Import all map tiles into Blender

[Titukis]

Hello, is it possible to import all map tiles to blender on right positions instead of them being at the same place?

[space928]

Of course, simply import the 'global.cfg' file: [image: image.png] Just be aware that Blender gets exponentially slower the more objects are loaded, so trying to load a map much bigger than Grundorf will be difficult (although you can get around this by using the new tile loading panel in the latest beta).

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On Thu, 28 Sept 2023 at 20:00, Titukis ***@***.***> wrote: Hello, is it possible to import all map tiles to blender on right positions instead of them being at the same place? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#85>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADTN4ATJDMZLSHMRP4NZQQTX4XCNLANCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGE> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

-- Thomas

[Titukis]

alright, this worked, but not all tiles loaded, some are still missing, what's the issue?

[space928]

I'm not sure, but there are a few things you should check:

• Do all the tiles import in OMSI Editor?
• Is the load radius setting set high enough?
• Do you get any errors while loading tiles?

If you're still not sure, I might be able to help if you provide the following information:

• What version of Blender are you using?
• What version of the plugin are you using?
• What map are you trying to import?
• Can you send the Blender log?
  • To do this open the Blender console like so:
    
  • And then copy everything into a new pastebin (https://pastebin.com/) and give me the link to the paste.

[Titukis]

Hey, the issue happens when tiles are in the global.cfg file but not actually in the map :) Blender then can't find them, but it's fixable by removing lines of non existent tiles. Also, I have other issue: how do I export the map tiles so I get terrain textures in UE? Everything I tried leads to white/black textures after importing. What settings should I use? 2023-10-07, št 12:44, Thomas Mathieson ***@***.***> rašė:

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I'm not sure, but there are a few things you should check: - Do all the tiles import in OMSI Editor? - Is the load radius setting set high enough? - Do you get any errors while loading tiles? If you're still not sure, I might be able to help if you provide the following information: - What version of Blender are you using? - What version of the plugin are you using? - What map are you trying to import? - Can you send the Blender log? - To do this open the Blender console like so: [image: image] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/15130114/273378310-2230c2f6-bed7-4a49-b951-94ed2457ebce.png> - And then copy everything into a new pastebin ( https://pastebin.com/) and give me the link to the paste. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#85 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AXAHBTPK3QRCECLWVJVZTC3X6EP7LAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRGY3DMOBZGA> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[space928]

Terrain tiles use a somewhat complicated material setup which probably can't be exported by the FBX exporter (I'm sure you could write a script to do it, but I digress). You'll want to setup a shader in UE to match the shader in blender, the shader in blender for terrain tiles is different for each tile as each tile can have a different number of layers. Each layer has a main texture and a detail texture (as specified in the omsi editor) as well as a mask texture (stored in maps/<map_name>/texture/map/tile_X_Y.N.dds), the mask texture is a particular format of DDS that blender doesn't natively support (an ALPHA_8_UNORM) so I decode it manually (although I realise in the latest release there's a small bug in this), but this means that as far as blender is concerned it's no longer associated with a real file (it becomes packed in the .blend file). If UE supports ALPHA_8_UNORM dds files then that's fine, otherwise you'll have to convert it. A shader for a given terrain tile looks like this: [image: image.png] I don't plan on providing tools to set this up automatically for you. I struggle to see many legitimate use cases for exporting terrain tiles to UE beyond piracy.

