Terra Editor

 

 

 

The DreamScape Terra Editor window is a floating dialog where you define height fields for your landscapes to use to displace their surface.

 

At the top of the window are a number of menus for importing data, special effects and viewing the height field you are working with.

 

Beneath those are a series of button icons that provide quick access to your paint and selection tools.

 

The large preview window (currently all black) is where you can paint elevations and slope angles interactively, as well as apply special effects to the height field map via the menus at the top of the dialog.

 

Finally, along the right side of the dialog are a series of command panels where you can define specific properties for your height field painting efforts as well as create procedural erosion to your height field.

 

There are also a number of Keyboard Shortcuts you can use to navigate the Preview window described below.

 

 

Buttons

Elevation Paint Tool - Clicking this button will allow you to use the Elevation Paint tools within the height field window. It will also automatically open up the Elevation Paint rollout on the right side of the Terra Editor window.

 

Slope Paint Tool - Clicking this button will allow you to use the Slope Paint tools within the height field window. It will also automatically open up the Slope Paint rollout on the right side of the Terra Editor window.

 

Texture Map Paint Tool - Clicking this button will allow you to use the Texture Map Paint tools within the height field window. It will also automatically open up the Texture Map rollout on the right side of the Terra Editor window.

 

Selection Tools - These two buttons let you select portions of the height field to perform painting or modification tasks to. The first provides a rectangular selection box, the other provides you with a freeform lasso-style tool.

 

 

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Zoom In - Ctrl+Space+Left Mouse Button (LMB)

Zoom Out - Ctrl+Space+Right Mouse Button (RMB)

Panning - Hold down the Shift key, click and hold the LMB and drag the cursor over the Preview window. You cannot use Panning unless the terrain is zoomed.

 

Paint Mode

Negative Strength - press the Alt key when painting.

 

Select Mode

Add to Selection - Ctrl+LMB+drag mouse over the area

Subtract from Selection - Alt+LMB+drag mouse over the area