PMC Editing Wiki

global-mapper-ocean-srtm-depth

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-02T17:48:03+00:00

ArmA 3 Global Mapper Ocean SRTM to -50m ArmA 3 Forum, ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Config, ArmA 3 Missions, ArmA 3 3D Modeling, ArmA 3 Scripting, ArmA 3 Terrain, ArmA 3 Texturing, ArmA 3 Tools Problem: SRTM ocean depth is 0 meters, however this is not water in arma3, how can I make my ocean deeper? Well you can use create/flatten terrain feature in global mapper. Use like openstreetmap or world street map as your guide where the ocean is. Now create area feature (draw shape, ie polygon) for your ocean.

heightmap-editing-water-depths

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-02T17:54:20+00:00

ArmA 3 Heightmap Editing Water Depths ArmA 3 Forum, ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Config, ArmA 3 Missions, ArmA 3 3D Modeling, ArmA 3 Scripting, ArmA 3 Terrain, ArmA 3 Texturing, ArmA 3 Tools Howto edit ArmA 3 water / ocean depth heightmap elevations. See Water Color for detailed info how ArmA 3 water system works. Buldozer Buldozer loads way too long with large satellites resolutions, without layers dir its fast but that is a moot point as the ground is pure white where you cannot see details. It is horr…

terrain

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-02T22:08:05+00:00

ArmA 3 Terrain ArmA 3 Forum, ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Config, ArmA 3 Missions, ArmA 3 3D Modeling, ArmA 3 Scripting, ArmA 3 Terrain, ArmA 3 Texturing, ArmA 3 Tools ArmA 3 Terrain Editing ArmA 3 Tools page lists many terrain tools with valuable information, for example Terrain Builder. Beginner Tutorials ArmA 3 Ultimate Terrain Tutorial by PMC The Atlas tutorial by Jakerod Clutter layers.cfg, Satellite Mask Image, clutter, cfgSurfaceCharacters, cfgsurfaces Config v1.60 visual upgrade lighting con…

water-color

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-02T21:59:50+00:00

ArmA 3 Water Colors for Depth ArmA 3 Forum, ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Config, ArmA 3 Missions, ArmA 3 3D Modeling, ArmA 3 Scripting, ArmA 3 Terrain, ArmA 3 Texturing, ArmA 3 Tools ArmA 3 water colors for depth, how deep your ocean have to be in order it to be “dark blue” etc. Elevation of 0.25m shows the ugly square grid (is it texture layer size?) on ground surface as water (difficult to explain, check it out yourself), do not ever use precisely 0 meter elevation, always go at least 0.5m above or below…

terrain

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-07-31T09:07:06+00:00

Falcon 4 Terrain Tutorial Falcon 4.0 Forum, Falcon 4 Home, Falcon 4 Campaign, Falcon 4 Cockpits, Falcon 4 Database, Falcon 4 File Formats, Falcon 4 SRTM Terrain, Falcon 4 Terrain, Falcon 4 Textures, Falcon 4 Tools Read also our Airbase Leveling tutorial. This tutorial is somewhat obsolete as CATE does the same function now automatically. But the tutorial is still here if you want to do manual work. And our Tiling Tutorial which might be useful to someone.

ocean-satellite-texture

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-02T18:49:24+00:00

ArmA 3 Ocean Satellite Texture ArmA 3 Forum, ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Config, ArmA 3 Missions, ArmA 3 3D Modeling, ArmA 3 Scripting, ArmA 3 Terrain, ArmA 3 Texturing, ArmA 3 Tools 2019-12-22 Ocean bottom satellite texture in bis terrains is darkish brown maybe grayish a bit. Altis gradually goes from coast to single color shallower water and then turns into deep water. The shallow RGB 73,72,68 and deep water single color RGB 77,73,70 - yeah the mass of ocean in altis is simple fill.

theatermaker

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-07-31T10:49:38+00:00

Falcon 4 Theater Maker Falcon 4.0 Forum, Falcon 4 Home, Falcon 4 Campaign, Falcon 4 Cockpits, Falcon 4 Database, Falcon 4 File Formats, Falcon 4 SRTM Terrain, Falcon 4 Terrain, Falcon 4 Textures, Falcon 4 Tools Falcon 4 TheaterMaker is a package of tools by Fred “BaldEagle” Balding. Quick information for Fred “BaldEagle” Balding created programs. Quick list for files in TheaterMaker-??.rar package: * ATCUtility / unknown.

