http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/ 2026-04-29T17:23:54+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/ http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2017-08-31T05:34:40+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:3d&rev=1504157680&do=diff Sapphire Sapphire is the new 3D renderer and terrain editor plugin for L3DT. It is included by default with L3DT, and can be opened using the '3D' toolbar button, as shown below: The Sapphire 3D viewer toolbar icon. Other renderers L3DT supports common formats that are widely used for terrain and texture data. As such, it is compatible with most 3D terrain rendering environments. Popular 3rd party renderers often used with L3DT include: text/html 2017-08-31T04:19:29+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:accelerator&rev=1504153169&do=diff For off-line access, [click here] for a PDF of this page. Key What is it? Menu option F1, CTRL + H Open help. 'Help->On-line help...' F2, CTRL + N Make new project. 'File->New project' F3, CTRL + O Open existing project. 'File->Open' F4, CTRL + S Save project. 'File->Save' CTRL + ALT + S Save project as new file. 'File->Save project as' F5, CTRL + R Redraw main window. 'View->Refresh' F6, CTRL + W Open calculation wizard. 'Operations->Calc. wizard' F7, CTRL + E Export … text/html 2017-08-31T07:27:22+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:activation&rev=1504164442&do=diff L3DT Professional and L3DT for Torque require you to enter a valid 'activation code' before they can be used. To receive an activation code, please purchase a license from the Bundysoft store (for L3DT Pro) or from the GarageGames store (for L3DT for Torque). If you would like to try before you buy, you may also register to receive a free 90-day trial activation code using the trial registration page. text/html 2017-08-31T06:55:08+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:batch&rev=1504162508&do=diff L3DT Professional You can run a batch of maps using the 'File->Run batch...' menu option. If you select an L3DT batch file (*.run), L3DT will make all the maps in the batch sequentially and auto-save each one. If instead you choose a map definition file (*.def.xml), L3DT will make one map using that definition and will not auto-save. text/html 2017-08-31T04:45:45+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:climates&rev=1504154745&do=diff You may find it worthwhile to browse the climate algorithms page to familiarise yourself with all the nomenclature before proceeding with this guide. Climates in L3DT are somewhat complicated. * The climate manager * The climate editor * The land type editor * Using multiple climates in one map text/html 2013-08-22T00:20:29+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:dialogs&rev=1377130829&do=diff Dialog box windows are listed alphabetically by title. * A * Attributes map brush * Attributes map mask overlay * B * Byte map brush * C * Calculation progress * Climate editor * Climate manager * Clip heightfield * Copy and paste tool * CPU throttle * Crop map layer text/html 2017-08-31T05:52:57+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:edit&rev=1504158777&do=diff Edit menu options * Copy and paste * Selecting map areas * Undo, backup and restore Using brush tools * Index of brush tools * Editing the heightfield in 3D * Editing the attributes map in 3D * Editing the texture map in 3D Some relevant calculations... * Resizing a map * Cropping a map * Rotating / mirroring a map text/html 2017-08-31T04:28:45+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:extensions&rev=1504153725&do=diff Extensions, or plugins, are compiled Windows Dynamically Linked Libraries (DLLs) containing code that add features to or otherwise modify the behaviour of L3DT. For more information about downloading, using or creating plugins, please consult the following pages: text/html 2013-08-22T00:20:29+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:io&rev=1377130829&do=diff * Loading and saving map projects * Loading / saving / closing individual maps in a project * Importing maps * Exporting maps * File preferences * Opening files from the command line * List of supported file formats text/html 2017-08-31T06:54:21+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:layers&rev=1504162461&do=diff The 'Layers' menu in L3DT, shown below, allows you to create, delete, import, export and otherwise modify the map layers within the current project. [:l3dt:userguide:layers:layersmenu.png] The 'layers' menu. The menu options are: New map layer... Create a new custom map layer in the project. Import layer... Import a map layer from a file. Export layer... Export the active map layer to a file. Reload layer... Reload the active map layer from the saved project. Close layer...