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Yes that is possible, but usually the real-world data is not fine enough to translate perfectly into the game. I've never done it myself but I know people on these forums have, so hopefully they'll chime in with some more details. 
Terrain Issue/Question
- Thread starter Linoleum
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sorted out the lighting problem. terrains were not matched up. cheers DrGruppy for the tip on lining up both terrains with the grid and lock them into place.
One question. how can i change the size of an actor icon? i remember doing this a long time ago when i tried learning the editor, but i cant remember now. saves alot of time scouting the map for were the actors are!
One question. how can i change the size of an actor icon? i remember doing this a long time ago when i tried learning the editor, but i cant remember now. saves alot of time scouting the map for were the actors are!
Bottom right will be the 3-scale boxes.. just punch in a big number there.. i usually find 16x16x16 is fine.
Actor properties --> Display --> DrawSizw (iirc)
Five is a good number I hate looking for these icons so I resize them
Five is a good number I hate looking for these icons so I resize them
I usually make them overly huge and then just hide them with Groups if they get in the way. Eventually I will scale them down when I finish playing with their settings.
To convert real data into a terrain height map you will need something called G16Ed - this can convert 8-bit greyscale bmp files into the G16 file format that you would need for an unreal editor heightmap.
I believe DGUnreal's site has a link to it but I am away from my usual desktop at the moment so I can't tell you for sure.
This does not, however, help you if you do not have the greyscale bitmaps in the first place. There are a variety of terrain viewing programmes available for free - they often use .dem file format so a quick google of dem viewer would be useful.
Please bear in mind that the dem files FREELY available for the area of the Eastern front are not of a useful scale at all and even the pay-per files are a bit too lo-res to be useful to an RO mapper.
One thing I did do was use Photoshop to trace the contour lines of an existing survey map and fill these lines on seperate layers with varying shades of grey. It actually worked quite well but is rather time-consuming and not recommended if you want to map the Caucasus mountains or somewhere.
I believe DGUnreal's site has a link to it but I am away from my usual desktop at the moment so I can't tell you for sure.
This does not, however, help you if you do not have the greyscale bitmaps in the first place. There are a variety of terrain viewing programmes available for free - they often use .dem file format so a quick google of dem viewer would be useful.
Please bear in mind that the dem files FREELY available for the area of the Eastern front are not of a useful scale at all and even the pay-per files are a bit too lo-res to be useful to an RO mapper.
One thing I did do was use Photoshop to trace the contour lines of an existing survey map and fill these lines on seperate layers with varying shades of grey. It actually worked quite well but is rather time-consuming and not recommended if you want to map the Caucasus mountains or somewhere.