diff --git a/source/glest_game/world/map.cpp b/source/glest_game/world/map.cpp
index aa0c8998..5769974a 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/world/map.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/world/map.cpp
@@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ Checksum Map::load(const string &path, TechTree *techTree, Tileset *tileset) {
 			}
 
 			heightFactor= header.heightFactor;
+			if(heightFactor>100){
+				heightFactor=heightFactor/100;
+			}
 			waterLevel= static_cast<float>((header.waterLevel-0.01f)/heightFactor);
 			title= header.title;
 			maxPlayers= header.maxFactions;
diff --git a/source/glest_map_editor/main.cpp b/source/glest_map_editor/main.cpp
index 047f9bd7..26c7107e 100644
--- a/source/glest_map_editor/main.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_map_editor/main.cpp
@@ -988,10 +988,10 @@ void MainWindow::onMenuEditAdvanced(wxCommandEvent &event) {
 	}
 
 	SimpleDialog simpleDialog;
-	simpleDialog.addValue("Height Factor", intToStr(program->getMap()->getHeightFactor()),"(lower means map is more more zoomed in)");
-	simpleDialog.addValue("Water Level", intToStr(program->getMap()->getWaterLevel()),"(water is visible below this, and walkable until 1.5 less)");
-	simpleDialog.addValue("Cliff Level", intToStr(program->getMap()->getCliffLevel()),"(neighboring fields with at least this heights difference are cliffs)");
-	simpleDialog.addValue("Camera Height", intToStr(program->getMap()->getCameraHeight()),"(you can give a camera heigth here default is 0 ;ignored if <20)");
+	simpleDialog.addValue("Height Factor", intToStr(program->getMap()->getHeightFactor()),"lower means more hill effect. Numbers above 100 are handled like this:\nx=x/100 ,so a 150 will mean 1.5 in the game.");
+	simpleDialog.addValue("Water Level", intToStr(program->getMap()->getWaterLevel()),"water is visible below this, and walkable until 1.5 less");
+	simpleDialog.addValue("Cliff Level", intToStr(program->getMap()->getCliffLevel()),"neighboring fields with at least this heights difference are cliffs");
+	simpleDialog.addValue("Camera Height", intToStr(program->getMap()->getCameraHeight()),"you can give a camera heigth here default is 0 ;ignored if <20");
 	if (!simpleDialog.show("Advanced")) return;
 
 	try {