Heightmap Studio is an intuitive terrain and track creation tool designed to generate seamless, high-fidelity 16-bit heightmaps for any modern game engine. While engineered to handle the brutal, micro-precise physics tracking of simulators like MX Bikes, its robust toolset is universally compatible with any engine that utilizes grayscale heightfields.
Projects save as .hm files. Legacy .rutforge projects still open.
Heightmap Studio keeps major edits re-editable, so you can keep tuning the base ground, track lane, jumps, ruts, bumps, and textures without starting over.
Generate a completely customizable, rideable starting landscape at real-world scale, or import a standard 1025 px or 2049 px heightmap as the base for your project.
Draw the main racing line with a pen-style spline, as it carves a clean lane that follows the terrain and blends into the surrounding ground.
Drag and drop your jumps directly onto your path, wherever you want them! Jumps will snap, rotate, and blend with the track. Adjust each jump after placement or customize its curve template from the library.
Carve custom shaped ruts and scatter braking bumps wherever you want them. Use pen-style curves or freehand drawing to lay single or multi-rut berms, and place bump patterns to create rough braking zones.
Import your own repeating texture layers to seamlessly follow the path of your track. Align them to the track or start, preview them over the heightmap, mask them, and export a transparent texture map in whatever resolution you desire.
Use the app like a track-building workbench: sketch, preview, tune, hide, reorder, save, reopen, and export when the shape is ready.
Every rut, bump, jump, and texture layer can be selected, renamed, hidden, grouped, reordered, or deleted without flattening the project.
Blend rough spots, soften edits, and mask layer effects with brush controls that stay aligned with the same save and undo model.
Load a map, sketch, or texture reference over the canvas for tracing. It stays visual only and never changes the exported heightmap.
Inspect the terrain in a live Three.js view with slope shading and display-only vertical exaggeration for easier shape checks.
Save reusable rut, bump, terrain, track, and jump settings so proven shapes can move between projects instead of being rebuilt.
Save work as a single .hm project file with the original heightmap, layers, textures, jumps, groups, and settings intact.
Export full-resolution grayscale terrain PNGs, transparent edge masks, texture maps, and other outputs for game-engine use.
Personal use is free. Commercial track releases, commissions, paid packs, studio work, and monetized projects require a license.
Build in the browser, or download the Windows app to start building your first track with Heightmap Studio!
Because this installer is currently unsigned, Windows Security may block it from running by default. Follow these steps to unblock and install the app:
Heightmap-Studio-setup.exe in your Downloads folder.