darn good question! i played a game called savage where they used tiled art on top of their height map and it worked really well for them. i await answers from other people though cause i too am not an artist and have the same problem :P ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob johnston" <bobj@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:13 AM Subject: [gameprogrammer] Help with creating height map textures > Can anyone give me some insight on what this takes. I think it takes > tinkering with a texture over and over to get it right. Such as using > blender or paint shop in 50 steps! I am a programmer and not a texture > artist so it would be great if there is a way that I am capable of doing > this myself. I can create the height map and I have a good detail map and I > can paint the texture but it looks very bad unless it's done right. Bob > Johnston > > > > --------------------- > To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > --------------------- To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html