To make a Height Map:

• Make a jpg (or jpeg) image using photoshop or paint, or any other graphics program.
• Remember that places where you put a dark color will be low (like valleys) and places where you put light colors will be high (like mountains or islands)
• When you save the image, save it to the videoGameDev/learn3D/heightMaps folder, and make sure that it is of format jpg, or jpeg:
  • If you are in a normal save window (like when you go to the "file" menu and click "save"), then do the following:
  • Next to the thing that says Look In: Find the folder that has your name on it (like the "Mr. Wyrick" folder, except your name isn't Mr. Wyrick)
  • Double click on the "videoGameDev" folder
  • Double Click on the "learn3D" folder
  • Double Click on the "heightMaps" folder - It is very important that you save it into the heightmaps folder
• When you start the editor, the heightmap should be one of the heightmaps you can add - to see how to create a level with heightmaps in it, click here