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TerreSculptor World Building Tool Hands-On - xSicKxBot - 02-07-2020

TerreSculptor World Building Tool Hands-On

<div><p>TerreSculptor is a free Windows based application for creating landscapes and terrains for games and other media.&nbsp; Starting life in 2005 as a tool for creating maps for the Unreal Developer Kit, the tool has come a long way in the years since.</p>
<p>On <a href="http://www.demenzunmedia.com/home/terresculptor/">Demenzun Media</a> homepage, TerreSulptor is described as:</p>
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<p>It all started back in 2005 with the HMCS HeightMap Conversion Software, as a need to convert various heightmap file formats to Epic’s proprietary Unreal Engine G16 format.&nbsp; As an Unreal Engine licensee, developer, and consultant, I wrote this utility for free use for Engine Licensees and Community Mappers.</p>
<p>2008 saw the release of HMES, an updated build of HMCS with limited editing capabilities.&nbsp; Both of these tools are still available for download.</p>
<p>In 2010, TerreSculptor was born out of the desire to create a powerful 3D application that rivaled all existing terrain heightmap software.&nbsp; The initial public alpha release was delivered in 2012.</p>
<p>Since then, TerreSculptor has continued to evolve and become more powerful and feature rich.&nbsp; TerreSculptor is now one of the main terrain tools available to the industry.&nbsp; Over it’s lifetime to-date, TerreSculptor has had more than 50,000 downloads, and like its predecessors, it remains free software for any use.</p>
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<p>TerreSculptor is still under active development, with the recent 2.0 release happening earlier this year.&nbsp; In the following <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrI3i5FfmLc">video</a> we go hands-on with this powerful tool and show how quickly and easily you can create terrain for your game.&nbsp; As part of the video below, we showcase how you can import real world data-sets, in this case captured from the massive <a href="https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/">USGA Earth Explorer website</a>.&nbsp; TerreScultpor is available as a free download <a href="http://www.demenzunmedia.com/home/support/">here</a> and is comprehensively documented <a href="http://www.demenzunmedia.com/terresculptor/">here</a>.&nbsp; If you like the software, consider supporting the developer <a href="http://www.demenzunmedia.com/home/support/">on Patreon</a> where you can get early release access, as well as access to sample projects and more.</p>
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