Comments on: How to create .RAW terrain files for Second Life and OpenSim with Terragen

By: V

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:00:05 +0000

Hi Ewan, the resolution of a sim raw file is always 256×256 pixels, the height scale is presented as the increments in a greyscale spectrum. I’m not sure if that answers your question. Sadly, I’m not familiar with L3DT, I use Terragen and the inworld editor for all terrains.

By: Ewan

Ewan — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:52:21 +0000

Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone could tell me in which detail SL can configure the RAW files. I made a plan for making a footprint of roughly 20X20 in a one sim raw file, with a maze in it, and it looks pretty cool in the preview, but i now dont know if it will work.
Do i need to set up a height, anything else i need to think of? I know SL works with a 20m waterlevel, but I have no clue how to do that. I used L3DT to make my simshape.
Any suggestions?

Kind regards,
Ewan.

By: DancingKim

DancingKim — Thu, 12 May 2011 02:33:06 +0000

Hi there, i’m a professional dancer. i’d prefer to make a showreel regarding my promotions. I also would like to use some animation. Can someone suggest me a great animation studio, but not necessarily very expensive? I’m here for 3 months for a tour.
Love
Kim.

By: V

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:05:33 +0000

You’re most welcome. Happy landscaping!
V

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:02:03 +0000

That worked fine! Thanks for your quick response, I really appreciate your help.

By: V

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:46:17 +0000

Hi Karen, I'm using Terragen for Mac, the Windows version looks somewhat different, it seems. Still, the features should be the same. I just took a look at the windows version and the menus and buttons are organized differently. To save the terrain in windows, click on the "Save" button in the Landscape window. This will save a terrain file by default, there's nothing to change there. After that, convert the terragen file to a .raw with bailiwick. Greetings V

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:35:38 +0000

Thanks for your great tutorial! When I downloaded Terragen from your link and ran it, it appears to be a different version than what shows in your screen shots. I downloaded Terragen Classic, and the version is V0.9. I’ve struggled trying to follow your directions, but can’t seem to save in the right format. Any suggestions?

By: Aedan

Aedan — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:40:50 +0000

*smiles* I’ll try that. I found no instructions so couldn’t know if there was a distance concern (I thought maybe the libraries pulled the information directly from the sim) …thanks once again.

By: V

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:16:01 +0000

Hi Aedan,
from what I remember (haven’t used Terrain Sculptor in a while) the terrain only exports right if your avatar can see it all, so it works best if you fly across it at a some altitude (like 50 meters) and cross the sim. On the map window you can see how much of the terrain has already rezzed.

By: Aedan

Aedan — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:56:34 +0000

Thanks V,
I’ll play with it a while…it is actually like half the sim is missing..the sculpty is flat and I’ve gotten three different results with three different attempts. If I can figure out how to take the 256×256 height measurements I’ve taken and put them into a file that can be properly read, I think I”ll be back on track. That seems so simple and yet I haven’t found a format descriptor to do just that…