Beginner question regarding terrain!

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"Here is how you create the heightmap object in your jME code:

  1. Create a Texture object.
  2. Load your prepared heightmap image into the texture object.
  3. Create an AbstractHeightMap object from an ImageBasedHeightMap.
    It requires an image from a JME Texture.
  4. Load the heightmap."

im trying to build a simple level/stage for a game sort of like smash bros but is obv going to be very bare-bones for a while. after reading this excerpt from the “Hello Terrain” documentation, I was stumped by “create texture object” and returned to “Hello Asset”, where the loading textures section first talks about creating a material. i word searched the page for “texture object” and nothing came up. i was also hoping to know if i could translate the heightmap terrain such that the “peak” surface area at 255 is able to brought level with where the characters will go at y=0 in the scene graph. if something in my wording makes it seem like im uninformed or confused it is likely because i am. so i wouldn’t be offended by any corrections towards my understanding of these systems. thanks!
128xstagedemo

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There are a variety of terrain tests you can look at here:

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i will be honest, im not exactly sure what to do with this information

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I was stumped by “create texture object”

AbstractHeightMap heightmap = null;
Texture heightMapImage = assetManager.loadTexture(
        "Textures/Terrain/splat/mountains512.png");
heightmap = new ImageBasedHeightMap(heightMapImage.getImage());
heightmap.load();

Where heightMapImage is the Texture object in question.

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thank you, trying it now.

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Those are all working terrain examples. You could look through them and find one that is similar to what you are trying to do and then figure out how/why it works… and apply that back to your own code.

Caveat: I have not looked at any of those specifically and I do not use JME terrain… but whenever I have to learn something new in JME, the first place I go is the examples.

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