Blender and GeoMipTerrain

General Discussion
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I finally tried to make a heightmap with Blender. I used this tutorial: wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:T … om_a_Plane
Here is the heightmap generated: img710.imageshack.us/img710/1364/terrae.png
The blend file is here: wiki.blender.org/uploads/9/99/Tu … ield.blend

The code I use is from the manual. I’m really new to this, but why does the terrain appear so ‘spikey’?:
(this is a close shot and focal point is camera)
Does this maybe have anything to do with Blender (png color bit)?

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The spikes most probably come from too low resolution of your mesh.
Another improvement would be a baked normalmap, btw.

Oh and keep in mind, that this method isn’t suited for bigger terrains, except you have some smart ideas concerning LOD and texturing.

EDIT: stupid typo

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You mean GeoMipTerrain? I have heard the opposite

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Oh, I guess I misunderstood you.
If you apply heightmaps in panda, then that’s actually the best approach for larger terrains. Sorry for the confusion.

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You could try box filtering, or some other image smoothing technique.