Deforming a sphere according to a complex heightmap

[daniel-brakke]

I've been trying to make a planet, according to terrain generated by an external program. I took the texture and height maps and tried deforimg a sphere according to the height map, but it never comes out right.
The heightmap is 2048x2048, so resolution isnt a problem. Im using 2008, and tried every tutorial I could find, but something, somewhere along the line, just isnt working right.

[joojaa]

Displacement! If you need to see the result you also need to convert displacement to polys but i do suggest you ust use that as a proxy since the renderer can do the heightmap MUCH better then spliting it to polygons ever will, since it will add details on the fly.

That is unless s model with 8 million polygons doesnt cause you problems (trust me it will, especially since its totally uneesccesery)

[daniel-brakke]

I tried a displacement map, and it didnt work either.
When I try it on a flat object, it works fine, but for some reason, it goes crazy on a sphere

[joojaa]

When I try it on a flat object, it works fine, but for some reason, it goes crazy on a sphere

Describe crazy.

[daniel-brakke]

un recognizeable. Not even remotely how its supposed to be. Like it was corrupted.
How about those?

[joojaa]

whats your displacement bound?

how big is the eorldspace displace?

is it possible the displace is worng way, turning the sphere in on itself (decrease gain to see this)

[moogy-xo]

Use the displacement feature in artisan mesh sculting tool. This is simple yet effective.