GUIapp importing terrain from max

[Teromen]

If you use tessellation make sure to use faces(triangle), edge and 0 tension.

[machf]

OK, thanks. I used your method and... it works for 1024*1024 subdivisions, but with 2048*2048, it won't. Possibly because the terrain still has way too much detail... it's not quite like yours, which has blank space all around.

[Teromen]

I have been messing with it a bit and find that I have to import and export the terrain several times to get it optimized properly. You know, re-tessellate it and optimize it over and over. It's either that or spend forever on a higher res terrain optimizing the quads. Or only select certain quads in 3dsmax and tessellate them. I figure once I get it optimized decently It'll work great. Takes some elbow grease though. I'll keep working at this to see what I get. The whole idea was to speed up the mapping process and allow outside terrains.

[machf]

I've found some articles and videos describing how tessellation maps are used, but they mostly refer to the Unreal engine and other software... I haven't found any yet that describes how it's done in 3DS MAX. I guess I'll have to look at that MAXscript more in-depth to find out what it does with the material which has that ttessellation map assigned...

[Teromen]

You see these yet?

https://forums.cgsociety.org/t/optimize ... s/982975/4

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/Quadrangulate