Creating a little online heightmap editor
Posted: 09 Apr 2024 22:17
Hi all,
First post, so apologies if this isn't quite the right board. I didn't find anything for TTD-related tools
Once every few months, when nostalgia strikes, I boot up OpenTTD for a few hours. I always find it hard to find a fun little scenario or heightmap to play in. You guys love enormous, realistic locales, and I'm looking for a fun 256x128 to play in for a few hours! The built-in heightmap editor is not very forgiving though. No undo/redo, and no other tools than the rectangle tool. So I replicated the basics of the heightmap editor and added some improvements.
https://hmtd.netlify.app/ -- Not suitable for mobile.
* Generates basic terrain with a certain minimum ocean coverage percentage
* Undo/redo!
* A resizable brush tool in addition to the default rectangle tool
* (Loading and generating very large maps can be a bit slow)
Let me know if you like it, what you'd love to see, and maybe I'll expand it! More tools, more loading/saving options, maybe integration with online content (BaNaNaS, with permission), or more easily loading real-world heightmaps.
Reinier
First post, so apologies if this isn't quite the right board. I didn't find anything for TTD-related tools
Once every few months, when nostalgia strikes, I boot up OpenTTD for a few hours. I always find it hard to find a fun little scenario or heightmap to play in. You guys love enormous, realistic locales, and I'm looking for a fun 256x128 to play in for a few hours! The built-in heightmap editor is not very forgiving though. No undo/redo, and no other tools than the rectangle tool. So I replicated the basics of the heightmap editor and added some improvements.
https://hmtd.netlify.app/ -- Not suitable for mobile.
* Generates basic terrain with a certain minimum ocean coverage percentage
* Undo/redo!
* A resizable brush tool in addition to the default rectangle tool
* (Loading and generating very large maps can be a bit slow)
Let me know if you like it, what you'd love to see, and maybe I'll expand it! More tools, more loading/saving options, maybe integration with online content (BaNaNaS, with permission), or more easily loading real-world heightmaps.
Reinier
