scripting a terrain

Scripting Issues
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hello… i am pretty new to panda, but i have experience with scripting…
i am looking to make a game that has a terrain map…

i want the terrain map to be editable by a specific unit in the game…

i plan on having a 3d model of a bulldozer that is able to change the height of the terrain by driving over it…

like if there is a small hill…i would like to be able to flatten that part of the terrain by driving the bulldozer over it…

is there any way to have a programmed terrain that is easily changed like that?

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Take a look at the terrain section in the manual:
panda3d.org/manual/index.php/Terrain
Both terrain systems can do what you want – you can retrieve the PNMImage of a terrain which you can deform, either directly or using PNMPainter.
panda3d.org/apiref.php?page=PNMImage
panda3d.org/apiref.php?page=PNMPainter

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thanks, i took a look at the different links… i had some trouble getting them to work… i downloaded one of them, but was unable to get it working properly, when i opened up the command prompt to run the program, i couldnt get it to work… it kept saying image module not found or something like that…

im sure there is just some detail im not seeing…

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Please describe the errors you are getting in detail so we can help you with them.

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i tried getting the SNAPTOTHETERRAIN thing working, from the manual for panda3d…

im not sure what i have to do to get it to work…

i opened the command prompt and found the directory i kept to files
then tried to open the files by doing python Main.py or whatever
im not sure what i have to do to get it to work…

how do i make this work… can you just explain how i should do it from the beginning… i dont think it is so much an error in the script, as much as me just not knowing what to do, or how to compile it or whatever…

i notice there are several .py files…

im not sure which one i should run… or how to get them to work together…

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probably you have to install PIL library in the python environment
it uses that image library
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panda3d comes with its own PIL, should not be needed.