Painter input exact number instead of slider

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Hi,

For draw/painter, can I input exact number? Because currently it seems to only allow sliders so I have to guess-estimate roughly height I’m painting at.

If there’s no input, I hope it gets implemented in gaea 3 and also a pick color option.

Thank you

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A few ways you could manage this:

  • use the Height slider in the /draw node’s properties panel

    • Say you wanted a 100m paint; you could have the height at MAX in the painter (which will be 1.00 / the max of your terrain definition). You could then type 100m into the Height property, and it’ll become 100m relative to your terrain definition.

  • use the Alt + MW (mouse wheel) shortcut

    • This should +/- increment by 0.05, so you have a relative idea of how much you are increasing or decreasing before you paint.

  • use /clip or /clamp modifiers/adjust node

    • Similar to the height slider, however, these will change the data slightly. For example, /clip literally cuts from the top or bottom, so if you have detail there, you may cut it too.

  • use a /match node with a transformed /constant node

    Draw ──────────────────┐
                       ├─ Match
Constant ─ Transform ──┘
    • You can set the Scale of the transform to 0.99, which ensures you don’t match it completely flat.
    • Though this is similar to using the Height property on the /draw node, it gives you an off-node reference should you need one.

  • use the Height Remap Modifier

    • If you do have to normalise, you can export/import loop your draw using a GaeaRaw file type.

[!caution]
If you’re working with tiles, you’ll want to avoid normalising data with /autolevel and Height Remap. Usually, this is best served at the very end of your graph.

I’d try a very small-scale test of each. They all have pros and cons depending on what you’re planning to do.

Especially with Height Remap: it’s probably the quickest and easiest option until you decide to tile. You could use that first, then switch it later for an export/import loop if needed, for example.

That would probably be the quickest, easiest and most versatile route; you just have to remember that caveat in case you wish to tile later.

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Thank you, the alt+mouse wheel is closest what i want. (altho I do hope for future gaea updates inputting numbers get implemented)

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