Creating a new region

[GillsMan 2]

Hi,

I've been away from SC4 for several years and am very rusty.  I want to create a new region loosely based on California, and containing an array of different landscapes, e.g. beaches, cliffs, mountains, hills, bays, etc.  The region will be set in the US.  I also want to dictate how many large, medium and small cities I have in my region.  I have read the OmniMaps articles at www.simtropolis.com/omnibus/index.cfm/OmniMaps.  I have several questions:

1. Is there a limit to how large my region can be?
2. How do I determine how many cities of each size I can have and where they are in relation to each other (I have read the custom config guide, but am a little confused)?
3. What tools should I use for terraforming cliffs, beaches, realistic mountains and valleys etc?
4. Are there any essentials you would recommend I get from STEX apart from NAM in light of what I've said I aim to do?

I have done a couple of day's worth of searching and have found answers to the majority of my questions, but not these four, so thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers, GM.

[jigsaw 227]

1. NO, i have successfully made regions 100x100 (6401x6401) size

2. you can make them in paint, zoom right in and use plain blue for big tiles (4x4 pixels), plain green for medium (2x2) and red for small (1x1)

3. i would recommend Startup Manager, SC4 Terraformer to manipulate maps to your desire.

4. NAM, and the rest is your choice. there are too many to say, just spend the time looking for the good stuff. there is CAM, SAM, RHW, RWM, SPAM that are the big projects to look at.

[GillsMan 2]

That is brilliant help, thanks a lot for the reply.

Re: #2 I get how to create the config.bmp but what do I do to actually load this as a region?

Re: #4 I hadn't heard of SPAM so I'll check that out right away, thanks!

[Biriali 58]

Originally posted by: GillsMan

Re: #2 I get how to create the config.bmp but what do I do to actually load this as a region?quote>

Very simple. You paste your custom config.bmp into the region, you wish to use it on. It doesn't have to be an existing region, you can also create a new folder in the Regions directory and name it (the folder) with whatever name you wish for your region. Then you enter SC and voila!

I'm kinda tired, so I hope it made sense

[GillsMan 2]

That makes perfect sense - thanks!