Terrain Builder Tutorial

WaterRace Terrain Builder Tutorial A step by step guide through the creation of a WaterRace level. Last updated 8/28/99 for WaterRace Terrain Builder 0.9 © French Touch 1999 - All rights reserved. Table of contents: WHAT IS THIS TOOL FOR?............................................................................................... 4 REQUIRED CONFIGURATIONS ....................................................................................... 5 WRTB INTERFACE ............................................................................................................ 7 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW....................................................................................... 12 WRTB PREFERENCES ..................................................................................................... 14 DRAWING A LEVEL MAP............................................................................................... 17 IMPORTING THE LEVEL MAP ....................................................................................... 18 DIVIDING THE GROUND MESH .................................................................................... 21 TEXTURING THE NEW MESHES ................................................................................... 24 REMOVING TRIANGLES ................................................................................................ 26 TEXTURING THE SEA MESH ......................................................................................... 27 DIVIDING THE SEA MESH ............................................................................................. 28 DIVIDING THE GROUND MESH (2)............................................................................... 29 NAMING THE MESHES ................................................................................................... 30 CREDITS ........................................................................................................................ ... 31 SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT ............................................................................. 32 WaterRace Terrain Builder Tutorial Page 2 Introduction About WaterRace Terrain Builder • What is this tool for? • Required configurations • Description of the program's interface • Setting up WRTB: the preferences About this tutorial • Things you should know WaterRace Terrain Builder Tutorial Page 3 WHAT IS THIS TOOL FOR? WRTB is a powerful 3D level editor designed to create and edit levels (or terrains) for WaterRace with real-time rendering through the Infinity 3D Rave engine. WRTB create new terrains using gray levels images. Then you can apply textures and lighting on theses terrains, add objects, plac…