Use the Create New Terrain dialog to specify a height map and other
settings for the Terrain Editor, including resolution, cell size, and
scale height for the height map.
To open the Create New Terrain dialog:
Open the Terrain Editor window: Select Window
-> Terrain Editor.
Within the Terrain Editor window, click the Browse
button ().
Controls
Name
Specify
a name for the terrain.
This name allows you to switch quickly between defined terrain types
using the dropdown listbox at the top left of the Terrain Editor window.
HeightMap
Specify
a height map for the terrain.
Click the Browse button ()
to open a Windows Save As dialog to specify a new height map for the
terrain. Click Save in the
Save As dialog to specify the new height map file; this file is not
created until you click OK to close
the Create New Terrain dialog.
Import
Heightmap
Specify
an existing height map for the terrain.
Opens a Windows Open dialog. Select the height map file and click Open.
Height map files typically have a .dds file type.
The existing height map defines the resolution, cell size, and scale
height for the terrain.
Heightmap
Res
Specify
custom values for the resolution, cell size, and scale height for
the height map.
Col
Specify
the number of units for the vertical dimensions of each cell.
Valid values are 129 (128+1) to 8193 (8192+1) units. The default
value is 513.
Row
Specify
the number of units for the horizontal dimensions of each cell.
Valid values are from 129 (128+1) to 8193 (8192+1) units. The default
value is 513.
Scale
Height
Specify
a number for the scale height of the height map.
The default scale height is 1.0.
Cell
Size
Specify
a number for the cell size.
Valid values are from 0.125 to 32 units. The default cell size
is 2.
Terrain
Size
Read-only
field that shows the terrain size.
The minimum terrain size is 16.1255 x 16.125 units; the maximum terrain
size is 262176 x 262176 units. The default values for height map resolution
(513) and cell size (2) define a terrain size of 1026 x 1026 units.
Total
Number of Vertices
Read-only
field that shows the total number of vertices for the terrain. The
minimum number of vertices is 16641; the maximum number of vertices
is 67125249. The default values for height map resolution (513) and
cell size (2) define a terrain with 263169 vertices.
OK
Specify
the height map for the new terrain and close the dialog.