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See our Readme page for information regarding installing and playing our maps, and use of our custom content.

Tools

DGU-G16 Lite
HMCS Heightmap Software
HMES Heightmap Software

UT-III

David's Maps:

DM-DG-Hypoxia
DM-DG-NecrisIsland
DM-DG-1on1-OutOfGas
DM-DG-Waterfalls

Level Design:

Tips & Tutorials
Skies Objects

UT2003/2004

David's Maps:

CTF-DG-Aether
CTF-DG-PineRidge
DM-DG-PineRidge-TheHunt
DM-DG-SpaceJunk
DM-DG-Tanjung
DM-DG-ThePOD
DM-TCMP-DG-1on1-Waterfall
ONS-DG-FalloutIsland
ONS-DG-Meadowland-32
ONS-DG-SandStone
ONS-DG-SandStone-Night
ONS-TCMP-DG-Meadowland
VCTF-DG-Arctika
VCTF-TCMP-DG-FalloutIsland

Jason's Maps:

DM-DG-Colosseum

Level Design:

Custom Meshes
Custom VAMeshes
Custom xProcMeshes
Custom Scripts
Custom Sounds
Custom Music
Custom Textures
Information & Tutorials
Epic Patches

Red Orchestra

David's Maps:

Petros coming soon

Level Design:

Information & Tutorials

Tribes:Vengeance

David's Maps:

MP-Assassinate-DGSP
MP-Mercy-DGSP
MP-Truth-DGSP

Unreal II and XMP

David's Maps:

XMP-DG_Alaska

Level Design:

Meshes
Textures

Unreal Tournament

David's Maps:

DM-DG_Dyscus
DM-DG_Illusion
DM-DG_Io
DM-DG_Octagon
DM-DG_SkyScraper
DM-DG_Vapour

Jason's Maps:

DM-DG_Haunted
DM-DG_Ruins

Level Design:

Custom Scripts
Custom Sounds
Custom Textures

The Team

David R. Green
- mapper, mesher, audio/music,
- scripter, texturizer

Jason 'FRaK' Dudley - tester
See the map Readme for other testers

Contact

You can email us at
dgunreal@lilchips.com

HMES Heightmap Editor Software

This software is currently under development. As soon as a build version with sufficient features is completed, it will be opened to studios and the public for beta use.

HMES is a terrain heightmap conversion and editing tool that provides a wide variety of features and capabilities. HMES is designed from the ground up to fully support the UnrealEngine heightmap file formats for G16 and Alphamaps.

Versions

The Li'l Chips Systems Heightmap Editor Software will be available in two different versions:

The Basic Edition will be free for non-commercial use only and will include many of the features of the Professional Edition.

The Professional Edition will include additional features and will be available at a modest license fee per seat estimated at approximately $100. The additional features include: additional algorithmic noise geology creation, DEM Patch geology creation, spline-based geology creation, export water meshes, export macro textures, multi-threading, and full commercial use.

Features

· Designed specifically for the needs of video game terrains
· Create and edit terrains up to 8192x8192
· Import and Export more than two dozen heightmap, terrain, bitmap and 3d formats
including: G16, 3DS, BMP, DEM, OBJ, PAM/PGM, RAW, STL, TGA, TIF, and many others
· Optimized 8-bit Export
· Heightmap stitching, and seamless splitting for level streaming
· UnrealEd and 3DSMax style navigation and editing systems
· Viewport matching to Unreal Engine Units or custom engine parameters
· Viewport Background for loading overheads for map design layout matching
· Full featured terrain creation system with modifier stack
· Full featured terrain geomorphology
· Multiple Noise synthesis systems for geography creation
· 3D Spline or Mask based Mountain, Flatland, River, Lake, Crater, Road and Dunes creation
· DEM Patch geomorphology library for real-world geography features using real DEM data
· Heightmap Modifiers include Erosion, Glacier, Terrace, Weathering
· Mask-based vertex selection and modifier regions
· Support for terrain texture layer alphamaps
· Alphamap creation based on altitude, slope, direction, erosion, and more
· Alphamap optimization function for use as a UE Terrain Layer (gamma/intensity/gaussian blur)
· Macro texture creation and export
· and much more

System Requirements

· Windows XP 32-bit (Home or Professional), Windows Vista 32-bit
· Microsoft .NET 2
· DirectX 9.0c April 2007
· 1GB RAM or more
· 1MB Hard Drive space for the software
· 24-bit or 32-bit color video display at 1024x768 or higher resolution
· Keyboard and Mouse

Download

HMES Software

available soon

downloads

Development Status

	General User Interface
	Application persistence
	Project persistence
	Options dialog
	About dialog
	Help/owner's manual
	Stitch import
	Split export
	Recent file list
	Undo/Redo system
	Cut/Copy/Paste/Delete context
	Heightmap/Mask/Layer flip
	Heightmap/Mask/Layer rotate
	Heightmap/Mask/Layer invert
	Heightmap/Mask/Layer crop
	Heightmap/Mask/Layer resample
	Heightmap/Mask/Layer size
	Heightmap/Mask/Layer move
	Heightmap/Mask/Layer equalize
	Heightmap/Mask/Layer filter
	Heightmap/Mask/Layer smooth
	Object Selection dialog set
	Object Mirror
	Object Align
	DirectX Engine
	Bitmap Engine
	Terrain render modes
	Terrain Color sets
	Camera and Movement
	Lighting
	Visibility
	Status Display
	Background
	Water
	Layer Object
	Mask Object
	DEM Patch
	Noise Explorer
	Paint Terrain
	Paint Layer/Mask
	Mask/Spline Crater
	Mask/Spline Dunes
	Mask/Spline Flatland
	Mask/Spline Lake
	Mask/Spline Mountain
	Mask/Spline River
	Mask/Spline Road
	Mask/Spline Terrace
	Erosion
	Weathering
	Multithreading
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	.3ds 3D File Format Import/Export
	.asc 3D File Format Import/Export
	.ase 3D File Format Import/Export
	.bmp (G16) Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.bmp Image File Format Import/Export
	.csv Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.dem GTOPO Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.dem SDTS Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.dem VistaPro Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.dxf 3D File Format Import/Export
	.gif Image File Format Import/Export
	.hgt SRTM Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.lwo 3D File Format Import/Export
	.ned Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.obj 3D File Format Import/Export
	.pam Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.pcx Image File Format Import/Export
	.pgm Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.png Image File Format Import/Export
	.raw Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.r16 Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.r32 Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.t3d 3D File Format Import/Export
	.stl 3D File Format Import/Export
	.ter Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.tga Image File Format Import/Export
	.tif GeoTIFF Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.tif Image File Format Import/Export
	.tsv Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.txt VistaPro Heightmap File Format Import/Export
	.xml Heightmap File Format Import/Export