Create New Terrain Dialog

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:

  1. Open the Terrain Editor window: Select Window -> Terrain Editor.
  2. 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.

 

Cancel
Close the dialog without specifying a height map.