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TerreSculptor HMES Pre-Beta

Use of this HMES pre-beta content is bound by the following license terms.
By accessing this page and downloading the files you agree to the following:

1. All content downloaded from this page is the property of LCS.  You may use this content at no cost during the pre-beta and beta phase of this software.
2. You are granted a non-exclusive right to use this software strictly in accordance with the purposes of software previewing and testing.
3. You are granted a right to use this software for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
4. The software including any documentation and files are provided without warranty of any kind.  You assume all responsibility for your use of this software.  You agree to hold LCS harmless for any issues or data loss or other losses incurred by your use, misuse or inability to use this software.
5. You will delete all expired beta executables.
6. You will delete and cease from using any and all beta copies once the retail version is released.
7. You will not create derivitive works based on the code or interface of this software.
8. You acknowledge that this is incomplete unfinished pre-beta software that may contain issues and bugs.

All information, images and software are Copyright ©2011 Li'l Chips Systems, All Rights Reserved.


TerreSculptor HMES

TerreSculptor HMES (Heightmap Editing Software) is the heightmap creation, editing and conversion software currently under development by LCS.
Be sure to read the TerreSculptor Reference Manual for information on using HMES.
Each beta executable file located on this page has a two-month limited run-time and will stop working once that time has expired.


TerreSculptor Wiki

See the TerreSculptor Wiki site for information on the following:

- System Requirements
- Bug List


Installation

The executable zip download contains the current pre-beta Professional Edition.
TerreSculptor HMES is a single .exe file with no additional DLLs or files required.
The single .exe is both 32-bit and 64-bit versions (JIT compiled).
There is currently no setup.exe so a manual installation must be performed.

1. Create a folder in "C:\Program Files" called "TerreSculptor".
2. Extract the TerreSculptor Pro.exe file from the zip file to this folder.
3. Right-click on the .exe file and choose "Pin to Start Menu" to create a shortcut.
4. Extract the TerreSculptor Reference Manual.pdf file from the zip file to this folder.

If you receive a Windows Security pop-up dialog when you run the software, right-click on the .exe file, choose Properties on the context menu, and on the Properties dialog click on the Unblock button.

HMES makes no changes to the system registry and creates only a single HMES.ini file in the folder "C:\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\HMES\".

The additional content files for samples and backdrops may be extracted to any folder, such as My Documents, or any data drive on the computer.

See the Wiki and Reference Manual for additional information.


Latest Build Version Notes

- Build 2012-01-29 for January 29 is available, see the Build Notes on the wiki.


Feedback and Issue Reporting

At this time, please do not send emails to LCS regarding any pre-beta issues.

We are working hard at getting this software into the beta phase, and answering dozens of emails takes us away from doing that.
When the software reaches the beta phase, discussions will be available on the software wiki site, and online forums will also be made available soon.

This is incomplete unfinished pre-beta software that contains sections that are not currently working and may contain issues and bugs.


Downloads

New beta downloads will be available every one to two months depending on the application sections that are currently being developed.

The current beta .exe expires on October 01, 2012.

Left-Click to download, or Right-Click and Save As to download.

HMES beta executable HMES-2012-01-29.zip 2.38MB
Reference Manual PDF HMES-Manual.zip (2012-01-19) 5.92MB
Heightmap Samples HMES-Samples.zip 47.4MB
Backdrop Textures HMES-Backdrops.zip 3.68MB

HMES-2012-01-29.zip MD5: f8c407479be7564b20f2e3f8c2ed81e4
TerreSculptor Pro.exe MD5: 74a500fe2f4778234432703059800920


* The Reference Manual is currently 262 pages and is only partially completed.
Reference Manual updates will be made available usually with the executable updates.

* HMES-Samples.zip contains 7 different sample heightmaps in a variety of formats: BIL (DEM), G16, RAW16, SRTM (DEM), Terragen, and Vista Pro 4 (DEM).  A complete earth and planetary TerreSculptor DEM browser will be available soon.

* HMES-Backdrops.zip contains 1 cube texture set and 1 dome texture samples from the complete TerreSculptor Texture Package that will be available to Pro licensees.

* The MD5 checksums are created using Microsoft FCIV File Checksum and Integrity Verifier available from Microsoft Download Center or KB841290.


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