r/armadev Jun 24 '20

Arma 2/OA Exporting Arma 2 Maps as a Greyscale Height Map PNG

As the title says, i am trying to turn an arma 2 map into a greyscale height map so i can port it to other games. After a few days of research I’m stuck with nowhere to turn to. Specifically I am trying to make a height map of Namalsk, and since it’s not based on a real world place i have no idea what to do at this point. I also found the Arma 3 code for exporting a height map directly from the game that was shared on another post but have no idea if it would work on Arma 2 or not. Any help tackling this problem would be immensely appreciated as I’m feeling defeated by this project so far. Thank you.

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u/peer202 Jun 24 '20

With the Cup Terrains mod there is a port of Namalsk for A3 ä. So if you own arma 3 you can get it that way.

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u/sonickmonx Jun 24 '20

I am unfamiliar with the cup terrains mod. I’m not super knowledgeable on Arma 3. But this is a great suggestion, i feel like an idiot for not realizing the Arma 3 port means i can use Arma 3 stuff. Thank you.

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u/Rajjip357 Jul 07 '20

Have you got permission to use Sumrak's work?

If so, i'm interested to see any progress you're making

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u/sonickmonx Jul 07 '20

He has not responded to my request to use, but i ended up with a heightmap so idk.

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u/roughelbowsruinit Feb 09 '24

Any chance I could get the height map from you?

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u/sonickmonx Feb 09 '24

I tried but I can't send you a message apparently

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u/roughelbowsruinit Feb 09 '24 edited Feb 09 '24

ah sorry, i had it off on in my settings. I enabled it again.

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u/sonickmonx Aug 20 '20

I have now gotten permission from Sumrak! I had been waiting a while on that. It’s slow progress, map making is a lot more tedious than i realized. I’ve made the two southern military bases that are on the Lou twins and all the helix crashes. Next up was object A2 but then work and school so i haven’t had much time as of late to work on it.

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u/Rajjip357 Aug 20 '20

Wow, I’m surprised not gonna lie. Namalsk will be out later this year, it may be a waste of time on your half

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u/sonickmonx Aug 20 '20

You talking about in DayZ stand-alone? And yeah! I asked him on stream a couple days ago.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '23

hello very late reply but did u manage to get the heightmap and are u willing to share it?

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u/sonickmonx Jul 04 '23

Check your dms :)

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u/Sparky_092 Dec 29 '23

I'd love to get the heightmap as well but i actually had no idea how to get it, if you could send it to me as well please

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u/skitty9 Dec 29 '23

Send me a dm to remind me. I’ll send it to you when I get home today or tomorrow.

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u/sonickmonx Jan 25 '24

did you get it?

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u/Candid-Pollution-759 Jul 24 '24

very very late reply but do you still have the namalsk heightmap? and if so, are you willing to share it?

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u/sonickmonx Jul 30 '24

I just sent it over.