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Report, edit, etc...Posted by mianmian on 2004-08-20 at 15:59:32

Hey i see a lot of posts about people showing there cool terrain ideas like super sweet bridges and the pyramid things but i dont know where they make them.

If anyone know what programe theese people use and if i coudl download it that would be very helpful cause i would like to try my hand at it some time.

Thx for your time. Good luck on all your map projects

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Vindexus on 2004-08-20 at 16:02:39

For extended terrain, you use starforge, found here
http://www.staredit.net/index.php?download=166
Then you go to the terrain layer and select pallete (middle left of screen) and pallete of each individual terrain tile on that tileset appears. Then you use those to create 3d looking buildings, long bridges, etc etc

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Nozomu on 2004-08-20 at 16:03:18

They use SCMDraft 2 or StarForge. You should already know how to use StarEdit proficiently before you start playing with them, as they can be difficult for beginners to understand.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by mianmian on 2004-08-20 at 16:46:35

[SIZE=1]Ok thanks for the reply and links guys but im having trouble so is there a guide to all this stuff somewhere thanks again

Report, edit, etc...Posted by greenreaper on 2004-08-20 at 17:01:49

In StarForge, there's a master palette and you can combine a lot of tiles to make one big image

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Nozomu on 2004-08-20 at 17:04:27

QUOTE(mianmian @ Aug 20 2004, 04:46 PM)

[SIZE=1]Ok thanks for the reply and links guys but im having trouble so is there a guide to all this stuff somewhere thanks again

No guide, sorry. Once you get into the tile pallete you're on your own.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by mianmian on 2004-08-20 at 18:26:11

Oh well ill slave through it i guess thanks for replying anyway

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Roaring Emu on 2004-08-22 at 01:26:37

Ya just experiment with the map editors here. They will get you going.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by mianmian on 2004-08-22 at 01:32:59

Thabks for all the replys and help

Report, edit, etc...Posted by NerdyTerdy on 2004-08-22 at 11:44:55

You gotta learn the way I learned whenever you need to do something just ask around until someone knows how, when you're a beginner most people know how, some things aren't possible.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by BeeR_KeG on 2004-08-22 at 12:06:31

It's quite easy to do but you need losts of patiense.

Put in lots of well placed square tiles. Make them look like something you want. The Terrain will always be flat, no matter how high it looks.
It's just a technique to trick the eye into thinking that its higher than what you think.

There are a couplr of topics out there in SEN that are about extended terrain. just look and see the examplaes.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by FaZ- on 2004-08-22 at 13:49:21

Yeah when skycrapers and things are released in a mass, UMS games will change majorly. I'm waiting eagerly for that time. =)

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