Just practice more!
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Hmmm I seem to be having this problem. But without the error message.John23 wrote:I have found out how to get the plugin working, but when I do the model to height map, I name it "Mountainview.bmp" and set the location to my desktop. Once I get the window that says it was completed, there is nothing but an empty folder on my desktop and it gives me an error saying it no longer exists.
All the height maps were located in my documents folder for some reasonbarrington314 wrote:Hmmm I seem to be having this problem. But without the error message.John23 wrote:I have found out how to get the plugin working, but when I do the model to height map, I name it "Mountainview.bmp" and set the location to my desktop. Once I get the window that says it was completed, there is nothing but an empty folder on my desktop and it gives me an error saying it no longer exists.
Dang, mine too. Thats weird. Yay! Thank you sir.John23 wrote:All the height maps were located in my documents folder for some reasonbarrington314 wrote:Hmmm I seem to be having this problem. But without the error message.John23 wrote:I have found out how to get the plugin working, but when I do the model to height map, I name it "Mountainview.bmp" and set the location to my desktop. Once I get the window that says it was completed, there is nothing but an empty folder on my desktop and it gives me an error saying it no longer exists.
Go to extension manager or whatever, click on install and locate the .rbz file.808 wrote:it won't let me do anything with the 2013 version anymore so i had to get the 2017 version, but in this version they somehow made it worse than the older one because now there is no plugins folder. so now i can't put the mesh2heightmap thing in it, so now i can't do shit.
kinda frustrating when a company goes ahead and makes their new version of their program worse than their old, then forces you to use the new version or else your fucked. beautiful, true heroes they are.
it's not an rbz fileWahlamt wrote:Go to extension manager or whatever, click on install and locate the .rbz file.808 wrote:it won't let me do anything with the 2013 version anymore so i had to get the 2017 version, but in this version they somehow made it worse than the older one because now there is no plugins folder. so now i can't put the mesh2heightmap thing in it, so now i can't do shit.
kinda frustrating when a company goes ahead and makes their new version of their program worse than their old, then forces you to use the new version or else your fucked. beautiful, true heroes they are.
Go to page 2 here and download it (puma linked it I think).808 wrote:it's not an rbz fileWahlamt wrote:Go to extension manager or whatever, click on install and locate the .rbz file.808 wrote:it won't let me do anything with the 2013 version anymore so i had to get the 2017 version, but in this version they somehow made it worse than the older one because now there is no plugins folder. so now i can't put the mesh2heightmap thing in it, so now i can't do shit.
kinda frustrating when a company goes ahead and makes their new version of their program worse than their old, then forces you to use the new version or else your fucked. beautiful, true heroes they are.
gee, thanksWahlamt wrote:Go to page 2 here and download it (puma linked it I think).808 wrote:it's not an rbz fileWahlamt wrote: Go to extension manager or whatever, click on install and locate the .rbz file.
From this thread: http://forum.mxsimulator.com/viewtopic. ... 19#p815812aeffertz wrote:Does anyone know of a method that currently works?
ColtonD719 wrote:Unfortunately, Jakob is correct that SketchUp has been "updated" so that you have to have the Pro version to get terrain data, and even worse, the data is way lower resolution than it used to be. Basically, SketchUp is worthless for this now, IMO. Which sucks because it used to be pretty easy/good quality.
The only way I know of to get good quality terrain data now, aside from going out there with a drone, is using DEMs. There is some helpful discussion on it here: http://forum.mxsimulator.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=8845
Beware, it can be confusing AF. Definitely read down the thread, especially Haggvist's posts.
First you have to find the DEM (height data) and ortho (satellite imagery) that covers the area where your track is located. I don't know about international sources, but for the US, the National Map is very useful: https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/basic/#startUp (Search for "Elevation Products (3DEP)" and "Imagery (NAIP)" in the area of your track.)
Download the highest resolution DEM and ortho available and open them in a program such as Microdem or QGIS (I use QGIS since it is available for Mac). In these programs, you should be able to align your height data and satellite image based on the coordinates embedded in the metadata of the files. Then, zoom in to the part of the map that you want to use in game, and export the height data as 16 or 32-bit grayscale, and export the satellite image as color. You can then open the images in Photoshop/GIMP and convert the grayscale to 16-bit (if it's not already), and proceed to work on them as normal.
Once I get a better grasp of exporting things from QGIS I'd like to make a more detailed tutorial, but I haven't quite learned it 100% yet.
Hope that helps! Unfortunately since the new SketchUp it's a way more complicated process, but definitely still possible.
You have to un-tick "perspective" also, under the camera menu.Fabio Guido wrote:When i use the plugin "model to heightmap" it say me "This is not an orthograpic view. Aborting ..."
I've select the Top view ^^