Import scene data to Bannerlord Modding Kit

Summary

Requirements

Software

Knowledge

Generate Terrain

Import Heightmap

Generate Materialmaps

Import Materialmaps

Configure flora layers

Examples

Using IGN data

Using OSM and OpenDEM data

Summary

In this tutorial, we will see how to import SceneFromGIS results into Bannerlord Modding Kit.

Requirements

Software

Knowledge

Generate Terrain

Go to the terrain generation menu. Use Alt+7 or click on the “Select Terrain” menu in the toolbar to open the terrain property browser.

Once the menu is open, click on “New Terrain Properties” to open the menu. Then, select the value you want to create your terrain.

For example, if you use a block size of 256 in the previous tutorial examples, you can create a 6×6 map with the following values.

When values are set up, you can click on the generate terrain.

Select a layer template and click OK.

Now, we have a valid empty terrain.

Import Heightmap

Use Ctrl+A to select all the terrain nodes and click “Import HeightMap”

You can now select the file generated by SceneFromGIS. The file will probably be named like “HEIGHTMAP_XX”.

Once the file is selected, you need to choose a “Scale” and “Offset”.

You have to find the good value for you, but if you selected a low “Z Factor”, you will have to use a large “Scale” value.

Once the import process is finished, your terrain should look like this.

Never forget that if your heightmap doesn’t fit as you want, you can always edit it in the editor or even in another tool like Gimp.

Generate Materialmaps

Now, we have to generate a new map for each layer we want to import.

Select the “Paint” tab and click the “Add Layer” to create a new materialmap.

In our previous tutorials, we created 8 different maps. We need to create 8 layers. Avoid using the default template.

My personal choices :

• Buildings : desert_b
• Paths : desert_b then changed
• Water : desert_a
• Forests : soil_b
• Edges : rock_cliff

Import Materialmaps

For each map we generated, select the layer in the “Paint” tab then click on the “Properties” tab and click “Import Materialmap”. You can then select your material map file.

Don’t forget to select all the terrain nodes before proceeding.

In this example, I changed the “import path” layer texture to a ground road texture.

Configure flora layers

Once the layers are imported, it's very likely that the grass layer will cover almost 95% of the map.

For the flora and forest, layer, we need to use them as flora layers. Double-click on the layer, and this will open the “Terrain Layer Inspector” window.

In this window, check the “Flora Layer” option and in the bottom of the menus, open the “Flora Meshes” menu to configure flora. We will not cover this in details in this tutorial.

Examples

Using IGN data

Using OSM and OpenDEM data