[Opensim-users] raw terrain file conversion

[Mike Chase]

On 10/31/2011 02:44 AM, Cider Jack wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion Chris, so I gave Baliwick a try.
> Unfortunately, it didn't seem to do the trick.

There's support in Blender/Primstar2 editing SL raw format files.

http://blog.machinimatrix.org/

Look at the release notes for v193 and v197.

Mike


>
> When I loaded a raw file that I had saved from OS, it was just random
> speckles of pixels, looked like it had been corrupted. I uploaded the
> raw onto another sim, and it came through fine, so it wasn't a corrupt
> raw file.
>
> I also downloaded a raw from a different sim, and got the same result
> - just a window full of randomized pixels.
>
> I got copies of the basic raw files from the SL wiki, and those load
> into Baliwick just fine, so I'm guessing SL uses a different raw
> format than OS?
>
> So anyway, Baliwick won't do what I need (nor will Terragen fwiw),
> which is convert the raw (.f32) format to a bitmap such as .png so I
> can edit it with GIMP. Anyone else have any other ideas how this can
> be accomplished?
>
> On 10/31/11, Chris<mewtwo0641 at cox.net>  wrote:
>> You might be able to do something with Bailiwick
>>
>> http://www.spinmass.com/Software/Bailiwick.aspx
>>
>> Not sure though but it has some import and export options that might be
>> useful =)
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> On 10/30/2011 10:04 PM, Cider Jack wrote:
>>> I need to convert a RAW file (.f32 format, according to the OS wiki)
>>> to a raster bitmap that can be edited using GIMP then convert it back
>>> into an OS compatible RAW format. Actually converting it back wouldn't
>>> matter so much in this case, as I could just upload it as a heightmap
>>> via the console. I would prefer a GIMP plugin for convenience sake, of
>>> course, but not mandatory. Have tried the UFRaw plugin, but it doesn't
>>> support .f32.
>>>
>>> Have also tried ImageMagik, but with the same results. There are about
>>> another half-dozen (free/open) in the list on Wikipedia, but I'd
>>> rather not trial-and-error them all :)
>>>
>>> Anyone know how this can be done? Not finding anything on the web.
>>>
>>> ~!CJ
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