hey. i just finished coding support for heightmaps in my engine and it looks great so far... except that im using photoshop to create the heightmap textures wich doesnt quite seem like the right tool... can any suggest a good application for creating heightmap textures? im coding a RTS type game where the base terrain wil be created from a heightmap. thnx!

dedicated terrain packages might be best.
vu d'esprit or bryce seem to be the most popular.

alternatively you could use zbrush.

thnx il check those out