Is the terrain generator from the official site accurate and worth using?

[edman2012 33]

I've seen the terrain generator from the site but I have no clues on how accurate it is to be able to make cities with accurate regions...here's a link to it http://simcity.ea.com/coolstuff/terrain/terrain_01.php

[Tysons4 68]

i have never used the terrain generator because i never got it to work... good luck if you are trying it (and if you get it to work let me know how you did it)

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

I gave up on it years ago.  There are a couple of generators on the STEX, but they generate random mapsl.

[joshriddle 29]

You have to have Java to run it. But the piece of junk is still down and I cannot save any of the files. I just use the Landscape Designer Generator.

[edman2012 33]

well yesterday I downloaded where downtown chicago is...if I have time I'l try using it tomorow...just too bad they never made one that generates an entire region

[deanej 2]

Also too bad that a "city" is such a small area. Even a large city only holds a quarter mile.

[joshriddle 29]

Originally posted by: deanej

Also too bad that a "city" is such a small area. Even a large city only holds a quarter mile.quote>

Quarter mile? No. Maybe 1½ to 2 at most

[deanej 2]

Even so, the scale is WAY wrong. Here's a google maps view of what constitutes a large city in SC4 (verified with the terrain generator): http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Rochester,+Monroe,+New+York&ll=43.227976,-77.530947&spn=0.022733,0.055575&z=15

[joshriddle 29]

Originally posted by: deanej

Even so, the scale is WAY wrong. Here's a google maps view of what constitutes a large city in SC4 (verified with the terrain generator): http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Rochester,+Monroe,+New+York&ll=43.227976,-77.530947&spn=0.022733,0.055575&z=15quote>

What the? That is crazy! That should be the size of the small city tile or if you are lucky medium!!!

[edman2012 33]

well anyways...I tried using the map but didnt work...when I tried to import the city its name was 'new city' instead of 'chicago' which I had set and obviously didnt load the map...

[joshriddle 29]

Don't rename it once you save it. (city from the generator) Stick it in downloads folder and don't rename it. Then try importing it.

[jb7brown 0]

I too tried it 5 years ago and could never get it to work. Waste of time. But if someone gets it to work, please let us know how on earth you did it.

[deanej 2]

You need to install the java runtime engine.

[joshriddle 29]

Yes, you need to have the Java Runtime. I think it can be found for free www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

Also make sure you don't rename the picture file.

To me the TG from the original site is trash.