Quote Originally Posted by higuy View Post
Well that tutorial sucks.
NEVER EVER EVER use a displacment map. EVER.
As long as you know how to use a displacement map you are fine. Don't just paint black and white on a canvas and call it a displacement map. Thats not good enough.

http://mcmlinks.ocscottie.com/Tutori...es/texmap3.jpg

Thats a good example of one.
However, if your going to use displacment maps, your going to still have to model. When using a displacement map, you can not have overlapping or inverted slopes. So, use the displacement map as a starting point.