Sky Terrain?

Anyone have any tips on making a map look like it takes place on floating sky islands?

A custom sky would be one, some wind sounds (updrafts, blowing, whatever) would be good.

Could you modify the floating rock doodad to make it large and so you can build on it? Also have it so units can walk on it?

I would say you will need to edit terrain tiles to make them look like a sky, perhaps.

I liek the idea of creating a custom unit with the floating Outland rock. The thing, is, if you want it to be in the sky, a floating rock in the clouds would be original, but it just would not fit in. So, i would say, find someone to make a custom model like the floating rock, but looking like a cloud: a VERY BIG cloud.

I like the orignal idea you have. Hope you can make it happen!

I've seen something like that before; I think the map was called Islands In The Sky, it was somewhere on wc3sear.ch. As far as I can tell, the sky was made with custom terrain tiles used to fill the space between the islands.

Yeah, I've been doing something like this quite a while ago.

Is that your entry for the image replication contest at www.themappersguild.com? (promotion is always good :)) Looks cool, is the ground a new model? And did you stop working on it or are you continueing this?

Nice idea you know. I think im inspired, i will try to make a castle in the sky. Like in "laputa" if anyone have seen that:

I'm not much offa terrainer but would this work: take a unit-->replce model file with a floating rock-->attach building to its back using triggers.......cuold work me thinks:)

i dont think so. I think the possible way is to make a floating rock to an island with grass and all the stuff. (you can also cheat to make it fast and look good by adding all the buildings and stuff on the island using 3d program).
But if u dont wanna do that using 3d program, you can just make buildings as flying units, and place them where u want at any heigh u want. Or u can do this by making the buildings into doodads and move them up. If you want to make units walk on the isalnd, simply add the invisible walkable ground and then change their heigh. U dont need to add all over the island but enough on where u need the units to walk.

I based my terrain on this.



And Recca... well, I told you on MSN just now :).

have u seen the bottom of a building = oogly and it dont look like a floating castel imo

lol what are u talking about? buttom of a building have nothing to do with this thread

u said u can make buildings as flying units......anyway I think that my suggetion would look prettyand is quite simple :)

lol dont u understand me or what? U make buildings to flying units so u change change it's heigh so u can place it on the island not below the island(the flying island where the castle is)