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On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 at 15:40, Titukis ***@***.***> wrote: Hey, the issue happens when tiles are in the global.cfg file but not actually in the map :) Blender then can't find them, but it's fixable by removing lines of non existent tiles. Also, I have other issue: how do I export the map tiles so I get terrain textures in UE? Everything I tried leads to white/black textures after importing. What settings should I use? 2023-10-07, št 12:44, Thomas Mathieson ***@***.***> rašė: > I'm not sure, but there are a few things you should check: > > - Do all the tiles import in OMSI Editor? > - Is the load radius setting set high enough? > - Do you get any errors while loading tiles? > > If you're still not sure, I might be able to help if you provide the > following information: > > - What version of Blender are you using? > - What version of the plugin are you using? > - What map are you trying to import? > - Can you send the Blender log? > - To do this open the Blender console like so: > [image: image] > < https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/15130114/273378310-2230c2f6-bed7-4a49-b951-94ed2457ebce.png> > - And then copy everything into a new pastebin ( > https://pastebin.com/) and give me the link to the paste. > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > < #85 (comment)>, > or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AXAHBTPK3QRCECLWVJVZTC3X6EP7LAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRGY3DMOBZGA> > . > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: > ***@***.***> > — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#85 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADTN4AXPWYQ2IJGV5NW4EQTX6FSVZAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRG4ZDQNRSGE> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

-- Thomas

[Titukis]

I just need it for remaking the same map from OMSI. Maybe then there is a way to get heightmap photo from blender and use it in UE? 2023-10-07, št 20:56, Thomas Mathieson ***@***.***> rašė:

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Terrain tiles use a somewhat complicated material setup which probably can't be exported by the FBX exporter (I'm sure you could write a script to do it, but I digress). You'll want to setup a shader in UE to match the shader in blender, the shader in blender for terrain tiles is different for each tile as each tile can have a different number of layers. Each layer has a main texture and a detail texture (as specified in the omsi editor) as well as a mask texture (stored in maps/<map_name>/texture/map/tile_X_Y.N.dds), the mask texture is a particular format of DDS that blender doesn't natively support (an ALPHA_8_UNORM) so I decode it manually (although I realise in the latest release there's a small bug in this), but this means that as far as blender is concerned it's no longer associated with a real file (it becomes packed in the .blend file). If UE supports ALPHA_8_UNORM dds files then that's fine, otherwise you'll have to convert it. A shader for a given terrain tile looks like this: [image: image.png] I don't plan on providing tools to set this up automatically for you. I struggle to see many legitimate use cases for exporting terrain tiles to UE beyond piracy. On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 at 15:40, Titukis ***@***.***> wrote: > Hey, the issue happens when tiles are in the global.cfg file but not > actually in the map :) Blender then can't find them, but it's fixable by > removing lines of non existent tiles. > > Also, I have other issue: how do I export the map tiles so I get terrain > textures in UE? Everything I tried leads to white/black textures after > importing. What settings should I use? > > 2023-10-07, št 12:44, Thomas Mathieson ***@***.***> rašė: > > > I'm not sure, but there are a few things you should check: > > > > - Do all the tiles import in OMSI Editor? > > - Is the load radius setting set high enough? > > - Do you get any errors while loading tiles? > > > > If you're still not sure, I might be able to help if you provide the > > following information: > > > > - What version of Blender are you using? > > - What version of the plugin are you using? > > - What map are you trying to import? > > - Can you send the Blender log? > > - To do this open the Blender console like so: > > [image: image] > > < > https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/15130114/273378310-2230c2f6-bed7-4a49-b951-94ed2457ebce.png> > > > - And then copy everything into a new pastebin ( > > https://pastebin.com/) and give me the link to the paste. > > > > — > > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > > < > #85 (comment)>, > > > or unsubscribe > > < > https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AXAHBTPK3QRCECLWVJVZTC3X6EP7LAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRGY3DMOBZGA> > > > . > > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: > > ***@***.***> > > > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > < #85 (comment)>, > or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADTN4AXPWYQ2IJGV5NW4EQTX6FSVZAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRG4ZDQNRSGE> > . > You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: > ***@***.***> > -- Thomas — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#85 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AXAHBTJPDCAUOLDOJLLW6PTX6GJTJAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRG44DEMBVG4> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[space928]

My source code is available if you want to use it to write a utility to export the heightmap as an image the import_terrain_mesh() function inside io_omsi_tile.py handles heightmap decoding and mesh generation, you could retrofit it to export the heightmap as a png.

