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ArmA 3 Terrain Processor
Terrain Processor is basically object placer. Its like enhanced version of Shezan74's World Tools (no relation though).
User Guide
Terrain Processor (TP for short) is a bitch, you make one slight wrong configuration and BANG it crashes or freezes without mercy :)
Project *.TPP files are XML format, you can edit them but as bis TP manual states its not advised as its easy to make mistakes and again TP will crash, so be very very careful.
You should name every TPP project file with very descriptive file name (normal rules apply, no spaces, no stupid characters) so you can re-use them with other terrains in the future.
It is cumbersome to add object template names into the projects so once you do it, save the tpp file that you don't have to type in all those templates next time you want to place forests etc.
Object Placement Statistics
This is nice reference read of how many objects some configs place and how long time it takes to import these to terrain builder. Computer used to create these statistics is CPU: AMD Athlon FX-4170 4.2Ghz Quad Core Black Edition, RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB PC3-12800 1600MHz.
Task: Area Random
Trees 12, probability 100%, minimal distance 5m.
Polygon size about 20km x 20km, just slightly below that size but otherwise square area.
| Hectare Density | Objects Placed |
|---|---|
| 1% | 41,000 |
| 10% | 413,000 |
| 20% | 827,000 |
| 30% | 1,240,000 |
| 40% | 1,654,000 |
| 50% | 2,068,000 |
| 60% | 2,481,000 |
| 70% | 2,895,000 |
| 80% | 3,308,000 |
| 90% | 3,722,000 |
| 100% | 4,136,000 |
| 110% | 4,549,000 |
| 120% | 4,963,000 |
| 130% | 5,376,000 |
| 140% | 5,790,000 |
| 150% | 6,204,000 |
Terrain builder imports 2 million object LBT file in about 10 minutes, 3,3 million objects 17 minutes. 4,1 million objects 22 minutes. 5,3 million objects 26 minutes. 6,2 million objects 30 minutes.
Polygon size about 40km x 40km, everything else the same as above.
| Hectare Density | Objects Placed |
|---|---|
| 1% | 167,000 |
| 10% | 1,674,000 |
| 20% | 3,348,000 |
| 30% | 5,023,000 |
| 40% | 6,697,000 |
| 45% | 7,535,000 |
Terrain builder imports 7,5 million object LBT file in 37 minutes.
Polygon size about 81km x 81km, everything else the same as above.
| Hectare Density | Objects Placed |
|---|---|
| 1% | 670,000 |
| 5% | 2,681,000 |
| 9% | 6,033,000 |
| 10% | 6,704,000 |
Terrain builder imports 6,7 million object LBT file in 32 minutes.