Question Custom Planet Elevation Maps for Orbiter 2016?

[Luke Reichelt]

Thanks, got it figured out. I set the maxpatch to 9 which made no difference, but when I set it to 19 it works! Also added ElevationResolution = 0.5.

A few notes on use:
Elev_mod re-activates after every import, this is for safety
You have to input Emin/Emax before importing
Level 1-3 can all be made with the same 259x259 map
A little confusing but global Surf maps of level 4 are 1024x512 but a global Elev map of level 4 is 512(+3)x256(+3).
Would be good later to compile the instructions and make a sticky.

It doesn't actually look too bad (for a hack-job) so I made the other levels, and it's certainly better than a flat world.
Europa Elev (levels 1-9) and .cfg attached.
I had to split and rename the zip to get it uploaded. Rename the zip files to: Europa_Elev.zip.001 and Europa_Elev.zip.002

And add this to your config/MicroTex.cfg for microtextures!

BODY Europa
NORMALS 1
LEVEL 0 D3D9Mars_A.dds 20.0
LEVEL 1 D3D9Mars_B.dds 5.0
LEVEL 2 D3D9Mars_B.dds 0.5
View attachment 45550
And thanks to @astrogull for making Tilesplitter

Do I need to install PeaZip or a similar program to be able to download the heightmaps for Europa? Because every time I try to do so, the files become corrupted and unusable.

 

[Luke Reichelt]

On a related note, Deviantart user Oleg-Pluton has created some really good elevation maps which he's given me permission to use. The links to each are included below.

Dione: https://www.deviantart.com/oleg-pluton/art/Dione-elevation-map-786936439

Iapetus: https://www.deviantart.com/oleg-pluton/art/Iapetus-elevation-map-Upd-2024-756451237

Rhea: https://www.deviantart.com/oleg-pluton/art/Rhea-elevation-map-767817482

 

[Buck Rogers]

Do I need to install PeaZip or a similar program to be able to download the heightmaps for Europa? Because every time I try to do so, the files become corrupted and unusable.

AFAIK it should work with other unpackers. It was created with PeaZip so that should defineately work. PeaZip has a very high compression rate which is great but seems to be a problem for some programs.
If all else fails I can re-upload with a different compression/packer?

 

[Luke Reichelt]

If all else fails I can re-upload with a different compression/packer?

That would definitely be a good idea.

 

[Buck Rogers]

That would definitely be a good idea.

The file is too large to upload here, and splitting it problematic.
I've put it in the Downloads section. Let me know if it works.

 

[Luke Reichelt]

The file is too large to upload here, and splitting it problematic.
I've put it in the Downloads section. Let me know if it works.

It's working perfectly, although personally I would recommend applying the Texpack function to the tiles.

On a related note, it's good to see that the staff finally did something about the whole file size cap.

 

[Buck Rogers]

It's working perfectly, although personally I would recommend applying the Texpack function to the tiles.

Good news, the upload was more "work" than expected (wanted to post in this thread). I noticed that it wasn't in .tree format, now knowing that it works I'll update to .tree when I find the time.

On a related note, it's good to see that the staff finally did something about the whole file size cap.

Thankyou @admin, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to upload.
I've deleted the old post files to save data bloating the website, a little.

 

[Buck Rogers]

Looks like I had already converted it. Updated the addon.