l3dt

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-02T18:33:36+00:00

ArmA 3 L3DT ArmA 3 Forum, ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Config, ArmA 3 Missions, ArmA 3 3D Modeling, ArmA 3 Scripting, ArmA 3 Terrain, ArmA 3 Texturing, ArmA 3 Tools Main L3DT page. ArmA 3 L3DT page assumes you have read ArmA 2 L3DT page as base knowledge, if you haven't done so then don't be surprised to find some out of context info below. L3DT is great terrain heightmap and satellite texture / mask generator.

vte_visitor3_tutorial

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-01T13:09:02+00:00

ArmA 1 VTE Visitor 3 Tutorial ArmA 1 Forum, ArmA 1 Home, ArmA 1 Config, ArmA 1 Tools, ArmA 1 File Formats, ArmA 1 Missions, ArmA 1 3D Modeling, ArmA 1 Terrain, ArmA 1 Texturing, ArmA 1 Scripting ArmA 1 aka Armed Assault (ArmA) This tutorial was created from quick forum post which eventually ended up being quite nice overview tutorial. This is very VTE oriented, but still its good read for anyone interested in terrain editing. Read the initial topic

visitor3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-01T15:34:40+00:00

ArmA 1 Visitor 3 Personal Edition ArmA 1 Forum, ArmA 1 Home, ArmA 1 Config, ArmA 1 Tools, ArmA 1 File Formats, ArmA 1 Missions, ArmA 1 3D Modeling, ArmA 1 Terrain, ArmA 1 Texturing, ArmA 1 Scripting ArmA 1 aka Armed Assault (ArmA) Visitor 3 Personal Edition V3 has the new stallite layer mask texture thingys. Seems like in the “early hours” of V3 editing most of the people are having great difficulties operating V3, especially the texture parts.

gebco

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-10T22:34:05+00:00

GEBCO Bathymetric Data PMC Editing Wiki: Data Sources GEBCO (downloads) homepage. Ocean bottom seabed heightmap data. Good source for ocean heightmaps for example in ArmA 3 Terrains.

campaign

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-07-31T07:54:12+00:00

Falcon 4 Campaign Falcon 4.0 Forum, Falcon 4 Home, Falcon 4 Campaign, Falcon 4 Cockpits, Falcon 4 Database, Falcon 4 File Formats, Falcon 4 SRTM Terrain, Falcon 4 Terrain, Falcon 4 Textures, Falcon 4 Tools Falcon 4 Campaign is the most interesting part of Falcon 4, its really a Dynamic Campaign, there is no scripted missions. Campaign is edited by TacEdit. We have listed Campaign files descriptions and functions. See our dedicated tutorial for

l3dt

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-24T09:30:43+00:00

L3DT PMC Editing Wiki: Tools, search this website for l3dt 2022-07-02T15:31:00Z L3DT homepage. Terrain heightmap editor, satellite texture / mask generator. Latest release: L3DT Pro 22.06 Dev Build 1 username: protrial_16 password: quokka Attributes Map RGB Colors Climate Default Climate Materials CPU Usage Decimal Points Design Your Terrain Generating Time CPU RAM Heightmap Into Desig…

global-mapper-seabed-ocean-bottom-heightmap

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-02T17:49:03+00:00

ArmA 3 Seabed Ocean Bottom Data Tutorial ArmA 3 Forum, ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Config, ArmA 3 Missions, ArmA 3 3D Modeling, ArmA 3 Scripting, ArmA 3 Terrain, ArmA 3 Texturing, ArmA 3 Tools 2018-03-10 Seabed ocean bottom heightmap in Global Mapper (GM) and L3DT tutorial by Ice * Download the seabed data from opentopo. * Export your heightmap and seabed data like normal. * Use L3DT and the

heightmap-editing-tools

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-02T17:53:21+00:00

ArmA 3 Heightmap Editing Tools ArmA 3 Forum, ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Config, ArmA 3 Missions, ArmA 3 3D Modeling, ArmA 3 Scripting, ArmA 3 Terrain, ArmA 3 Texturing, ArmA 3 Tools Buldozer Loads forever with large satellite / layers dir contents. 40,960 res satellite loads 10mins and 71,680 loads 45mins, cant imagine how long 102k or 143k loads heh (ok ok those are monsters but yeah). See

river_tile_tutorial

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-07-31T09:34:19+00:00

Falcon 4 Tutorial For Drawing A River Falcon 4.0 Forum, Falcon 4 Home, Falcon 4 Campaign, Falcon 4 Cockpits, Falcon 4 Database, Falcon 4 File Formats, Falcon 4 SRTM Terrain, Falcon 4 Terrain, Falcon 4 Textures, Falcon 4 Tools by rom To make a realistic river we 2 things beside the actual river: 1. Riverbanks in the basic terrain to make the river look like it's deeper than the surrounding terrain. 2. A riverbed texture that shows through as sandbanks beside the river.

