Try this one
freeworld3d
a *good*, free heightmap/ terrain editor?
It is mostly you do not find them because terrain engines usually have the editor built into it.
Quote:Original post by qesbitIt's easy to make the abilty to deform a heightmap, yes. But to make a useful editor which allows a level designer to turn their design into a level easily and quickly...
You won't find any because they are insanely easy to make.
Here, buy the book Focus on 3D terrain program. He gives you a basic terrain programs. Than just hack on it, make it if you click and move the mouse up, raise the terrain in a brush shaped region upwards, and downwards blah blah blah.
It's insanely easy dude, if you can make a 3D engine you can make a terrain editor in a day.
Putting models on it is not much harder really.
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Quote:Original post by d000hgQuote:Original post by qesbitIt's easy to make the abilty to deform a heightmap, yes. But to make a useful editor which allows a level designer to turn their design into a level easily and quickly...
You won't find any because they are insanely easy to make.
Here, buy the book Focus on 3D terrain program. He gives you a basic terrain programs. Than just hack on it, make it if you click and move the mouse up, raise the terrain in a brush shaped region upwards, and downwards blah blah blah.
It's insanely easy dude, if you can make a 3D engine you can make a terrain editor in a day.
Putting models on it is not much harder really.
Exactly! I could hack up something quick, but to really create a *good* and flexible/useful editor could take a long time. The most important aspect would most likely be the interface, not the terrain generation/rendering.
Yeah - having to properly do all that windows stuff you get to avoid with direct3D! Which means plain Win32 probably isn't the best way anymore with all those message/event handlers. Which entails learning MFC/WTL etc if you don't already. But getting it useable in an intuitive way is a whole field in itself which game programmers might not be suited to especially - it's more a serious application.
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