Terrainers Welcome!

we really need a terrian forum...

ah well..

good job on the city scene Dark Angel

pheonix i don't really like the forest for some reason it just looks kinda fake to me

I asked but admins want proof that it would be active enough to be added. They fear that both forum(terrain and cinematic) wouldnt be as active as now(which is average).

Maybe instend they should add a sub forum to this one.

Yeah, I don't think it really needs its own forum, but a sub-forum would be perfect.

Use the raise land tool. Not the cliffs, but down towards the bottom there is a raise terrain, lower terrain, plateau, and noise buttons. Use those.

NO NO NOT THE NOISE AHHHHHH i rarely ever use that. while you have the raise tool on hit ctrl+4 and make sure your raising terrain square like. I just do that based off of one mound. And in places around it. Then i get this natural high hilly terrain. If there are any sharp edges i don't like i take a big smooth tool and run over everything once or twice. Not too much though.

Yeah I know you never use noise tool. It's just one of the buttons, and I was describing which buttons they were.

Some more screenies! This time combining my skinning skills, connections with a modeller and animator and terraining skills to create some nice screens :D

first and second i like. Cinematic quality. Though for the third, i see tooooooooo much lumpy grass and that makes it look unnatural.

heres a screeny of one of my maps im workin on, I'd like comments and/or tips on my terraining.

pheonixiv-I really need those sweet looking trees u have....can u post em plz?

not bad, first make the ground more uneven, even where the houses are, 2nd create roads that go from door to door on the houses, if each road comes up to the houses door it looks much more realistic, 3rd u need more shrubs and bushes both on the side of the hill and growing next to the houses. I can post the Fur trees and the Barrens Tree (The main tree u see in the screenies and the big tree leaning to 1 side) but the giant canopy tree i'm not happy with and the palm tree are both custom made models i got a couple of friends to do, so i prob wont release them just yet.

I just want the fur and the barrens any way......

k, this ZIP contains them, all skins go under textures. It also contains the Palm Tree and a not so good skinned version of the Giant Canopy tree, for all you people out there who want it.

for some reason when i try to use them, it says its not found....and makes a checkerd box

did u import them and then restart WE? also the palm tree and giant canopy tree skins have no path, forgot to metion that.

terrain looks good, smoothe it out a little and make some of the green houses diff colors to remove the monotony, also i suggest u replace the stone with the village path tile, looks much better.

u have to restart WE?

whenever I import a model it usually starts workin right away

edit: nvm, i can use the trees now! thx very much!