Road Levelling
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 5:37 pm
Dear Bundysoft,
Apologies if this has already been posted but couldn't seem to find anything specifically related to this after searching.
I am wondering if there is any way (via a script possibly) to auto level roads using a mask - even if this means some manual smoothing is required after. The reason I ask is that I am making an Arma 3 map that is 40960m x 40960 (using 10m detail 4096 hf) and there are going to be nearly 1600 roads to smooth/level. I have tested these in game along the way and all seems good apart from the camber/slope/smoothness. I have nearly finished the road shapefile in QGIS and can export also as images (can select different road types separately to export). After this will I align the road images in Photoshop over full size Sat image adding the appropriate width to each road type. This would leave me with a great template for a mask - I have used a mask to stitch two heightfields together and that seems to work very accurately.
Not to worry if this isn't possible and I'll use the tutorial method - possible merging a heightfield using the road mask of a 10m flat terrain so no need to switch layers in Sapphire.
Anyway thanks for creating such a fantastic program - recommended to all my friends!
Best wishes
Herrick
Apologies if this has already been posted but couldn't seem to find anything specifically related to this after searching.
I am wondering if there is any way (via a script possibly) to auto level roads using a mask - even if this means some manual smoothing is required after. The reason I ask is that I am making an Arma 3 map that is 40960m x 40960 (using 10m detail 4096 hf) and there are going to be nearly 1600 roads to smooth/level. I have tested these in game along the way and all seems good apart from the camber/slope/smoothness. I have nearly finished the road shapefile in QGIS and can export also as images (can select different road types separately to export). After this will I align the road images in Photoshop over full size Sat image adding the appropriate width to each road type. This would leave me with a great template for a mask - I have used a mask to stitch two heightfields together and that seems to work very accurately.
Not to worry if this isn't possible and I'll use the tutorial method - possible merging a heightfield using the road mask of a 10m flat terrain so no need to switch layers in Sapphire.
Anyway thanks for creating such a fantastic program - recommended to all my friends!
Best wishes
Herrick