Hi everyone! ?

I decided to try for a flatter top and steeper sides on the mesas I showed on my main Spectrum thread earlier, but to have a poll to see which is best I had to start a new thread.

So here they are. The original is on the right, and the new modified one is on the left. Please have a vote and let me know which type you would prefer to have in the set. Thanks.

Thank you, Joe :) That's really helpful.

Unfortunately, if such things are possible in Gaea I haven't found them just yet, but I will have a look. I am just in the middle of adjusting the models to have flatter tops at least, even if I can't seem to control the steepness of the slopes. This is shorter than they appear in Blender because I exaggerate the vertical scale in Blender.

I did some mesas.

Do you think they look right compared with the arid mountains behind them?

Ok. We're back on the Coast symbols. Progress is now more or less back on track for 2 new symbols per day Here is the maelstrom... or should that be whirlpool?

Anyway! What do you think?

This is a link to a live stream by Ralf Schemmann on 10th September 2020, covering the making of a map in the Ancient Tombs style, created by Joachim de Ravenbel, and published in the 2019 Cartographer's Annual.

Highlights include sorting out issues with things ending up on the MAP BORDER layer when they shouldn't, using a floor mask and editing symbols with text built into them.

There was a question on the live stream near the end that never got answered:

Nilrem's Channel​: "When Ralf changes the default settings (e.g. the wall poly) are those changes unique to the specific map or are they global changes. i.e. if you make a new map those changes will still be in place)."

Changes to the default settings of a drawing tool will revert to the saved settings next time the drawing tool is selected unless you save the drawing tool before you click ok to use it in the drawing. Saving the modified tool is only recommended when there is a problem with that tool that you are correcting. If you are just creating a variant of the tool it is best to create a new version of it by picking the tool you want to adjust and then clicking New.

Nilrem's Channel - If this does not answer the question and you happen to see this post, please let me know below or send me a PM. Thanks.