Maximum Heightmap Dimensions

[fusi]

Hi

Are there any plans to increase the maximum size of the heightmaps?

I'm currently working on a system that will be able to simulate ridiculously large terrain (i.e. 256K x 256K) and I am very impressed by the results L3DT spits out.

Cheers
Dave

[Aaron]

Hi Dave,

256K x 256K should be OK. However, there might be some debugging required, so I'll increase the limit after the next release.

Cheers,
Aaron.

[fusi]

wahey

i ended up buying a copy anyway as you undoubtedly saw thanks for the prompt response (installing it now whieeee)!

Cheers
Dave

[Rummy]

I've managed 720km based of srtm data

[fusi]

nice! this is what i wanna hear xD kinda offtopic but kinda of support does l3dt have for float heightmap generation? im looking for vertical range with reasonable resolution

--- edit --- no matter, found the answer on the forum ( http://www.bundysoft.com/phpBB2/viewtop ... 63759774b6 ) :)

[Aaron]

Hi Fusi,

If you want full float precision you can use the BT, HFF or RAW formats, which support this mode. To enable float mode, go to 'file->format preferences', then 'project maps->heightfield->HFF', click on options, then set 'ByteDepth' to 4 and enable 'FloatFlag'. The process is much the same for the BT and RAW formats. The new HFZ format supports (up to) 32-bit precision too, and also includes compression by diff and gzip encoding - it's the new heightfield format for L3DT, which will become the default later in the year.

Cheers,
Aaron.