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Y posted 09-14-99 07:43 PM ET
when i go into the map editor, how do i place land and other things???
sandals posted 09-15-99 10:31 AM ET
You need to raise terrain out of the water to make land. It all looks like peaks, then you have to lower it again to make it look less 'peaky.'
Raininess is determined by the weather model (automatically), but you can place fungus, terraformed improvements, and special areas like jungles or uranium.
The map editor is a real pain in the butt. I have an idea for a cool scenario, but the editor is just too darn slow on my P200 to do anything without me running around and screaming. Oh yeah, and it crashes out to the desktop every once in a while so save often. But I'm soooo suuure it is just my hardware configuration
ForcePacifist posted 09-15-99 11:20 AM ET
also, to save time, you can use fast randomizer '0', to generate land, each time, move the cursor so that the program writes the new map to the minimap. you can do this several times till you find somethin that has potential, then tidy up or enhance it.
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Author	Topic: map editor
Y	posted 09-14-99 07:43 PM ET when i go into the map editor, how do i place land and other things???
sandals	posted 09-15-99 10:31 AM ET You need to raise terrain out of the water to make land. It all looks like peaks, then you have to lower it again to make it look less 'peaky.' Raininess is determined by the weather model (automatically), but you can place fungus, terraformed improvements, and special areas like jungles or uranium. The map editor is a real pain in the butt. I have an idea for a cool scenario, but the editor is just too darn slow on my P200 to do anything without me running around and screaming. Oh yeah, and it crashes out to the desktop every once in a while so save often. But I'm soooo suuure it is just my hardware configuration
ForcePacifist	posted 09-15-99 11:20 AM ET also, to save time, you can use fast randomizer '0', to generate land, each time, move the cursor so that the program writes the new map to the minimap. you can do this several times till you find somethin that has potential, then tidy up or enhance it.