custom terrain

i thought this has been asked before but found nothing in the search. is there a way to make/import custom terrain? just like a model but terrain instead. ty.

edit: can a mod plz move this to the terrain forum. not sure how i managed to get this in the request :(

Simple 'nough. Easiest way is to get WarCraft 3 Viewer (downloadable somewhere her if you'v'nt already got it.
Texture files (.blp's)'re found in TerrainArt/Tileset/Tile_Grass.blp or something like that. Now, extract one of these by clicking on it in the Treeview, and then under the "Current File"-tab, "Extract (and convert) BLP". That'll give the option to extract it as BLP, BMP, TGA and JPG. And maybe something more... meh.
Anyway, I tend to save it as a .bmp, and then I open it in PhotoShop and do the changes I want.

Anyway, when I'm done, I run it trough Warcraft 3 Viewer again, but this time I convert it from .bmp into a .blp. Then I import it in the World Editor. If I, for an example, want to replace the Ashenvale Grass file, I give it the path TerrainArt/Ashenvale/Ashen_Grass.blp.

'course, there's other ways, but I find this method useful since I (in PhotoShop) can see the borders in the texture, so I can work from them.
On another note: some tiles take 2 in space, and this is because their .blp's are twice as large as 1-spacers. If you import a "small" .blp to a 2-space texture's path, it will become a 1-space tile.

Well, hope you understand. And there's prob'ly lots of tutorials somewhere...

that is what i tried, but with the cityscape white marble. didnt change the terrain that i laid out. it changed the terrains icon but that was it. :(

Define 'terrain' please.

in the world editor when you hit "t" the terrain properties come up. usually 6 or 7 choices i believe.

Tiles, Vagabond, Tiles...

You have to restart the World Editor. Then it'll work.

If u want to use other tiles than go to advanced, modify tileset, from there u can use tiles from different tilesets, but if u want to use custom tiles u can either skin them yourself or download some from around here. Hope that helps ;)