[Modding] M2TW : Creating a World, a series of tools and tutorials by Gigantus

[Princess Luna]

Author: Gigantus
Original: [Tutorial] Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem

Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem

This tutorial is about creating gray scale maps (map_height) from satellite data. The original was done by BDH a while back. After getting into it I decided to put it in a more 'user friendly' form, the tool is excellent!
It contains Step by Step instructions from downloading the tools and data to the finished map_heights.

The setup file is provided as well as the website for it is defunct.

Note: I will not support this tool\thread anymore as the tool is outdated (apart from not being supported by the author). Please have a look at my Map Templates with Worldwind or Working with the Demis online Mapper tutorials instead.

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[Princess Luna]

Author: Gigantus
Original: [Resource] Creating a World - Reduced City Textures

[Resource] Creating a World - Reduced City Textures

Some might be familiar with this. Unfortunately the link to the download doesn't exist anymore so I added the files as an attachment.

How it works:

Reduced city textures from original 2048x2048 to 512x512 resolution, it helps to reduce lag at high texture setting (less HD access, faster loading

Installation:
-unpack in MTW2 directory preserving directory structure.
-run main game with --io.file_first switch (mods have this in their CFG file)

Uninstalling:
-delete data\blockset\ directory.

The original is from ziher

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