HeightColorMap

Internal mod name: PQSMod_HeightColorMap

The HeightColorMap PQSMod is a mod that colors the terrain based on altitude using user-defined landclasses. A LandClass in this context is a color and an altitude range within which this color should be applied.

Subnodes

• LandClasses { } (defined below)

Example

PQS
{
    Mods
    {
        HeightColorMap
        {
            enabled = true
            order = 24
            
            blend = 0.1
            LandClasses
            {
                LandClass
                {
                    name = _Ocean
                    color = 0.1,0.2,0.8,1
                    altitudeStart = 0.0
                    altitudeEnd = 0.125
                    lerpToNext = true
                }
                LandClass
                {
                    name = _Plains
                    color = 0.7,0.6,0.1,1
                    altitudeStart = 0.125
                    altitudeEnd = 0.375
                    lerpToNext = true
                }
                LandClass
                {
                    name = _MountainSide
                    color = 0.6,0.9,0.05,1
                    altitudeStart = 0.375
                    altitudeEnd = 0.75
                    lerpToNext = true
                }
                LandClass
                {
                    name = _RoundingTheSummit
                    color = 0.7,0.85,0.2,1
                    altitudeStart = 0.75
                    altitudeEnd = 0.9
                    lerpToNext = true
                }
                LandClass
                {
                    name = _IceCap
                    color = 0.9,0.9,0.9,1
                    altitudeStart = 0.9
                    altitudeEnd = 1.0
                    lerpToNext = false
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Property	Format	Description
blend	Decimal	This parameter controls the total blending of the output. In other words, if blend = 0.7 then the result of the PQSMod is, at most, 70% of the mod's output and 30% of the original vertex color.

LandClasses

The LandClasses { } node wraps several LandClass { } subnodes that describe an individual region's color as defined by altitudes.

Property	Format	Description
name	Text	The name of the LandClass.
color	Color	The color to be applied to the terrain that falls within this LandClass.
altitudeStart	Decimal	The starting altitude of the LandClass. NOTE: Altitude is measured in fractions of valid PQS height: altitude = (vertexHeight - vertexMinHeightOfPQS) / vertexHeightDeltaOfPQS.
altitudeEnd	Decimal	The ending altitude of the LandClass. Follows same measurement unit as altitudeStart.
lerpToNext	Boolean	Whether to blend into the next LandClass. Highly recommended to set to true on all but the last LandClass.