Help/Topology Tab

The Topology Menu provides the tools for creating various types of terrain. In this section you will learn how to make hills, valleys, mountains, lakes and rivers.

Click on the Topology Tab (or press the F1 key) to open the Topology Menu. Here you will see a number of different tools that can be used to shape the terrain. Hold your mouse cursor over each one to see a short description as well as the appropriate Hotkey to press. To see the whole menu as in the diagram above, click on the “Advanced” button to expand the menu.

Main menu

Height up

Height down

Height adjust

Radius

Sensitivity

Get height

Use height

Plateu

Add water

Remove water

Adjust water height

Add ground

Remove ground

Advanced

Displacement map

Direction

Threshold

Select area

Fill area

Cancel selection

Get displacement