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On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 at 19:01, Titukis ***@***.***> wrote: I just need it for remaking the same map from OMSI. Maybe then there is a way to get heightmap photo from blender and use it in UE? 2023-10-07, št 20:56, Thomas Mathieson ***@***.***> rašė: > Terrain tiles use a somewhat complicated material setup which probably > can't be exported by the FBX exporter (I'm sure you could write a script > to do it, but I digress). You'll want to setup a shader in UE to match the > shader in blender, the shader in blender for terrain tiles is different > for > each tile as each tile can have a different number of layers. Each layer > has a main texture and a detail texture (as specified in the omsi editor) > as well as a mask texture (stored in > maps/<map_name>/texture/map/tile_X_Y.N.dds), the mask texture is a > particular format of DDS that blender doesn't natively support (an > ALPHA_8_UNORM) so I decode it manually (although I realise in the latest > release there's a small bug in this), but this means that as far as > blender > is concerned it's no longer associated with a real file (it becomes packed > in the .blend file). If UE supports ALPHA_8_UNORM dds files then that's > fine, otherwise you'll have to convert it. > A shader for a given terrain tile looks like this: > [image: image.png] > I don't plan on providing tools to set this up automatically for you. I > struggle to see many legitimate use cases for exporting terrain tiles to > UE > beyond piracy. > > On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 at 15:40, Titukis ***@***.***> wrote: > > > Hey, the issue happens when tiles are in the global.cfg file but not > > actually in the map :) Blender then can't find them, but it's fixable by > > removing lines of non existent tiles. > > > > Also, I have other issue: how do I export the map tiles so I get terrain > > textures in UE? Everything I tried leads to white/black textures after > > importing. What settings should I use? > > > > 2023-10-07, št 12:44, Thomas Mathieson ***@***.***> rašė: > > > > > I'm not sure, but there are a few things you should check: > > > > > > - Do all the tiles import in OMSI Editor? > > > - Is the load radius setting set high enough? > > > - Do you get any errors while loading tiles? > > > > > > If you're still not sure, I might be able to help if you provide the > > > following information: > > > > > > - What version of Blender are you using? > > > - What version of the plugin are you using? > > > - What map are you trying to import? > > > - Can you send the Blender log? > > > - To do this open the Blender console like so: > > > [image: image] > > > < > > > https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/15130114/273378310-2230c2f6-bed7-4a49-b951-94ed2457ebce.png> > > > > > > - And then copy everything into a new pastebin ( > > > https://pastebin.com/) and give me the link to the paste. > > > > > > — > > > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > > > < > > > #85 (comment)>, > > > > > > or unsubscribe > > > < > > > https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AXAHBTPK3QRCECLWVJVZTC3X6EP7LAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRGY3DMOBZGA> > > > > > > . > > > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: > > > ***@***.***> > > > > > > > — > > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > > < > #85 (comment)>, > > > or unsubscribe > > < > https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADTN4AXPWYQ2IJGV5NW4EQTX6FSVZAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRG4ZDQNRSGE> > > > . > > You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: > > ***@***.***> > > > > > -- > Thomas > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > < #85 (comment)>, > or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AXAHBTJPDCAUOLDOJLLW6PTX6GJTJAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRG44DEMBVG4> > . > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: > ***@***.***> > — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#85 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADTN4AQ6FNDCFT2NSXLPDFLX6GKGBAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRG44DGMZVGQ> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

-- Thomas

[Titukis]

Yeah, I would if I'd know anything about Blender 😆 2023-10-07, št 21:13, Thomas Mathieson ***@***.***> rašė:

