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Overview generation info, DDS converters, tutorials
* Components update, added scripts. * Overview generation info. * DDS converters. * DDS converters. * Requirements update. * QGIS tutorial and README update. * README update. * README update. * README update. * Texture schema update. * Blender tutorial. * Giants Editor tutorial.
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| It will be ready soon. Stay tuned! | ||
| ## How to import background terrain into the Giants Editor | ||
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| So, at this point, you should have the `*.i3d` files with the background terrain. Now, let's import them into the Giants Editor. | ||
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| ℹ️ In this tutorials it's assumed that you have already generated the map, downloaded satellite images using this tutorial: [Download high-resolution satellite images](README_satellite_images.md), and created a background terrain as described in the previous tutorial: [Prepare the i3d files](README_i3d.md). | ||
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| 1. Download and install the Giants Editor from the official website: [https://gdn.giants-software.com/downloads.php](https://gdn.giants-software.com/downloads.php). Note that for working with a map for Farming Simulator 25, you need to use the Giants Editor 10.0.0 or later, while for Farming Simulator 22, you need to use the Giants Editor 9.0.0 or later. If you try to open the map for the editor of the wrong version, it will crash. | ||
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| 2. Open the main map file, for example for the Farming Simulator 25 it's a `mapUS/mapUS.i3d` file. | ||
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| 3. Click on the `File` menu and select `Import...` select the `*.i3d` file with the background terrain. Note, that aftet the import, the terrain will have no textures, so don't worry, it's ok. | ||
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| 4. Postition the terrain in the correct place. You can use the `Transform` panel to move, rotate, and scale the terrain. | ||
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| 5. Open the `Material Editing` panel (if it's not visible click on the `Window` menu and select `Material Editing`) and ensure that you've selected the correct object in the `Scenegraph` panel. Find the `Albedo map` and click on the `...` button to select the texture for the terrain. | ||
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| 6. The new window will appear, click on the `...` button and select the texture for the terrain. | ||
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| 7. If you did not convert the textures to the `.dds` format, you will see the warning message asking you `Convert now?`. Click on the `Yes` button to convert the texture to the `.dds` format. | ||
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| 8. You should be able to see the texture on the terrain now. So now you only need to adjust the position of the terrain in the world. | ||
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| So, we'are done here.<br> | ||
| ℹ️ Please note, that is almost no way to align all background terrain with map perfectly without editing them in the 3D editor, Blender for example. You can find a lot of tutorials on YouTube on how to do it, this won't be covered here. Or you can just leave it as is and find the best possible position for the terrain, and maybe hiding the edges with some objects. It's up to you.<br> | ||
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| If you want, you can go back to the previous step: [Prepare the i3d files](README_i3d.md).<br> | ||
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| Happy mapping! 🚜🌾 |
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| ## How to create a background terrain | ||
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| To create a background terrain for the Farming Simulator map, you need to open the `*.obj` files with the terrain, obtain the satellite images as described in the [Download high-resolution satellite images](README_satellite_images.md) tutorial to use them as textures and export your results to the `*.i3d` format.<br> | ||
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| ℹ️ In this tutorials it's assumed that you have already generated the map and downloaded satellite images from the previous step: [Download high-resolution satellite images](README_satellite_images.md).<br> | ||
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| Let's go straight to the deal: | ||
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| 1. Download and install the [Blender](https://www.blender.org/download/) software. | ||
| 2. Download and install the [Blender Exporter Plugins](https://gdn.giants-software.com/downloads.php) from the official Giants Software website. | ||
| 3. Activate the `Blender Exporter Plugins` in the Blender. | ||
| 4. Now, you can import the `*.obj`. Go to `File` -> `Import` -> `Wavefront (.obj)` and select the `*.obj` file. | ||
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| 5. Select the imported object, right-click on it, click on `Set Origin` -> `Origin to Geometry`. | ||
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| 6. Click on the arrow icon or press the `N` key. | ||
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| 7. In the `Item` tab, change the `Location` to `0, 0, 0` and the `Rotation` to `0, 0, 0`. | ||
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| 8. Swtich to the `View` tab and change the `End` value to `10000` or something like that. It's just to make sure that the terrain is visible, otherwise it may partially disappear. | ||
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| 9. Now we need to add a `Modifier` to the terrain. Click on the `Modifiers` tab, then click on the `Add Modifier`. | ||
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| 10. In the dropdown menu, select the `Decimate` modifier. | ||
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| 11. Now you need to adjust the `Ratio` value. The `Ratio` value will determine how much the terrain will be simplified. The lower the value, the more simplified the terrain will be. It depends on your actual terrain, but a good starting point is something like `0.5` and lower. Remember, that this is a background terrain, which almost not visible in the game, so it's quality doesn't really matter. And the more simplified the terrain is, the less resources it will consume. | ||
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| 12. Select the object, right-click on it, and select `Shade Smooth`. It will automatically smooth the terrain. Note that it may not work perfectly, so you may need to `Ctrl + Z` it, change the value of the `Decimate` modifier, and try again. And again: it's a background terrain, so it doesn't need to be perfect. | ||
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| The object should look more like a terrain now with the `Shade Smooth` applied. | ||
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| 13. It's time to add a material to the terrain. Click on the `Material Properties` tab, then click on the `New` button. | ||
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| 14. Go to the `Surface` section, click on the `Base Color` **CIRCLE** (not the color itself), and select the `Image Texture`. Provide the path to the satellite image you want to use as a texture. | ||
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| 15. Go to the `Emission` section, click on the `Color` **THE COLOR ITSELF** now (not the circle), and select completely black color. Otherise, you wont be able to see the material in the Giants Editor. | ||
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| 16. Open the `UV Editing` tab, and in the right tab change the view to `Top` by pressing `7` on the numpad or holding the `Z` key and selecting the `Top`. | ||
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| 17. Now ensure that the texture has a correct orientation relative to the terrain. If it's not, you can rotate the texture image before moving on. After you ensured that the texture is correctly oriented, switch to the right tab and select everything by pressing `A`. Everything on the right side should be selected (orange). Now press the `U` key and select one of the `Unwrap` options. Recommended one is `Unwrap` -> `Angle Based`. It should work fine for the most cases. The second one is Project from View (bounds). It will project the texture from the view you are currently in. Note that it should be done in the `Top` view, otherwise the texture may be projected incorrectly. | ||
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| 18. Now return to the `Layout` tab, press and hold `Z` and select `Material Preview`. You should see the terrain with the texture applied. Now you can adjust the scale of the object in the `Transform` tab. Note, that you can do it later in the Giants Editor as well. | ||
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| 19. It's finally time to export our object as an `*.i3d` file. Open the side panel by pressing `N` and select the `GIANTS I3D Exporter` tab. If you can not see it here, that means you did not installed the `Blender Exporter Plugins` (step 2) or you did not activated it (step 3). | ||
| Now ensure that the object is selected [1], specify the path to the output file [3], and click on the `Export selected` button [4]. You can also use the `Export all` option, but ensure that you don't have any other objects in the scene, for example by default Blender adds a camera and a light source and a cube. | ||
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| Now we can go to the final section of the tutorial: [Import the i3d files to Giants Editor](README_giants_editor.md). Or you can go back to the previous step: [Download high-resolution satellite images](README_satellite_images.md). |
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