… text/html 2017-08-31T06:31:45+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:linux&rev=1504161105&do=diff Users of the GNU/Linux operating system can run L3DT using the Wine compatibility layer . However, please be aware that L3DT in Linux is not officially supported. L3DT in Linux may exhibit bugs not present when running L3DT natively in MS Windows. These bugs are listed in the . text/html 2013-08-22T00:20:29+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:multithreading&rev=1377130829&do=diff L3DT Professional will run some calculations on multiple parallel threads to make the most of multi-core systems. Which calculations support multiple cores? At the time of writing, the following calculations support multi-core processing: * Attributes map generation. * Normal map generation. * Light map generation. * Texture map generation. text/html 2017-08-31T05:07:00+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:newmap&rev=1504156020&do=diff To make a new map project in L3DT, select the 'File->New project...' option from the menu, or click on the 'new map' toolbar button. This will open the Select project type wizard, shown below. This wizard pane lists the available project types. As of the time of writing, these include: text/html 2013-08-22T00:20:29+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:ops&rev=1377130829&do=diff Calculation user interface * The 'Calculation queue' wizard * The 'Finalisation' wizard * Using ZeoGraph Calculations by map * Design map * Heightfield * Water map * Attributes map * Terrain normals * Light map * Texture map * Alpha maps * Mask maps text/html 2011-01-13T03:27:30+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:res&rev=1294889250&do=diff Climates and land types * About climates * The climate manager * The climate editor * The land type editor * Using multiple climates in one map Materials, textures and bump-maps * About materials * The material manager * The material editor * The texture/bump-map layer editor text/html 2017-08-31T06:43:30+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:scripts&rev=1504161810&do=diff Scripts in L3DT allow the user to customise the behaviour of the application. For example, scripts may be used to perform a sequence of calculations that are not supported by L3DT's normal user interface. For simple tasks, writing scripts is significantly easier and quicker than developing plugins, as script writing does not require specialist programming experience nor the use of compilers or other software. text/html 2017-08-31T05:18:39+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:settings&rev=1504156719&do=diff Current project The 'Settings->Current project' option allows you to manually modify the settings and flags stored in the map project. Georeferencing The 'Settings->Georeferencing' option allows you to manually modify the 'real-world' location data for your map. Please refer to the georeferencing plugin page for more info. text/html 2017-08-31T04:33:31+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:toolbar&rev=1504154011&do=diff As of L3DT release 2.9, the toolbar looks like: [The toolbar in L3DT] The options are as follows: Create a new map project Open a map project Save the map project Export the active map Open the 'calculation queue' wizard Open the 'ZeoGraph' window Open the 'script editor' window The undo, backup and restore buttons The mouse info tool Edit the active map The mouse ruler tool The select area tool The mouse zoom tool The base zoom button Select the … text/html 2017-08-31T04:50:23+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:tools&rev=1504155023&do=diff The following mouse tools are available in L3DT from the 'Mouse tools' menu in the main window: * Information mouse mode (default) * Map editing tools * Edit active map layer * Design map brush * 3D heightfield editor tools (via Sapphire plugin) * Water map flood tool * Water body delete tool * 2D attributes map brush * 3D attributes map brush (via Sapphire plugin) * 2D texture map brush * 3D texture map brush (via Sapphire plugin) * Byte map brush * RGB ma… text/html 2011-01-13T03:27:32+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:updatemanager&rev=1294889252&do=diff To check for updates to L3DT, select the 'Help->Check for updates...' menu item. This will open the Update manager window, shown below: The update manager window When the update manager is opened, it will connect to the Bundysoft.com servers to check for any updates or alerts. If found, they will be displayed in the tree view in the top half of the window. When you select one of the available updates/alerts, a descriptive message will be provided in the lower half of the window, as wel… text/html 2017-08-31T07:31:10+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:utilities&rev=1504164670&do=diff The 'Utilities' menu is where I've dumped controls that didn't exactly fit anywhere else. They include: * Throttle CPU * RAM chart * Unify mosaic scales * Event log text/html 2017-08-31T06:59:55+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:view&rev=1504162795&do=diff This section of the user guide describes the 2-dimensional map display in the main window of L3DT. * Selecting the active (displayed) map layer * Zooming and panning the display * Display schemes * Design map * Heightfield * Water map text/html 2013-08-22T00:20:29+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:wizards&rev=1377130829&do=diff Wizards are listed alphabetically by title. * A * Alpha map options * Attributes map calc. * C * Calculation queue * Combine alpha layers * D * Design map size * Design map parameters * E * Export map * F * Finalisation * Fractal parameters text/html 2017-08-31T06:09:30+00:00 http://www.bundysoft.com/docs/doku.php?id=l3dt:userguide:wthru&rev=1504159770&do=diff When you first run L3DT you will be prompted whether you wish to read the 'walk-through guide': The walk-through is a sequence of simple pop-up descriptions that explain what you're seeing in L3DT and what to do next. Ideally, using the walk-through should be obvious and intuitive, as on the first page it explains how to use the guide: