FRACTAL TERRAINS DESIGN
Setup
Fractal Function: RMF with Perlin’s Improved Noise; Automatically set Parms; Parms > Octaves 24
30,000’ - -30,000’
25,000 miles circum
Roughness: 0.85
% Sea: 70
Land Size: 2.0 – 2.1
Editing: Custom size: 4096
	Allow prescale offset editing
Projection: AE Hemispheres
Initial Creation
Tool > Paint Raise/Lower> Prescale Offset
Set at 0.01 – 0.05, tool size 100 – 250
A Fill in lakes
B Expand land on 1 side of mountains, and reduce it on other
C Global Smooth > Prescale Land Offset value 1
D Tools > Actions > Fill basins in offset
E Global Smooth > Land Offset (NOT Prescale) value 1
F Tools > Actions > Incise Flow: amount 3.5; Flow 0.35; Effect 0.25; Blur 2
G Fill Basins
H Global Smooth > Land Offset value 2
I Tools > Actions > Incise Flow: amount 2; Flow 0.1; Effect 0.1; Blur 0.5
J Fill Basins
K Global Smooth> Land Offset value 2
L Planetary Bombardment
M Tools > Rivers > Find Rivers > Fine. Pick value of 2.0, Potential flow.
Climate
Use Tool size of 100-200.
Increase Temperature and Wetness in latitudes 20 N to 20 S
Reduce Temperature and Wetness in latitudes 40 N – 20 N; and 40 S to 20 S
Reduce Temperature and Wetness in highest latitudes N and S (~ 75N and S)
Check Climate Map. If necessary, paint climate, esp ice and desert.
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