Well jack, heightmap is a pretty nice workaround, and your efforts for this litte tutorial are awesome.
But I want to know more about the Guide Mesh in Gfur Component.
Heightmap gives no control over hair alignment/bias/direction like the splines do. And a blender user has no chance to get fur spline guides to work.
The Gfur Documentation says nothing about the Guide Mesh. But this is the very important thing to know.
Please Gfur Guys I beg you so much. Please explain how to use the Guide Mesh!