Need tips on faster displacements

Increase the number of X and Y triangles to get a more detailed map. The 'number of brushes' is the number of displacements that dispgen creates to model the heightmap.

 

So I made a heightmap in Terragen:

And then used dispgen to create displacements that I tweaked and eventually looked like this:


Check emp_dune thread for more pics and map download. I have to say this is a great way to make empires maps quickly that look good.

 

Does anyone know how to use that alpha painting in dispgen

 

still learning it, i love the photoshop use

 

I didnt bother with it, it is easy enough to paint the alpha manually in Hammer

 

Ive written a tutorial on how to make displacement environments with terragen and dispgen:

http://forums.empiresmod.com/showthread.php?t=6332