Tutorial:MapWithPOVRay(Tinnut)

Howto: Create a map's texture using Povray to generate the texture

!! This is currently a work in progress and make take some time to complete. !!

Povray is available for both Windows and Linux so in theory these steps should work for both systems.

1) Download and install Povray: Povray Site

2) Create a working folder for your map, for this example, we'll make C:\PovMap

3) Create a heightmap using whatever program (I like The GIMP). Here is the one we'll use for our map:

4) For our example, we'll be defining three different elevation levels for which there are different terrain textures, these will be (each at 512x512):

4.1) Lowest elevation (low lying areas):

4.2) Middle elevation (main map surface):

4.3) Highest elevation (mountains):

5) Now also for our example, we'll be defining two different textures to be used by sloping areas, one for slopes in the lower elevation areas of the map, and another for slopes in the higher elevations:

5.1) Lower elevations:

5.2) Higher elevations:

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