Hi everyone! :D

This week, Ralf will be returning to his big Mirkwood map to fill in the gaps in the forest.

Come and join in the chat and ask your questions on YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_mNR5GBlZA

Or view it here if you prefer.

That looks really great now, Fersus :D

30 minute shout :)

It sounds like the effect you need is the Edge Fade, Inner. Make sure your red polygons are on a sheet of their own and add this effect to that sheet. If you can't see any difference you might need to edit the effect to change the distances involved.

A Bevel, Lighted sheet effect might be better than any of those, since a shadow will appear at the base rather than shade the sides. The effect will need some editing, but playing around with effects makes learning how they work a lot faster.

If all the symbols are massive to the same extent it may be time to check the size of your map and make sure you have it correct to the scale of 1 foot = 1 map unit, or one metre = 1 map unit.

With a style like this one it is easier to make your own new symbols, such as dimensions, by drawing the first one and making a symbol of it. However, if they are all going to be different non-standard lengths you might want to draw them as lines in the map.

Notwithstanding the subject matter those are beautiful models.

And a movie recommendation too!

Thanks Wyvern :)

Not that I'm aware of. The climate data for Fractal Terrains doesn't take Coriolis, wind or geography into account, so I don't think anyone has ever used it that way. The most common use is just to indicate general climate.

You get an awesome for that mammoth task :)

Have you followed the video or done your own thing?

If you followed the video, when you added the Wall Shadow, Point Light Finalize sheet effect there was an option to pick an alternative colour for the shadow. In the video Ralf picks a dark blue shade instead of black. At around 9.19 minutes in that video Ralf then turns the shadow transparency up to 50 percent the The sun settings, which you can get to by right clicking the hourglass on the left and picking Global Sun.

Have you done it that way, or a different way?