heightmap-ascii-grid-asc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-04T17:14:10+00:00

ArmA 3 Terrain Builder ArmA 3 Forum, ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Config, ArmA 3 Missions, ArmA 3 3D Modeling, ArmA 3 Scripting, ArmA 3 Terrain, ArmA 3 Texturing, ArmA 3 Tools ArmA 3 Terrain Builder, ArmA 3 Terrain Builder Support Forum Heightmap ASCII Grid ASC When you export heightmap from L3DT in ASC format it comes out with header like this: ncols 4096 nrows 4096 xllcorner 0.000000 yllcorner 0.000000 cellsize 10.000000 NODATA_value -9999

heightmap-highest-elevation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-04T16:28:56+00:00

ArmA 3 Terrain Builder ArmA 3 Forum, ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Config, ArmA 3 Missions, ArmA 3 3D Modeling, ArmA 3 Scripting, ArmA 3 Terrain, ArmA 3 Texturing, ArmA 3 Tools ArmA 3 Terrain Builder, ArmA 3 Terrain Builder Support Forum Heightmap Highest Elevation Heightmap highest elevation has been confirmed 8848 meters. Ice said he made mount Everest terrain which worked fine. Helicopter (AH-6 Little Bird) could not climb to that altitude but cars worked there just fine.

data-sources

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-07-30T10:17:08+00:00

PMC Editing Wiki Data Sources PMC Editing Wiki, PMC Tactical Forum, Operation Flashpoint, Falcon 4.0, Armed Assault (ArmA 1), ArmA 2, ArmA 3, Editing Tools 2024-07-30T10:16:00Z ArcGIS web viewer GEBCO ocean bathymetric data Geofabrik OpenStreetMap Data Extracts

terrain

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-02T10:13:24+00:00

ArmA 2 Terrain ArmA 2 Forum, ArmA 2 Home, ArmA 2 Config, ArmA 2 File Formats, ArmA 2 Missions, ArmA 2 3D Modeling, ArmA 2 Scripting, ArmA 2 Terrain, ArmA 2 Texturing, ArmA 2 Tools ArmA 2 Terrain Editing Tutorials You can still use the 1 texture WrpTool method familiar from ArmA terrain. More up to date details from PMC Tactical forums ArmA 2 WRP editing topic. Terrain Extruded Terrain Extruded Mountains / Skybox remove Skybox remove Terrain Resolution Terrain Resolution in Visitor 3 how…

theater_tutorial

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-07-31T11:31:53+00:00

PMC Tactical Ultimate Theater Tutorial Falcon 4.0 Forum, Falcon 4 Home, Falcon 4 Campaign, Falcon 4 Cockpits, Falcon 4 Database, Falcon 4 File Formats, Falcon 4 SRTM Terrain, Falcon 4 Terrain, Falcon 4 Textures, Falcon 4 Tools (post any additional questions in PMC Tactical forums about this tutorial). This tutorial teaches you the steps of how to produce Falcon 4.0 Theater Addon. In our example theater we have chosen default sized (64 segments) European Theater.

delete-vehicle-at-waypoint

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-02T15:32:18+00:00

ArmA 3 Delete Vehicle At Waypoint ArmA 3 Forum, ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Config, ArmA 3 Missions, ArmA 3 3D Modeling, ArmA 3 Scripting, ArmA 3 Terrain, ArmA 3 Texturing, ArmA 3 Tools 2022-06-03T17:20:00Z HOWTO delete vehicle and its crew / group upon reaching a waypoint? Most often this is done to insertion or air support helicopter, once its done its task it flies over the ocean or back to base and simply gets deleted.

finding-location-on-globe

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-02T17:43:32+00:00

ArmA 3 Finding Location On Globe ArmA 3 Forum, ArmA 3, ArmA 3 Config, ArmA 3 Missions, ArmA 3 3D Modeling, ArmA 3 Scripting, ArmA 3 Terrain, ArmA 3 Texturing, ArmA 3 Tools Use your web browser and go to maps.google.com and navigate to the place which interests you. Web browser seems to be much quicker and “light weight” to operate than using street maps in global mapper.

