[SOLVED] Updates to diffuse and normal when painting a terrain.

[Guest shane.ploenges]

in the documentation it says that after adjusting the heights of a terrain with brushes, that both the Normals and Diffuse maps should be updated by using the appropriate update button. Does this not happen automatically when you click the "apply" button after adjusting terrain with a height brush?

 

If i read this correctly i should do my editing, hit apply, then click both the Update diffuse, and update normals buttons for the tile?

 

We are trying to make this a bit easier working with huge amounts of terrain tiles, so it may be beneficial for us to extend the height brush tool to do this automatically when apply is clicked.

[manguste]

Yes, you got it absolutely right, it is not done automatically on Apply button hit. You need to click Update coarse diffuse or Normal: Create after you've painted something with brushes in order for coarse textures to be regenerated. If you deal with terrain painting a lot, it sounds like a really good idea.