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... so we'll put some doodads on your doodads so you can create stuff while you doodad.

Weekly Terraining Exercise #36

This week's theme will be getting creative with doodads. What the point of this whole WTE is, is creating an object out of multiple other doodads. The most obvious choice here would be creating a building with doodads, but if you've got another idea, that goes as well - highly detailed waterfalls or even an interesting tree; as long as it's one solid object created out of multiple smaller doodads, it goes. I've attached a small example screenshot, which is a building done by Maxsvard for an earlier Joint Terraining Exercise.

Curious to see what folks will come up with! :)

The Global Information/Idea thread for Terraining Exercises can be found here:
http://forums.sc2mapster.com/development/terrain/14658-terraining-exercises-global-information-idea-thread/

I have started a "BioDome City on Char" yesterday, will post it up here when I finish. I has tha timing :] Sadly, I won't be able to work on it until tomorrow.

does model attachments counts?

I've created some castles for fantasy mod

I'll give it a try but I'm busy most of this week for moving. However I have encountered a problem: one of my map no longer tests properly.

When I attempt to test the map it gives the default loading screen and then gives me the message "unable to open map", after redirecting to battle.net.

Any advice?

Hey guys, thought I'd give a go making a dam :)

@Mozared: Go

yeah oh, I feel flattered.

Won´t have access to my computer rest of the week, but i was in the mood for some kind of MaraSara Favelaish town, it´s nothing special. If I´m able to bring my comp I´ll might try to do some more..

And i have to say, Madlibrarian, that the water out of the wents was a nice one!

yeah im not to original but here is mine :P

i dunno how you guys take such EPIC pics of your editor like that. maybe my PC sucks to much lol

@Maxsvard: Go

Its absurd how unbelieveably awesome that is. I mean, seriously, how did you do that?!

Here are a few screen shots for a menu cinematic that I am using for a downtown central park map.... I attempted to create sky scrapers with doodads to get that downtown metalopolis feel.

Mightily impressed with that town scene! Nice work there!

Great works, everyone. Particularly love the water effects on madlibrarian's dam o_o.

@Selfcreation: Go

High or more Graphics(your computer might lag but it's a screenshot, so it doesn't matter) and a good angle :]

3 seconds, 3 doodads, I think I cheated XD

@Mozared: Go

I thought I posted my album too show a few doodad usages so people can get some inspiration around it..
Don't want to be lazy, but I can't decide wich one I like the most !
As you will see it's not overdone, seeing it's not a eye-candy based map :-)

Screenshots ! ==> http://imgur.com/a/HFt5y#YqSyw
I'm not going to lamely promote my own thread, but for those interested just use search for 'Untitled Hero' and you shall find it =)

Good luck guys !

It is sort of hard to see, but adding rock structures and xil plants, along with sharks, in water by your coasts looks really cool. I probably need to zoom in more, but the rock structure is just that, a rock structure built with doodads and xil trees.

Update, map attached. Take a look.

It is only Tuesday and these are looking great! I kind of want to make something else :D

Wow, these are amazing guys. I really should check the WTE more often. Every time I come here, I get wowed. Terraining is definitely NOT my forte though, so I'll leave the awesomeness to the rest of you ;).

Oh man i was so stupid; had this building on a map im working on (Killcraft 2 battle for helghan) all along...

Terrains like those make me sad that SC2 doesn't have multi-layered pathing :(