maps as long as i can edit it and call it my own. Instead of downloading other maps. What i am wondering though is how to get rid of the Grid like lines that Tangrams map makes. Besides going into map editor and using the terrain tools

[grapplehoeker]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bluejay0013:

yeah , i just tried it and it is nice to have, i really don't mind preparing maps as long as i can edit it and call it my own. Instead of downloading other maps. What i am wondering though is how to get rid of the Grid like lines that Tangrams map makes. Besides going into map editor and using the terrain tools

That's an anomaly that all height maps will have and something you have to learn to clean up as part of preparing a height map for use in the map editor. Use the ELT mod as it has better brushes and control for terrain editing and landscaping than the built-in one.
Then use the soften brush at a low strength to flatten out and soften the whole terrain. Pay particular attention to natural dips and ditches where there are natural water sources or rivers. Try not to include these in your sweep as these need to be better defined, not softened out.
For a good guide to this, try watching the first few episodes from Skyestorme's Building London series, where he demonstrates all of this in detail ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W5INJSYsok&list=PLbCLzFKeiWkOZsCe_PFWGCVYBkcHx6siD&index=1

[diego_adum]

Ok, but, what about the streets? Using the OSM mod I got an error when I click the Make Road button.

[Nibiru is a real planet]

ok

[Bluejay0013]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von grapplehoeker:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bluejay0013:

yeah , i just tried it and it is nice to have, i really don't mind preparing maps as long as i can edit it and call it my own. Instead of downloading other maps. What i am wondering though is how to get rid of the Grid like lines that Tangrams map makes. Besides going into map editor and using the terrain tools

That's an anomaly that all height maps will have and something you have to learn to clean up as part of preparing a height map for use in the map editor. Use the ELT mod as it has better brushes and control for terrain editing and landscaping than the built-in one.
Then use the soften brush at a low strength to flatten out and soften the whole terrain. Pay particular attention to natural dips and ditches where there are natural water sources or rivers. Try not to include these in your sweep as these need to be better defined, not softened out.
For a good guide to this, try watching the first few episodes from Skyestorme's Building London series, where he demonstrates all of this in detail ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W5INJSYsok&list=PLbCLzFKeiWkOZsCe_PFWGCVYBkcHx6siD&index=1

Nice, i'm always open to new map tools too. I find myself having just a little bit more fun when creating maps.

[Mjud SYNTetyczny]

And still not working...