A landscape layer typically uses 2 textures: a colour map and a displacement map. Both can be placed anywhere you like: in any folder on any drive. There is no "default landscape directory".

Select the landscape layer and choose MEDIA > CHANGE TEXTURES... to see and change the textures.

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michiel, 2 years ago

Hi Michiel,

What I was referring to is in the attached image. When I select Add Layer/Add Landscape Layer, I get the dialog shown in the attached image. There doesn't seem to be a way to navigate to another directory.

So is the process to just add the landscape layer without selecting a file, and then change the textures?

Thanks.

= Steve

steveg, 2 years ago

That's a preset. This dialog is also presented when you add, for example, a plasma layer.

Presets have to be stored in the Presets folder. The app gives a warning when you try to save your preset in another folder with the PRESET > SAVE PRESET AS.... menu item.

So yes, select a preset, or click on the DEFAULT button, and change the textures and other things afterwards.

michiel, 2 years ago

Ok, got it. Thank you.

steveg, 2 years ago

To create new landscapes, I open a landscape layer with the colormap you presented above. Then I change the colormap and its associated displacementmap to the ones I chose.
Note that they can also be called “Diffuse” and “Heightmap” respectively. Sometimes you can even use a different displacementmap, which sometimes gives surprising effects!
Example mediafiles with polyhaven.com...

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Links to free texture sites (among others)
polyhaven.com...
cgbookcase.com...

You can use those of your Bixpacks for your personal use under Outerspace rights, in particular BixPack 25,32 and 42.
Cordially.

Alex-Raymond T., 2 years ago

Thanks Alex.

steveg, 2 years ago

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