L3DT documentation
Large 3D terrain generator

Supported file formats

Design map
Ext. File type App./Source Support Tiling Plugin Specification
DMF Design map file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_DMF See specs page
ZMAP Zeolite map file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_ZMAP See specs page
Heightfield
Ext. File type App./Source Support Tiling Plugin Specification
3DS 3D Studio mesh file Autodesk 3ds Max Export Yes L3DTio_3DS See Google
B3D Blitz3D object file BlitzBasic Blitz3D Export No L3DTio_B3D See Blitz3D site
BMP Bitmap image Win, OS/2 Import & export Yes L3DTio_BigBitmap See Sourceforge
BT Binary terrain file VTP Native No L3DTio_BT See VTP site
CSV Comma separated values Spreadsheet apps. Import & export No L3DTio_CSV See L3DTio_CSV notes
DAE Digital asset exchange COLLADA Export Yes L3DTio_COLLADA See collada.org
G16 16-bit greyscale bitmap Unreal Import & export Yes L3DTio_BigBitmap See Sourceforge
HF2 /
HF2.GZ /
HFZ
Heightfield file v2 L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_HFZ See specs page
HFF Heightfield file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_HFF See specs page
HTF Height tile file GLScene Export No L3DTio_HTF Not on web?
JPG JPEG image JPEG committee Import & export Yes L3DTio_FI See JFIF spec
LBL / IMG MOLA label / image files NASA MOLA Import No L3DTio_MOLA See NASA
OBJ Wavefront object file Advanced Visualizer,
by Wavefront Technologies
Export Yes L3DTio_OBJ See Wikipedia
PCX Picture exchange format Windows Paintbrush Import & export No L3DTio_PCX See UUIC notes
PGM Portable grey map pbmplus Import & export No L3DTio_PGM See Paul Bourke's site
PNG Portable network graphic libpng Import & export Yes L3DTio_FI See libpng site
RAW /
R16 /
R32
Raw binary heightfield file N/A Import & export Yes L3DTio_RAW_HF See specs page
TER Terragen terrain file Terragen Native Yes L3DTio_TER See Terragen site
TER Torque terrain file Torque Game Engine Import & export Yes L3DTio_TorqueTER Not on web?
TIF TIFF and GeoTIFF images N/A Import only No L3DTio_TIFF See TIFF 6.0 specs
TIN Triangulated irregular network TIN-73 Export only No L3DTio_TIN See EMS-i website
X DirectX mesh file Microsoft DirectX Export Yes L3DTio_X See Paul Bourke's site
XYZ XYZ ASCII point list N/A Native Export L3DTio_XYZ
ZMAP Zeolite map file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_ZMAP See specs page
Water map
Ext. File type App./Source Support Tiling Plugin Specification
BMP Bitmap image Win, OS/2 Export No L3DTio_BigBitmap See Sourceforge
BT Binary terrain file VTP Export No L3DTio_BT See VTP site
HFF Heightfield file L3DT Export No L3DTio_HFF See specs page
HTF Height tile file GLScene Export No L3DTio_HTF Not on web?
TER Terragen terrain file Terragen Export No L3DTio_TER See Terragen site
WMF Water map file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_WMF See specs page
ZMAP Zeolite map file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_ZMAP See specs page
Salinity map
Ext. File type App./Source Support Tiling Plugin Specification
HFF Heightfield file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_HFF See specs page
HF2 /
HF2.GZ /
HFZ
Heightfield file v2 L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_HFZ See specs page
ZMAP Zeolite map file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_ZMAP See specs page
Attributes map
Ext. File type App./Source Support Tiling Plugin Specification
AMF Attributes map file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_AMF See specs page
AMF.GZ Attributes map file + GZIP L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_AMF See specs page
PNG Portable network graphic libpng Native Yes L3DTio_FI 16-bit greyscale mode
ZMAP Zeolite map file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_ZMAP See specs page
Terrain normals map
Ext. File type App./Source Support Mosaic Plugin Specification
BMP Bitmap image Win, OS/2 Native Yes L3DTio_BigBitmap See Sourceforge
DDS DirectDraw Surface image Microsot DirectX Native Yes L3DTio_DDS See MSDN DDS page
JPG JPEG image JPEG committee Native Yes L3DTio_FI See JFIF spec
PNG Portable network graphic libpng Native Yes L3DTio_FI See libpng site
ZMAP Zeolite map file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_ZMAP See specs page
RGB images (inc. light and texture maps)
Ext. File type App./Source Support Tiling Plugin Specification
BMP Bitmap image Win, OS/2 Native Yes L3DTio_BigBitmap See Sourceforge
DDS DirectDraw Surface image Microsot DirectX Native Yes L3DTio_DDS See MSDN DDS page
JPG JPEG image JPEG committee Native Yes L3DTio_FI See JFIF spec
PCX Picture exchange format Windows Paintbrush Native Yes L3DTio_PCX See UUIC notes
PNG Portable network graphic libpng Native Yes L3DTio_FI See libpng site
TGA TrueVision targa image Truevision
(now Pinnacle Video)
Native Yes L3DTio_FI See Lib. of Congress site
ZMAP Zeolite map file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_ZMAP See specs page
RGBA images (inc. alpha maps)
Ext. File type App./Source Support Tiling Plugin Specification
DDS DirectDraw Surface image Microsot DirectX Native Yes L3DTio_DDS See MSDN DDS page
PNG Portable network graphic libpng Native Yes L3DTio_FI See libpng site
TGA TrueVision targa image Truevision
(now Pinnacle Video)
Native Yes L3DTio_FI See Lib. of Congress site
ZMAP Zeolite map file L3DT Native Yes L3DTio_ZMAP See specs page
 
l3dt/formats/support.txt · Last modified: 2017/08/31 05:06 (external edit)
 
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