There are several stages in CA155 that readjust the altitude range to stretch it out again for the very reasons that Joe stated above.

That's a great map :)

Yes, maybe there is room for forested hills in a style. The trouble is that adding just that one aspect doubles the number of mountain symbols required to make a default set. I will definitely think about it next time I have a look at Spectrum.

About histories.

The thing about history is that it isn't really separate at all. People mix all the time, and they watch each other all the time, so what you have is a kind of giant soap opera that last thousands of years, where one country does something and the others react in their various different ways - if what is done is momentous enough to warrant a reaction. So one history for a world would be ok, in my opinion. I would not expect to see separate histories for each nation.

That is not to be confused with the lies each nation tells itself to be able to live with what their forefathers have done, but that is more about the politics of a world. There is only one history, but countless lies that are told about it depending on who you are and where you were born and grew up.

I reopened it and managed to convert a tiny patch of them here like this. Note how I have the Locked button depressed at the bottom right. I believe this is why it crashed the first time I tried. I forgot to unlock the groups.

Unless Remy (Monsen) knows a much better way of doing this, this is how I do it when I forget to change the colour to black when I'm generating buildings.

First you need to hide these layers.

Then change the properties of the white polys marking the extent of the houses.

Then show the layers you just hid again.

I don't know. I think the flow lines make it obvious that the water is water, and not some strange solid thing that's draped over the cliff.

How about changing the effects on that sheet (assuming they are on a separate sheet to everything else) You could blur them instead of having a glow around them. That would make them softer and just like pale streaks rather than hard-ended lines.

They would need to be on top of the fill as well.

Think about the light reflections on the surface of a river.

Coming along nicely :)

As for the rice paddies I would probably just rely on drawing fields that go around the contours divided by simple walls of stone, then make a few identical sheets and stack them up with a glow effect on each sheet.

Those are really good first maps!

Well done :)

If you are outputting as bitmaps try clicking the Options button on the Save as... dialog box as you prepare to export. You will find a second dialog comes up with all kinds of different options.

Thank you, Farsight :)

Please don't get too excited about it. I would hate for you to be disappointed. No style is specifically designed to work well with other styles. More often, when things are done in several parts, most of the time is spent trying to make the new symbols work well with the existing stuff ;)

Or super-terrifyingly strong orange flavour?

Well, not exactly 'mint choc-chip', but if you want it to be so :)

LOL!

I read all of you discussing what it really is and it strikes me that you all have much more imagination than I do! :D