Need Help Raising/Lowering Terrain
Hi everyone ... I am a complete noob to cartography here, so bear with me. When I use the "lower" paintbrush to lower some land (turn it into sea), it lowers the part inside the paintbrush area but raises the area just outside of it. Is there a way to just get rid of the land without having to keep brushing over the land raised by using the "lower" tool? Thank you in advance.
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A way to prevent this effect from having much in the way of visual impact is to use a higher editing resolution (Map>>World Settings, click the Editing tab; click the Custom radio button and enter a value like 4000, followed by Apply). With a higher editing resolution, the little bits of land that might stick up will be possibly too small to notice on a reasonably-sized land.
I recommend taking a look at http://www.ridgenet.net/~jslayton/CGTutorial/index.html for a few tips on getting good results from FT. Exactly replicating a world that you already have done somewhere can be tricky, as can painting a world from scratch (I'm not saying that it's impossible, but it takes a whole lot of effort). It is often easier to find a world that's very broadly similar to what you're after and work from that where possible.
Instead of brushing, consider using the selection tools and Tools>>Global Set>>Land Offset Edit to rough out areas that you're trying to fill in. It's often a good deal easier than brushing.