Terragen to Maya question.

[panupat]

Still watching the tutorial posted in the wiki. Early in the tutorial it showed how to export height map out into lightwave files. Then suddenly about 2/3 the terrain was already inside Maya. How it got in there was skipped completely :O I'm not sure but as far as I know, Maya cannot import lightwave files. Is there any other way to convert the lwo to obj? Or any way to export height map as black and white image?

[Tangled-Universe]

That tutorial is so outdated that it actually should be removed. The LWO exporter ran obsolete since the introduction of the 'micro exporter'.
Read these posts/links for more information:

http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=12743.0 (read this whole topic)
http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=13556.0 (read this whole topic)
http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=12506.msg126071#msg126071
http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=13749.msg135105#msg135105

[panupat]

Thanks again Tangled-Universe I see there's an export exr too. Does that one saves out height field?

[Oshyan]

Yes, you can save heightfields to EXR by right-clicking a heightfield node and choosing Save As.

- Oshyan

[rcallicotte]

Hey, Oshyan, why would I want to save a heightfield to EXR?

Yes, you can save heightfields to EXR by right-clicking a heightfield node and choosing Save As.

- Oshyan

[Oshyan]

Because it's more broadly supported than TER and preserves full accuracy, unlike TIFF and other 8 bit output formats.

- Oshyan