Lost fractal capability

I imported a portion of a world (Coastline only) generated in Fractal Terrain3 into CC3. I couldn't figure out how to turn the coasts into default landmasses, so I was over-tracing it with the default landmass tool.

That went fairly well for a while - I converted some islands and then went and watched some TV. Came back, and now the fractal tool doesn't work on that map. When I select default landmass or default sea - both fractal tools - the sheets, layers and colors change. The text in the command prompt bar changes appropriately, but when I click around, it does not draw fractals. I've closed and opened, rebooted, made sure I was in the correct map type (overland), etc. The tools still work in other maps.

So...any idea how to rectify this issue?

Thanks!

Comments

  • Make sure your coastline is a polygon (just join it up), the change properties to solid. If you still need a separate coastline, then add the outline in black, then change properties, press p, and rename the outline as Coast outline or whatever.
  • qwalker,

    Thank you for your advice. The issue isn't that I can't make polygons or coastlines, the problem is when I click on the...well, now that I tried some other things to better describe what is going on, it seems to be deeper than I thought... 'default' buttons in the upper left hand corner of CC3+, they don't function.

    Default landmass, default sea, contour lines, default river, default road and default terrain - all of them change the command line to the correct text, but they don't draw anything.

    Any further assistance is greatly appreciated.
  • use numeric edit (4th button from bottom on left hand side, right column) to 'join' your original FT imported coastline. You may also need to add a node then stretch it out to form a right angle if you require it. How about posting the FCW, so I can take a better look.
  • MonsenMonsen Administrator 🖼️ 81 images Cartographer
    Posted By: bvinsonSo...any idea how to rectify this issue?
    If the tools work fine in other maps of the same style, I would just create a new map using the same dimensions and use clipboard copy to copy all your entities to the new map. That is probably the quickest solution.
  • Thanks for the assistance. I went ahead and exported the same map from Fractal Terrains again. It is working to this point.
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