How can I get an open Slope in Ferraris Style (Annual 2020)
Morrgans
Traveler
Sooo... I keep coming back to this style time and time again. And I am still learning. This time I hit a bumper when doing the reliefs in the Ferraris style. Normally, they are closed polygons which have this need effect to visualise the slope
However they are always closed contours. How can I get this effect with a line only? I want to visualise a cost which has cliffs. So on land there are slopes, but on the see I am planning to do something similar like treasure island style.
I can move the slopes to another sheet under the water sheet, but then it is also under the terrain sheets and the forrest above would cover it. I could try to do some sheet juggling... which will probably drive me more crazy then I am already. +puppy-eyes+ Any suggestions?
Cheers
Olaf
Comments
It's been a long time since I made this style, so all I remember of it is that it's relatively complicated for an annual style.
Please can you upload your map - the FCW file, so we can have a play around and see if its possible?
If I understand you correctly, you want a cliff behind a cliff. Try making a second closed poly on a different sheet above the base landmass with the same effects. Draw your line but then close it around the outside of the map so you can't see that other side.
I suppose this works only on a contour that doesn't end in the middle if the drawing. If you need that, try a third sheet on top with no effects with a landmass that covers the part you dont need.
I ran into problems when trying to open the Ferraris style example maps, to see if I could help here. The Village of Greythorne map opens, but if I try to access the vegetation catalogue, the program crashes and auto-closes-down. If I try opening The Ferraris Style Legend.FCW, it starts to open, then crashes and closes too. I've done a full repair reinstall, with exactly the same results. No idea why it should be doing this, since as far as I recall, it was fine when I opened it on my old Win 10 machine when the Annual was first released. It's CA158 from 2020 for anyone else wanting to check.
@Wyvern I don't seem to be having that issue on my Win 11 PC.Does it happen when you create a new map in the style?
Does anyone else have CTD issues with the example map and legend for CA158?
Sue, I have created a new map in the style as a test. If I click to open the vegetation catalogue by the button, or navigate to it using the right-hand symbol pane button, it crashes. If I open the "All" symbols catalogue, it's fine, and I can see and access the vegetation symbols perfectly OK. There seems to be an issue with the Vegetation.FSC file for some reason. I can also navigate to the two example files in the style using the opened new map file OK as well - as long as I don't click the vegetation catalogue button! However, if I try to open the Legend example file directly from the Program Data => etc. option, it crashes after opening. Very odd.
[And with apologies for hijacking the topic!]
I'm sorry you're having problems.
I don't think this is related to whether you have Win 10 or 11, but since I can't replicate any of these issues at all on either my PC or my laptop it's probably best to ask for help from Tech Support.
Here there be map. I hope everything is in there. The cartouche in the upper right corner might be missing/red X as it is an outside asset.