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My source code is available if you want to use it to write a utility to export the heightmap as an image the import_terrain_mesh() function inside io_omsi_tile.py handles heightmap decoding and mesh generation, you could retrofit it to export the heightmap as a png. On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 at 19:01, Titukis ***@***.***> wrote: > I just need it for remaking the same map from OMSI. Maybe then there is a > way to get heightmap photo from blender and use it in UE? > > 2023-10-07, št 20:56, Thomas Mathieson ***@***.***> rašė: > > > Terrain tiles use a somewhat complicated material setup which probably > > can't be exported by the FBX exporter (I'm sure you could write a script > > to do it, but I digress). You'll want to setup a shader in UE to match > the > > shader in blender, the shader in blender for terrain tiles is different > > for > > each tile as each tile can have a different number of layers. Each layer > > has a main texture and a detail texture (as specified in the omsi > editor) > > as well as a mask texture (stored in > > maps/<map_name>/texture/map/tile_X_Y.N.dds), the mask texture is a > > particular format of DDS that blender doesn't natively support (an > > ALPHA_8_UNORM) so I decode it manually (although I realise in the latest > > release there's a small bug in this), but this means that as far as > > blender > > is concerned it's no longer associated with a real file (it becomes > packed > > in the .blend file). If UE supports ALPHA_8_UNORM dds files then that's > > fine, otherwise you'll have to convert it. > > A shader for a given terrain tile looks like this: > > [image: image.png] > > I don't plan on providing tools to set this up automatically for you. I > > struggle to see many legitimate use cases for exporting terrain tiles to > > UE > > beyond piracy. > > > > On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 at 15:40, Titukis ***@***.***> wrote: > > > > > Hey, the issue happens when tiles are in the global.cfg file but not > > > actually in the map :) Blender then can't find them, but it's fixable > by > > > removing lines of non existent tiles. > > > > > > Also, I have other issue: how do I export the map tiles so I get > terrain > > > textures in UE? Everything I tried leads to white/black textures after > > > importing. What settings should I use? > > > > > > 2023-10-07, št 12:44, Thomas Mathieson ***@***.***> rašė: > > > > > > > I'm not sure, but there are a few things you should check: > > > > > > > > - Do all the tiles import in OMSI Editor? > > > > - Is the load radius setting set high enough? > > > > - Do you get any errors while loading tiles? > > > > > > > > If you're still not sure, I might be able to help if you provide the > > > > following information: > > > > > > > > - What version of Blender are you using? > > > > - What version of the plugin are you using? > > > > - What map are you trying to import? > > > > - Can you send the Blender log? > > > > - To do this open the Blender console like so: > > > > [image: image] > > > > < > > > > > > https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/15130114/273378310-2230c2f6-bed7-4a49-b951-94ed2457ebce.png> > > > > > > > > > > - And then copy everything into a new pastebin ( > > > > https://pastebin.com/) and give me the link to the paste. > > > > > > > > — > > > > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > > > > < > > > > > > #85 (comment)>, > > > > > > > > > > or unsubscribe > > > > < > > > > > > https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AXAHBTPK3QRCECLWVJVZTC3X6EP7LAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRGY3DMOBZGA> > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: > > > > ***@***.***> > > > > > > > > > > — > > > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > > > < > > > #85 (comment)>, > > > > > > or unsubscribe > > > < > > > https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADTN4AXPWYQ2IJGV5NW4EQTX6FSVZAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRG4ZDQNRSGE> > > > > > > . > > > You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: > > > ***@***.***> > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thomas > > > > — > > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > > < > #85 (comment)>, > > > or unsubscribe > > < > https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AXAHBTJPDCAUOLDOJLLW6PTX6GJTJAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRG44DEMBVG4> > > > . > > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: > > ***@***.***> > > > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > < #85 (comment)>, > or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADTN4AQ6FNDCFT2NSXLPDFLX6GKGBAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRG44DGMZVGQ> > . > You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: > ***@***.***> > -- Thomas — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#85 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AXAHBTPZXS775Z4BBS6GB33X6GLVRAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5LNJYGGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONJRG44DMMJRGU> . 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[space928]

As I don't plan to do anything further with this issue, I'm going to close it.