mapping with god tools is terrible..

[mortareon 0]

Hi, I tried posting this in the general sc4 forums, and was told this was the correct board.
My question is this, is it possible to have a map with 75% land/25% water, with a perfectly straight coast? I am a perfectionist, and everytime I try with the god tools, it always comes out crooked or wavy. Is there a way to do this? Thanks in advance for your help

[Meg 368]

Sure.  Create a jpg file in Photoshop (or some program like that) that looks the way you want. Do it in greyscale.  The shade of gray determines the height of the land.

The problem is, you need to shade gradually at the coastline if you want to be able to place ferry terminals.  To fast a drop off and you can't put the terminal there. 

 

I used to have some pictures that would make this make more sense.   Let's see if I can find them . . .

 

 

[alynnyes 1]

I am interested in this also.

[thegrindre 28]

This interests me, too.

[TheCrybKeeper 301]

In My Opinion: working with the terrain tools is like an art; it takes a bit of practice and patience on the creators part.

God Mode is the way to go here, as they are more accurate than mayor mode and costs would be crazy high, due to constant tweaking.

 

Any grey scales that I have used will apply unwanted erosion to the shores. It will give you an exact straight coastline though and you can smooth it from there much easier.

 

My CJ does show some examples but not very well. Mr. Cinatit has some good ideas in his Terraforming CJ, but I no not the link.

[cypher-neo 0]

I've found an interesting way to make a region is in the program World Machine (can be found at http://www.world-machine.com/ )

Generate a random landscape in World Machine and edit it in Photoshop. You can create absolutely incredible landscapes in that program...

 

I have a World Machine to Sim City tutorial somewhere... I'll have to find it and submit it.

[tungston 19]

Date: 10/10/2005 6:57:35 PM Author:mortareon Hi, I tried posting this in the general sc4 forums, and was told this was the correct board. My question is this, is it possible to have a map with 75% land/25% water, with a perfectly straight coast? I am a perfectionist, and everytime I try with the god tools, it always comes out crooked or wavy. Is there a way to do this? Thanks in advance for your help

 

I though I gave you fairly decent suggestions, and images, in the other thread you started at:

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=69316&pageNo=1&num=30

 

The images I post show shore lines that are absolutely straight, square, and level.  All shoreline lots plop easily, marina, seaport, game ferry, Pegasus ferries and fire docks, etc.

 

I do think it is going to be difficult to get exactly the region you want, but if you will give a detailed description of what you want, elevations, region size, city sizes, etc., I will make you a map that should satisfy you.

[alynnyes 1]

tungston ,

Thanks, I am going to go play with your suggestions!

[mortareon 0]

as always, thanks so much for your help, ill try to mess around in photoshop and see if i can do some of this

[tungston 19]

Date: 10/11/2005 4:09:49 PM Author: mortareon as always, thanks so much for your help, ill try to mess around in photoshop and see if i can do some of this

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You may find this useful, thanks to MallowTheCloud:

 

Greyscale 0: 252 meters (827 feet) below sea level
Greyscale 84: Sea level
Greyscale 255: 513 meters (1683 feet) above sea level

Other points of reference...

Greyscale 50: 102 meters (335 feet) below sea level
Greyscale 100: 48 meters (157 feet) above sea level
Greyscale 150: 198 meters (650 feet) above sea level
Greyscale 200: 348 meters (1142 feet) above sea level

[thegrindre 28]

ok, dumb question... Is there more grey scale info somewhere else around here???

[tungston 19]

Date: 10/12/2005 2:19:04 PM Author: thegrindre ok, dumb question... Is there more grey scale info somewhere else around here???

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You might check all of MallowtheCloud's threads and tutorials, that is where I learn what little I know.