Generating a procedural terrain
This recipe deals with the procedural generation of a terrain. Although never good enough for a final product because you will want to fine tune the heightmap to your specifications, these generated terrains are a great starting point for anyone new to creating levels or for anyone who needs to set up a test level with the Sandbox. Different heightmap seeds and a couple of tweaks to the height of the level and you can generate basic mountain ranges or islands quickly that are instantly ready to use.
Getting ready
Have My_Level open inside of Sandbox.
How to do it...
Up at the top-middle of the Sandbox main toolbar, you will find a menu selection called Terrain. From there you should see a list of options, but for now you will want to click on Edit Terrain. This opens the Terrain Editor window.
The Terrain Editor window has a multitude of options that can be used to manipulate the heightmap in your level. But first we want to set up a basic generated heightmap for...
