The only way you could improve that last one is if you take the shadow off the outcrops and draw one. At the moment the shadow is appearing on the wrong side of the cliffs.

@OwlishlyTaboo - You and Ralf posted at the same time. Ralf's update will solve the varicolour issue.

As for the export problems I think you may need to adjust your settings a bit.

There appears to be some horizontal banding going on. Type EXPORTSETMPPP and hit return. You will see a number in the command line at the bottom that is probably 4 million (4000000). Type 40000000 (40 million) and hit enter again. That will greatly increase the width of each band and make those stripes less likely to happen.

When you export your map using Save as... pick the type of export and then click the Options button. These settings seem to do quite well at most maps, giving you a map that is 3000 px on the longest side.

Plan view styles also contain a wider range of assets because you only have to draw each thing once, instead of 4 times.

Don't worry. If I end up doing something like this, it will most likely follow the Japanese Temple and Japanese Village convention and be called something beginning with "Japanese". East Asian is a category that is far too diverse to be done in a single style anyway. You would need at least 10 or so.

EDIT: Actually I realise now that one of those styles was Asian Town, but that one was much less specific than the Japanese Temple style. With something as specific as this it would have to be "Japanese..."

Hi everyone! :D

It's time for another episode of the big city mapping project. In this fourth episode, Ralf will be focusing on some detail work for important city locations.

You can watch it here:

Or come along and join in the discussion live on Youtube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwkC6jKxkdk

The Big City Project series so far:

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That is only the current year's annual. Once the year is completed all the issues are put into one installer.