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Easily convert a terrain object into a variety of 2D maps. Works with an existing terrain, or create a new terrain to use as a canvas to paint on with which to create a 2D map.
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Description

Cartographer is an editor extension that allows you to take a terrain component and turn it into a variey of .PNG maps ranging from 32px to 8192px. Easy to use, turn your terrain into and image quickly with support for flat bodies of water.

Technical details

In-depth readme included that contains pictures to describe and help to visualize the effects of various options for map creation. Also includes a readme that provides step-by-step instructions on how to use shadergraph and masks generated by Cartographer to create dynamic material maps with moving textures.



Has support for creating different map types.

  • Texture Map: Use terrain layers and supply replacement textures/colors to create a image texture of the terrain. Makes use of texture masks that can be exported for shader usage, or altered in a 3rd party application and reimported.
  • Height Map: Create a black-and-white height map from the height values of the terrain.
  • Normal Map: Create a normal map from the height values of the terrain.
  • Contour Map: Create a contour map from the height values of the terrain.

Comes with some map textures to get you started. Works even better with your own set of customized textures.

  • 6x Desert (512x512)
  • 8x Dirt (512x512)
  • 8x Grass (512x512)
  • 7x Rock (512x512)
  • 6x Sand (512x512)
  • 6x Snow (512x512)
  • 17x Water (512x512)

Includes stylized vartiation textures that help to break up repetition by overlaying the variation texture on the map using a blending mode and intensity.

  • 20x Variation (256x256x)

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1.0.2
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Feb 11, 2022
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