Features
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- Ability to custom shade a terrain skinmesh
- Slope-based textureing
- Make Roads in paint or photoshop
- 4 base textures
- 4 base normalmaps
- 1 road texture
- 1 roadmap+colormap (alpha)
- Runtime loadable textures (.jpg .dds .tif .bmp .png)
- Runtime loadbale meshes (.x)
- 38 sliders for customizing your terrain
- RGB,UV,Heights,slope,lights
- FogHeight, link to fogobject to adjust color and ranges.
- Export (to use with plugin in 3d Rad)
- Save/Load settings (come back and finish styling later)
- Rotate cam
- Andro view and warp
Editor Installation
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1. Download TerrainShaderEd_v0.5.zip
2. Unzip somewhere and run the .exe
PLUGIN Installation for 3dRad 6.41+
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1. Download plugin_TerrainShader_v05.3dr
2. Copy to your 3dRad\3DRad_res\projects\
(you should now have plugin_TerrainShader_v05.3dr in your projects directory)
Terrain Shader Editor Usage
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1. Load your terrain (.x) -> can be loaded from anywhere)
2. Load your textures -> can be loaded from anywhere, but I strongly suggest you use the SE_Textures folder, to simplify export.
3. Load your normalmaps -> can be loaded from anywhere, but I strongly suggest you use the SE_Textures folder, to simplify export.
4. Use sliders to apply the effects you want.
5. Save Settings if you need this setup for other meshes.
6. Export to file.
6. Click Exit (or alt-tab, TerrainShaderEditor can run while 3dRad editor is running)
7. Open file you just exported in notepad, you need to paste its contents to the shader plugin (see below)
NOTE on textures : You should keep the textures you need in SE_Textures directory both in the TerrainShaderEditor\ and 3dRad\
NOTE on roads : If you dont't want any roads, please load the noroad.dds file.
Plugin Usage for 3dRad
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1. Import the skinmesh you have shaded to 3dRad if you haven't done so already (also as RB if you want collisions)
2. Copy directory TerrainShaderEditor\SE_Textures (or just the ones you need) to 3dRad\SE_Textures
3. Start 3dRad
4. Ctrl+A : Add your terrain skinmesh to shade
5. Check (Use custom Shader)
6. CTRL+M : select plugin_TerrainShader05.3dr
7. Open Script:TerrainShader and PASTE contents from the export file between the yellow lines.
8. Link to Skinmesh
You should now see the same effect as in the Shader Editor in your own project.
You can now add RB, cars etc...
Compiling a project using the plugin.
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1. Do as normal but remember to copy directory SE_Textures (or just the ones you want) to the project root folder after.
Tutorials
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Create a basic Terrain and Road : http://www.3drad.com/forum/index.php?topic=3697.msg28883#msg28883