Heightmap (.gif) => Save File (.bls)

[.::Taboo::.]

A) I most likely will not publicly release this.

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[Truce]

-snip-

Woo!

The reason I don't just post a link to the .jar file is because I know there's some precautions around code you can't easily view the source of.

[.::Taboo::.]

Woo!

[Reactor Worker]

It automatically converts it to grayscale if it isn't.

Already done.

I'm saying you could improve it by allowing the user to define what color bricks are used; not just using generic brown and green.

As for reducing the # of bricks used, I'm sure there will always be more ways to improve it further.

[Viberin]

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/1451/rickastley.gif

[Blockoman]

http://gpwiki.org/images/2/2e/Heightmap.JPG

[Truce]

Cleaned up the code a bit; somehow it's now only half the size and saves even more bricks, but I didn't think I changed anything. Instead of resizing image to 200x200, I have it make the larger of the two dimensions 200 and scale the other one properly (so 500x250 => 200x100).

[Truce]

Double post; apparently I left out a variable assignment in the resizing, so it broke.





Looks like I fixed it though :P

[oromis]

host a server now, let us walk and dig into his face >:D

[Regulith]

Holy crap Truce

You won so hard

[Kalphiter]

http://gpwiki.org/images/2/2e/Heightmap.JPG

It's crap sites like this that ruin the internet.
Ok, so I have to copy the link and paste it.

[Hacumi]

what is this???

[Truce]

what is this???

It's a program that generates insanely brick-efficient cubescapes from heightmaps. These generated builds are exported as a save file, so that you can load the file on any server you go to.

Heightmaps are basically just grayscale images that represent elevation levels - the more white in an area, the higher its elevation. Therefore, black areas have low elevation.

The screenshot I posted was an awkward angle of one of these cubescapes. Remember, this wasn't designed as another image2brick. This one was designed for creatin terrains.

[Sirrus]

This is fresh to death, right here.

[Truce]

Here's an example of what the program was intended for:
(This thing is a massive 800x800 studs, and just barely over 60k bricks.)





EDIT: Top-right corner of the original image is the left-hand side in the screenshot.