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This tutorial uses web browser, global mapper, QGIS, terra incognita and imagemagick to get terrain source files into terrain builder. | This tutorial uses web browser, global mapper, QGIS, terra incognita and imagemagick to get terrain source files into terrain builder. | ||
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+ | Important Note: Global Mapper is commercial software which costs like $500, **you cannot make ArmA 3 terrain of decent size with the TRIAL version.** If you do not have full / commercial version of global mapper I suggest you read Ross's QGIS real world data tutorial instead, QGIS is a free open source software. | ||
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===== Place Names ===== | ===== Place Names ===== | ||
- | Next is a bit tricky part... if you do not have Qt installed. We need to use [[https://github.com/SnakeManPMC/arma-3-OSM_Places_CSV2HPP|PMC OSM Places CSV to HPP converter tool]] which we at the moment of writing this tutorial dont have binary EXE available for download, so you would have to compile that yourself in Qt. Sorry for that. | + | Next is a bit tricky part... if you do not have Qt installed. We need to use [[https://github.com/SnakeManPMC/arma-3-OSM_Places_CSV2HPP|PMC OSM Places CSV to HPP converter tool]] <del>which we at the moment of writing this tutorial dont have binary EXE available for download, so you would have to compile that yourself in Qt. Sorry for that.</del> download [[https://pmc.editing.wiki/downloads/OSM_Places_CSV2HPP_v0.1.2.7z|OSM_Places_CSV2HPP_v0.1.2.7z]]. |
- | Start the tool and click open csv button, browse to transformed_places.csv file and click open. In few seconds the arma3 config class names{} compatible text appears in the text box. | + | Start the tool and click QGIS button, browse to transformed_places.csv file and click open. In few seconds the arma3 config class names{} compatible text appears in the text box. |
+ | (image from older version of the tool) | ||
{{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/PMC-OSM-Places-CSV2HPP-Converter.png }} | {{ https://pmc.editing.wiki/images/PMC-OSM-Places-CSV2HPP-Converter.png }} | ||
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description = "TUT Austria 40km"; | description = "TUT Austria 40km"; | ||
worldName = "\tut\tut_austria_40km\tut_austria_40km.wrp"; | worldName = "\tut\tut_austria_40km\tut_austria_40km.wrp"; | ||
- | author = "PMC http://www.pmctactical.org"; | + | author = "PMC https://www.pmctactical.org"; |
pictureMap = "tut\tut_austria_40km_data\picturemap_ca.paa"; | pictureMap = "tut\tut_austria_40km_data\picturemap_ca.paa"; | ||
pictureShot = "tut\tut_austria_40km_data\ui_terrain_ca.paa"; | pictureShot = "tut\tut_austria_40km_data\ui_terrain_ca.paa"; | ||
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"PMC Editing Wiki helps you develop terrains like this.", | "PMC Editing Wiki helps you develop terrains like this.", | ||
- | "PMC Tactical http://www.pmctactical.org", | + | "PMC Tactical https://www.pmctactical.org", |
"This terrain is 40km in size with 1 meter / pixel satellite resolution.", | "This terrain is 40km in size with 1 meter / pixel satellite resolution.", | ||
"This terrain heightmap elevations are realistic made from SRTM data.", | "This terrain heightmap elevations are realistic made from SRTM data.", |