I second the Vue option. It integrates with Softimage and you can build cliffs in no time.
2013/11/19 Williams, Wayne <[email protected]> > I would look into worldbuilder or vue. They both have powerful tools for > terrain heightmap generation. There used to be a plugin called GEM64 that > you could feed DEM’s if I remember correctly which might get you going in > Softimage. Not sure if that plugin still works though. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Doeke Wartena > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:56 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* creating cliffs > > > > hi, > > > > i'm working on a hl2 map where i need to make some cliffs. I really > dislike how this works in hl2. So i thought maybe make it in xsi and > program a converter that tries to get a close result to the xsi version. > > Anyway, how would you make a cliff in xsi? One way could be a grid with a > displacement driffen by a weightmap. > > But i'm sure there are tons of other ways. > > > > please let me know. >
