Smooth Terrain Heightmap/Colormap Importer Release!

dovntime · June 27, 2019, 5:04pm

Very cool. I will look into this for sure.

Riddevan · June 27, 2019, 5:04pm

Great addition! I already started experimenting with it.

itsDenDenn · June 27, 2019, 5:06pm

YOOOO, I HAVE WAITED THIS FOR SO LONG!
No limits as well! That’s amazing, can’t wait to use this feature!

XenoSynthesis · June 27, 2019, 5:09pm

Yeah, I think their rounding method for colors is a bit off. I used this for my color mapping:

But somehow cracked lava is appearing in the ice region, and ice is appearing in the desert region.

TwentyTwoPilots · June 27, 2019, 5:11pm

EDIT:
The OP was updated to reflect the presence of the limits.

144hertz · June 27, 2019, 5:16pm

I see what my problem was. The color on the key and the RGB value don’t seem to match.

I needed to type in the RGB value manually as the key’s actual image was off.

fly_san · June 27, 2019, 5:25pm

Since @144hertz and @XenoSynthesis and mentioned this, I checked every value and as he said, most of them were off. So I painted everything again by manually setting the RGB values in the table.

If anyone else needs the “correct” table:

Just as a side note on why I believe the materials weren’t matching:
Since some materials worked and others didn’t, I assume when “colors not found on this key [were] rounded to the nearest key value”, some of the approximations were too close and resulted in different materials.

EDIT: me and the boys testing colormap: (@Anwendungsentwickler)

frogg_r · June 27, 2019, 5:28pm

This will be so helpful, thanks! I’m excited to start trying it out

GuestCapone · June 27, 2019, 5:31pm

100% made in blender, height map included. Made by following the tutorial here for brushes.

sleitnick · June 27, 2019, 5:39pm

Wow this is awesome! I already have some external heightmap generator programs I’ve written. Will be easy to reconfigure for this.

12mrcool · June 27, 2019, 5:42pm

Great update, I don’t use smooth terrain much but this will definitely help when I do especially when making mountains. If I can figure out how to make hight maps etc.

I like how Roblox is putting out good studio changes.

longlongchien · June 27, 2019, 6:12pm

Here is the color palette converted to HEX:

Asphalt -     RGB[115, 123, 107] - #737b6b
Basalt -      RGB[ 30,  30,  37] - #1e1e25
Brick -       RGB[138,  86,  62] - #8a563e
Cobblestone - RGB[132, 123,  90] - #847b5a
Concrete -    RGB[127, 102,  63] - #7f663f
CrackedLava - RGB[232, 156,  74] - #e89c4a
Glacier -     RGB[101, 176, 234] - #65b0ea
Grass -       RGB[106, 127,  63] - #6a7f3f
Ground -      RGB[102,  92,  59] - #665c3b
Ice -         RGB[129, 194, 224] - #81c2e0
LeafyGrass -  RGB[115, 132,  74] - #73844a
Limestone -   RGB[206, 173, 148] - #cead94
Mud -         RGB[ 58,  46,  36] - #3a2e24
Pavement -    RGB[148, 148, 140] - #94948c 
Rock -        RGB[102, 108, 111] - #666c6f
Salt -        RGB[198, 189, 181] - #c6bdb5
Sand -        RGB[143, 126,  95] - #8f7e5f
Sandstone -   RGB[137,  90,  71] - #895a47
Slate -       RGB[ 63, 127, 107] - #3f7f6b
Snow -        RGB[195, 199, 218] - #c3c7da
WoodPlanks -  RGB[139, 109,  79] - #8b6d4f
Water -       RGB[ 12,  84,  92] - #0c545c

GeneralRelish · June 27, 2019, 6:15pm

Thanks everyone who pointed out that the cap is actually 16384x16384x1024 studs - the original post has been corrected to reflect this.

ThatTimothy · June 27, 2019, 6:24pm

Oh, so we can import huge things now. That’s a amazing update which hugely scaled terrain manipulation, thanks to the team that made this possible.

HungryFox02 · June 27, 2019, 6:59pm

Wow! Just what I needed! Working on a new map for my game and I was like, “I wish I could just make the terrain in blender” then I look at the developer forums and I see this! Keep up the good work roblox

HeyItzDaredevil · June 27, 2019, 7:19pm

This was an update I have been waiting on for weeks. Compared to other plugins I use, it is amazing how fast it can load in a 4096x512x4096 heightmap.

Will there be a later update to convert terrain selections into heightmaps?

UnderMyWheel · June 27, 2019, 7:25pm

Yes, there is a size limit as stated in the original post.

TheGoodAsian · June 27, 2019, 7:30pm

OMG! That looks beautiful, looks like the original 2001 island concepts from the Toa Mata sets and Powerpack. Great to see the Bionicle community thriving still. Build on brother! Unity, duty, destiny.

DNFInACan · June 27, 2019, 9:24pm

I love the ingenuity that the Roblox team puts into these update and I love this one as it allows art to be easily converted into terrain with low effort and outstanding results. I went ahead and tried this with a meme and I do have to say, after a bit of cleaning up, I am more than satisfied with the outcome.

I would love to see more updates that make this platform easier for new developers to navigate and create their dreams!

vastqud · June 27, 2019, 9:30pm

absolutely class, amazing. been wanting these for a while and before the solution was to use third-party software that never worked that well. THANKS