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Janne

18 Apr, 2016 @ 6:49pm

Tool: hg2img

hg2img is a simple heightmap to image converter.
This tool allows you to create a heightmap using an image editor instead of the built in tools.

I personally recommend to use the "smooth precision" mode, because it is the easiest to use and produces the best output. I do not recommend to run a grayscale image throught this tool, because it will probably not produce the expected output.

Github: https://github.com/Aborysa/Heightmap-to-Image-converter
Windows binaries: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gvjl77wwg8s6m23/hg2img.zip?dl=1
Img: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8woy7gwx388q0os/hg2img_miniref.png?dl=1

Last edited by Janne; 23 Apr, 2016 @ 8:01pm

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Dj Otacon

23 Apr, 2016 @ 6:32pm

A proper instructions about how to use the program and the image formarts (time,colors, etc) would be nice.

Janne

23 Apr, 2016 @ 7:52pm

Originally posted by Dj Otacon:
A proper instructions about how to use the program and the image formarts (time,colors, etc) would be nice.

time?

Last edited by Janne; 23 Apr, 2016 @ 8:00pm

Dj Otacon

23 Apr, 2016 @ 10:43pm

Craptacular!

Ominus

25 Apr, 2016 @ 8:12am

thanks for this! very useful!

Throw Rug

22 May, 2016 @ 8:01pm

I'm having a tough time getting this to work. I followed your instructions, but when I load up the map, it's just as flat as it was when I created it with maketrn. What am I doing wrong?

blue

22 May, 2016 @ 9:49pm

Your heightmap image size needs to be twice the length/width of your map's size divided by ten. So, if you're making a 2560x2560 map,

2560 / 10 = 256
256 * 2 = 512

Your image needs to be 512x512 pixels.

Throw Rug

25 May, 2016 @ 6:59pm

Thank you very much, my image was 256x256 pixels, which is what was causing the issue.

JimL2112

3 Jul, 2016 @ 10:12pm

Umm, there's no .exe in this? The ReadMe only states the obvious?

JimL2112

3 Jul, 2016 @ 11:38pm

Originally posted by Dj Otacon:
A proper instructions about how to use the program and the image formarts (time,colors, etc) would be nice.

Check this out http://jiml2112.eu/BZ_Stuff/Killers_Mapscale.zip

Janne

4 Jul, 2016 @ 1:48am

Originally posted by JimL2112:
Umm, there's no .exe in this? The ReadMe only states the obvious?

There is an .exe file in there.

Originally posted by JimL2112:
Originally posted by Dj Otacon:
A proper instructions about how to use the program and the image formarts (time,colors, etc) would be nice.
Check this out http://jiml2112.eu/BZ_Stuff/Killers_Mapscale.zip

This program works a bit differently than the older ones, have a look at the source code.
It does not work in greyscale neither, you should in most cases just use one color channel.

Last edited by Janne; 4 Jul, 2016 @ 1:51am

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JimL2112

5 Jul, 2016 @ 11:17am

Ah, Potato_047, the first download I got was called Heightmap-to-Image-converter-master.zip, and there was no .exe in it. I tried the dropbox link today & got a better file methinks. But if I have to read source code to make it work I'm doomed.
EDIT: Err, still could use a good ReadMe.txt... like Instructions?
EDIT #2: OK I see what this is doing, it's not anything like BMP2HGT which is what I was expecting. Can you please explain the use of changing an HG2 into an image? I'm a BZ mapmaking dinosaur, I made maps in 1.4, and BMP2HGT was the berries for me back then.

Last edited by JimL2112; 5 Jul, 2016 @ 11:30am

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