LIDAR into BeamNG?

Hello, i recently came across this document explaining how to get LIDAR into BeamNG and I need some help, i have gone to usgs.gov and got the LIDAR i need and i want to make it into a map. Any tips will be helpful

-House

 

Here is a quick and dirty process for turning a point cloud from lidar into a mesh using https://www.cloudcompare.org/

 

Thank you! now how do i make a new map with my .obj?

 

You can import the OBJ into Blender, add UVs, and material and export a collada [.dae] file to use in BeamNG. This is ok for test driving, but the polygon count will be very high.

Another way is making a heightmap from the OBJ and using that to create a terrain in BeamNG.

There are tutorials for these work flows in the forums here.

 

Is there a source for the image you sent?

 

I made the image.

Check out an early version of my rally map made from Lidar: https://www.beamng.com/resources/relentless-rally.33336/