Spring RTS Engine

I am new to spring and have downloaded BA and a load of maps, but i would realy like to go about making one myself but have no idea where to start. any help would be much apreciated.
(sorry for being such a overwhelming newb)

http://springrts.com/wiki/Map_development

http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=16341

Tada! :)
basically you edit greyscale images for the heightmap, then paint some texture and use the program of your chose (mapconv, springmapeditor) to compile into a springmap.

ok so i will go insearch of springmap thingy =]. ty and where would i find the greyscale images? just in forums or in certain place?

i meant you paint them though googeling "for heightmap grayscale" might give you some ideas.
ie like this:

black = lower land, white=high land

oo just read links, problems solved ty =]

so... for expamle if i created on on GIMP how would i then be able to play in via spring? save as certain format?

how i do it:
use springmapeditor.

create a new map the size you want.

export heightmap, so the size in pixels is correct. (ie 8x8 is 513 x 513 pxiels i think)

edit heightmap with gfx programms

import heightmap in springmapeditor, look at it

change heightmap until it looks good in springmapeditor

"save as spring map" with springmapeditor

zip up the files as described in wiki

Most of the map making tutorials and stuff are outdated and the information that is useful, is all over the place. I learned how to make maps a while ago, but it was virtually impossible without outside help.

I highly recommend you browse through my thread when I was first learning how to do it.

http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.ph ... it=lowtide

In the end, you'll need four things. However you make them, ultimately, is up to you. They are:

-1024x1024, .bmp, 24-bit, R8G8B8, feature
-8192x8192, .bmp, 24-bit, R8G8B8, texture
-1025x1025, .bmp, greyscale, height (upscaled using GIMP's "scale image")
-512x512, .bmp, 24-bit, R8G8B8, metal

You could make those images pixel by pixel in paint, or use some really uesful and modern programs to make maps for you. Obviously the second option is better.

You don't need featuremap necessarily.

Use Featureplacer.

am currently working on creating height map in GIMP but not sure what to do realy once it is done somebody was saying about adding metal etc but dunno how yet lol do i do that in Springmapeditor?

there is a toggle thing for the brush. heightmap, texture, metal etc.
metalmap is basically another image, similiar to heightmap.