Menu Items

World File

New World resets most of Terragen's settings to their defaults. It also redisplays the splash screen while it does this.

Open World opens a Terragen World file (.tgw). This contains all settings with the exception of the terrain. You must load this separately from the Landscape dialog.

Re-open World reopens the current World File.

Save World saves a world file.

Exit does what it suggests.

View

Provides access to the various dialog boxes.

Terragen

Execute Script allows you to select a script file to run. Make sure that you have the atmospheric settings, render settings (Image size, detail and so on) and cloud settings correct, and also that the correct Terrain file is loaded before you run the script.

Preferences allows you to set the Gamma Correction factor that is used when drawing various Maps. Setting this to an appropriate value makes it easier to work with the maps. image of terragen preferences dialog

Run Scripter runs the Scripter utility provided with Terragen.

Run Terranim runs Daniel Parnham's Terranim program which is much more flexible than Scripter.

Run CamPath runs Sean O'Malley's Camera Path Editor program.

Help

User Guide displays the address of the English version of this guide.

About displays the splash screen again. This gives version and copyright information, as well as the name of the registered user if the program has been registered.

As yet there is no main help file - this guide is designed to fit in place of a helpfile. At some point in the future comprehensive "What's This" help will be added to Terragen.



render controls

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water

clouds

atmosphere

lighting

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©December, 2002 John McLusky