Attached Link: http://tidbit.freefronthost.com/

This is a scene I'm working right now. I'm sharing it, because it illustrates the results you can get with a Roadmaker script I wrote. In this scene, I used Roadmaker to modify the elevation map for the road and the house's lot. Roadmaker also created four material distribution maps used in this scene.

It was some time ago when I started doing some research on creating roads in Vue 4. In the process, I created a Paint Shop Pro 8 script that greatly helps in creating roads, paths, among other things in Vue 4 and 5.

I call the script 'Roadmaker'. It's fairly easy to use and learn, but at the same time, very dynamic and customizable.

One run of the script creates three material distribution maps: Road, Roadside, and Road Tracks, and a revised elevation map corresponding with the material maps.

I am making the script freely available on my website. Plus, I also wrote a tutorial on how to use the Roadmaker script.

The Roadmaker tutorial's address:

http://tidbit.freefronthost.com/tutorials/roadmaker/index.htm

My Roadmaker Kit comes with the Roadmaker script, a Roadmaker Prep Map script, and two Vue 5 Infinite materials that are great starting points for Roadmaker.

The Roadmaker Kit's address:

http://tidbit.freefronthost.com/objects/index.htm

I hope you enjoy the script and making roads as much as I do. If you have any questions, please feel free to post them here or to send me an instant message.

Charles

Thanks, appreciate it :o)

Thank you very much! :)

Thank you - this looks great!!! Peggy

The results are fantastic!

I can't get it to work. Do you start by running the prep script or by bring in the elevatio map? Does the script name the layers or does the user name the layers? The picture looks great.

Shame for non PSP users! How about a PSD script? Oh well, I guess someone will come up with it by working on your tutorial!

Thanks for this, it will come in handy. Very much appreciated.

Oh this is really lovely. Sharen

woo, awesome thanks for that :)

Great work Charles, I can see this coming in handy in many a scene....

Whoa, very cool, Charles; thanks so much for sharing this!!

Thanks so much for your generosity. cheerio lululee

Please, can anyone answer my question? The second script refuse to work for me.

Message edited on: 05/22/2005 20:28

Thanks so much. Going to have to play with this.

I got it to work by upgrading my PSP. Thanks sittingblue you are one in a million.

Will this script work for PSP version XI?  I tried it, but got an error - Maybe I need to read the documentation better.

Now how cool is that !!!!    Thank you.........

M

Anyway, still need to work on the materials.  When I use an eco material, it tends to fill in parts of the track.  How do I get it to stop that?

Peggy

Hi, Peggy...
Just a thought re: eco-system problem.
I'm not all that familiar with the usage of PSP (I have PSP 9 btw), but...

I assume you still have the original "road map" that you created in PSP. Why not take that (and just that - not the terrain-map or anything), select the road (I assume the "magic wand" would be best for this), expand the selection somwhat (much like the script does for the edges) fill with white and save it as a bmp (or whatever). Then use that in Vue to control the distribution of the eco-system (it may heve to be made negative).... Just a thought.

I've only played with the script for a couple of hors (had some trouble getting it working initially, but eventually worked out what I was doing wrong), but I can see great uses for it:-))

Many thanks to sittingblue for making it available, and at a price I can afford!

Cheers,
Diolma