emptywrpfiles

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-01T10:56:02+00:00

ArmA 1 PMC Empty WRP Files ArmA 1 Forum, ArmA 1 Home, ArmA 1 Config, ArmA 1 Tools, ArmA 1 File Formats, ArmA 1 Missions, ArmA 1 3D Modeling, ArmA 1 Terrain, ArmA 1 Texturing, ArmA 1 Scripting ArmA 1 aka Armed Assault (ArmA) PMC Empty WRP Files by Snake Man I have put together empty WRP files to download. These are the large sizes for terrains, 102km x 102km and 204km x 204km which cannot be

layered_terrain_surface

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-01T11:30:00+00:00

ArmA 1 Layered Terrain Surface Representation ArmA 1 Forum, ArmA 1 Home, ArmA 1 Config, ArmA 1 Tools, ArmA 1 File Formats, ArmA 1 Missions, ArmA 1 3D Modeling, ArmA 1 Terrain, ArmA 1 Texturing, ArmA 1 Scripting ArmA 1 aka Armed Assault (ArmA) Special note: in this page whoever wrote it in bis office used the term “layer map” and “satellite map” when he should have used the commonly known terminology of

pmcwrpdemo

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-01T11:46:43+00:00

ArmA 1 PMC WRP Demo terrains ArmA 1 Forum, ArmA 1 Home, ArmA 1 Config, ArmA 1 Tools, ArmA 1 File Formats, ArmA 1 Missions, ArmA 1 3D Modeling, ArmA 1 Terrain, ArmA 1 Texturing, ArmA 1 Scripting ArmA 1 aka Armed Assault (ArmA) PMC WRP Demo Terrains. Released June 3rd, 2007. This is terrain WRP technology demo for ArmA by WrpTool Development Team. It will contain total of 5 terrains which are the following:

links

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-07-31T07:30:54+00:00

Falcon 4 Campaign Links Falcon 4.0 Forum, Falcon 4 Home, Falcon 4 Campaign, Falcon 4 Cockpits, Falcon 4 Database, Falcon 4 File Formats, Falcon 4 SRTM Terrain, Falcon 4 Terrain, Falcon 4 Textures, Falcon 4 Tools Falcon 4 Campaign Links refers to ground unit movement links. Objectives (ground targets like cities, factories etc) are linked together so ground units can move. These links contain all sorts of information from movement

dcw

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-07-31T09:12:08+00:00

Falcon 4 DCW Data Falcon 4.0 Forum, Falcon 4 Home, Falcon 4 Campaign, Falcon 4 Cockpits, Falcon 4 Database, Falcon 4 File Formats, Falcon 4 SRTM Terrain, Falcon 4 Terrain, Falcon 4 Textures, Falcon 4 Tools Falcon 4 DCW data is the population data for the terrains. The DCW site here. DCW data in use: When you choose to download the data, select these items: * Political/Ocean * Populated Places (both Polygon & Point)

road_tile_tutorial

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-07-31T09:35:31+00:00

Falcon 4 Road Tile Creation Falcon 4.0 Forum, Falcon 4 Home, Falcon 4 Campaign, Falcon 4 Cockpits, Falcon 4 Database, Falcon 4 File Formats, Falcon 4 SRTM Terrain, Falcon 4 Terrain, Falcon 4 Textures, Falcon 4 Tools by rom I just did a test as a small tutorial for you. - First I resized the original PCX tile with no road with some magic tweaks to 512 (normal resizing should be fine if you just want 128 tiles) and convert it to RGB (never draw in indexed mode).

cate

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-07-31T10:00:06+00:00

Falcon 4 CATE Falcon 4.0 Forum, Falcon 4 Home, Falcon 4 Campaign, Falcon 4 Cockpits, Falcon 4 Database, Falcon 4 File Formats, Falcon 4 SRTM Terrain, Falcon 4 Terrain, Falcon 4 Textures, Falcon 4 Tools Configurable Auto Tiling Enhancer by Skyfire This program basically manipulates L2 in every possible way. * Auto Tiles features (Roads/Rivers/Cities). * Auto Tiles transitions and coasts. * Changes tiles according to altitude.

heightmap-ocean-bottom

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-25T16:32:40+00:00

L3DT Heightmap Ocean Bottoms PMC Editing Wiki: Tools, L3DT Use low values on perlin noise brush. When done add some smooth brush on top of it to remove the most rugged elevations. Important: use low numbers, don't go crazy with large numbers as that easily ruins your heightmap.