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  • Creating large cities without crashing

    My advice is to show only all the buildings by hiding all sheets without Buildings on them, then dividing the buildings into various districts suing layers. Then hiding all building layers except the district you are working on. And the more bitmap symbols you use, the better - i know it takes longer, but the map will actually look better as well as run better.

    Here is your FCW with the buildings divided into 5 separate layers - North, South, East, West and Central. You can hide those layers except for the district you are working on. I suggest you use bitmap buildings for at least 20% of the buildings you have in the map - just delete a few houses here and there and use bitmap ones instead.

    Incidentally, I had no trouble or even much of a delay in redrawing the map with all buildings showing, with Sheet effects on.


    Royal Scriberoflo1RedKestrel
  • Ukadarlia

    Finally, the Grimir - the 'orcs' of Ukadarlia. They have grey skin and protruding lower canines. They are otherwise another human variant. Both the Aeifa and Grimir can interbreed with each other and the other human ethnicities; however, the pregnancies are likely to miscarry about 50% of the time, and the progeny have about a 20% chance of a genetic flaw - eg cleft lip, club foot, extra digit, accessory nipples, large birthmarks, etc.


    LoopysueGlitchMonsenEukalyptusNowLauti
  • FT3 to CC3+ as per recent Live Mapping Tutorial

    Some progress on this map - just goin' with tha flow, folks - very little planned.

    Instead of the Caspian Sea, I named it after Caspian's son, Rilian! 😁


    LoopysueMonsenRoyal Scriberoflo1Glitch
  • [WIP] Community Atlas Competition - Artemisia - Spiros Isle - Aretizo village

    A bit more progress. Not sure about the woods.


    Royal ScribeMonsenLoopysueRickoJuanpi
  • Community Atlas - Berenur - Arum Suth

    I think this is finished and ready for the Atlas. But please give critiques before I submit it in a few days.


    LoopysueMonsenRickoAleD
  • Watabou City REVISED (annual 157)

    I have now converted all the IMPORT into the appropriate sheets using the Change Like Draw Tool Command only.

    Remember to set the correct Sheet and Layer for each Change like Draw Tool command.

    eg Rivers and Seas (Lakes): Sheet WATER/RIVERS, Layer Water/Rivers

    Roads and Squares: Sheet ROADS or ROADS PAVED, Layer Roads. Note that Square Paved cannot be used in Change Like Draw Tools since it has a macro attached. I may change this later if I can find a paving that doesn't need alignment.

    Parks: Sheet PARKS, Layer Vegetation.

    Docks: Sheet DOCKS, Layer Docks

    Walls: Sheet WALLS, Layer Walls (Note: I have done away with the City Wall Layer). I am still not happy with the crens for the walls - now they hardly show. I will fix that.

    Towers: Sheet TOWERS, Layer Walls. No longer need to draw these without the Change Like Draw Tools command. And it means no guessing as to the size required.

    Bridges: Sheet BRIDGES, Layer Bridges

    Fields: Sheet FIELDS, Layer Vegetation. The furrows align to how the generator drew the fields. So often, not a very intuitive direction. However, if you want to use the tool directly to draw fields, the tool does align the furrows (which are Hatch symbols) correctly. In the picture below, I have done this with the bottom right hand field.

    Buildings: Sheet SYMBOLS BUILDINGS, Layer Buildings, or any of the Building layers you wish to use, eg Bldng (House 1)

    I generally advise doing the Buildings last, as you can then Hide all sheets except Import and Symbols Buildings (with the latter being the selected one). This will then show only the buildings you need to convert.

    I have also added buildings on top of the Palace, and smaller towers on the towers around the Palace.

    Comments and suggestions really welcome.

    Royal ScribeMonsenCalibre
  • [WIP] Community Atlas Competition - Artemisia - Spiros Isle - Aretizo village

    The witch's cottage in the south-west. I think I am a bit happier about the forest now.


    Royal ScribeMonsenLoreleiLoopysue
  • Mars Ultor

    I also did a temple in the Community Atlas, if interested. With and without roof.

    atlas.cdn.monsen.cc/atlas/artemisia/hi/typical temple.png


    Royal ScribeJimPRalf
  • [WIP] Community Atlas Competition - Artemisia - Spiros Isle - Aretizo village

    Slow progress. Here is the village as a whole to date, and the west quarter - Grimy Street, with the heretic (who is on the execution wheel) house which has been burned to the ground by orders of the kind gentle merciful Monks of Holy Spiros. (so glad nothing like this happens here in real earth).


    Royal ScribeMapjunkieLoopysueMonsen
  • [WIP] Community Atlas Competition - Artemisia - Spiros Isle - Aretizo village

    The finished map - unless I make changes later on - haha. But comments and suggestions welcome. Map notes to follow.


    Royal ScribeLoopysueShessarRicko