I've created a detailed Earth, If anyone's been looking for a preamde Earth map for maybe some Civilization or Risk based games. Feel free to pm me. It's terrain only. It's to-scale as best I could do using reference points and measurements.
Also, some 2nd thoughts would be nice. Are there too many Earth maps in existence already? How does mine fare?
lol, dont mind the haters. theyre funny though so i thank them for there comments. :) its got some work to do, but it looks good to me. pretty to scale, and even if someone doesnt use it 'as-is'. its a GREAT starting point for people. this is something that will be used for a couple people projects i would guess.
also, i live in the pugent sound area. its a pretty big bay/inlet. i dont see it on here. FIX IT!!! (i hope everyone follows this and suggests something about their home area to incorporate that into the terrain and make it more 'life like' hah
You should seperate the bottom half of Norway and Sweden ^^ They're not actually stuck together at the bottom (living in Sweden made my eye get stuck on just that flaw xD )
Holland seems to be a part of Germany? We're mostly north of France, really =P And Great Britain is also north of France. Grab google earth to get that one right.
Harsh criticism only makes the work better in the end. I appreciate it, troll or not.
I've been using my google Earth, getting everything I can in there, but you know how it goes when you focus so hard on one part you miss a lot of other things. Your comments have helped me to avert my focuses to the places that still need it.
i live in tacoma washington. the narrows bridge crosses over the pugent sound. you should be able to scale down the in-game bridge. if you can tint it a little redish too that would be nice, ty-
australia's a little greener...it's not a complete desert :P. i've been. same goes for north africs. use some uniform textures perhaps?
you have the USA as a jungle and canada as evergreens from what it looks like right now...i would fix that.
and finally, florida is gigantic, alaska seems to be off the map, and the gulf of mexico goes as far north as Washington DC from what it looks like...all of which should not be
ok, i want to critique the country youre from quarteroy. i want to point something out (or try to) thats flawed in the map in regards to where you live. so where do you live?
New Landmasses: Japan, New Zealand, Hawaii, Kamchatka, Sri Lanka, Ostrov
Detailed: Cuba, British Isles, Washington/Puget Sound, Hudson Bay, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Mediterranean Sea, Florida.
Moved: Hudson Bay to be more above the Great Lakes, The whole world was shifted more north to make room for Antarctica, Florida was moved south, while mexico was shifted a little west to make for a more realistic gulf coast.
I've come to notice how difficult it is to make very small areas detailed with the editor, it uses small triangulations which don't fit well together for the smaller areas that need attention.
I've removed all textures and went for a more white overall color for the sake of noticing specifics. Once there is a comfortable level of detail I shall presume to add mountain ranges and hills.
I may have missed some changes I've made, but hopefully all for the better. I could use some assistance with terrain textures though. I can have 8 textured, and the ones I'm provided by blizzard to choose from haven't done me justice in providing a realistic Earth. If anyone does have a very nice set off textures, it would be much appreciated.
@ezbeats I currently live in Northern Indiana, but I've been all over the world. Spent five years in the Marine Corps. Haven't lived in a single location for more than 5 years. Born in Vegas, Young age in Arizona, Spent 3 years in Tennessee, 3 in Georgia. Joined the USMC and traveled to Japan, Alaska, Africa, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Dubai, Singapore, Germany, Australia, and Jordan. Spent that last couple of months of my enlistment in Southern California.
Also, I've uplodead 3 images, The first is the only way I can take a decent screenshot. When I take a top-down, or any other view, since my water is so shallow and my land doesn't sit very high above it it causes it to bleed through horribly. (the second image). The third image is a picture of the mini map displayed during editing. Not sure what happened to the top left, but I promise that flaw doesn't exist. Everything else should be detailed enough to make some recommendations.
Thanks again to everyone for the trolling and criticism. You've made this map a million times better already.
Also, I've uplodead 3 images, The first is the only way I can take a decent screenshot. When I take a top-down, or any other view, since my water is so shallow and my land doesn't sit very high above it it causes it to bleed through horribly.
Try lowering the height of your water by just .1, that should do the trick.
Not sure what happened to the top left, but I promise that flaw doesn't exist. Everything else should be detailed enough to make some recommendations.
This is a bug I've seen more often in the editor - just drag a brush with lower terrain over there and then press control-Z. Sometimes the minimap doesn't correctly update.
Try lowering the height of your water by just .1, that should do the trick.
This is a bug I've seen more often in the editor - just drag a brush with lower terrain over there and then press control-Z. Sometimes the minimap doesn't correctly update.
Lowering the water didn't cure the bleed effect, and I found out my land is so smooth that it forced all my lakes and shorelines to extend horribly even with .05
I closed and opened the map, minimap fixed itself.
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I've created a detailed Earth, If anyone's been looking for a preamde Earth map for maybe some Civilization or Risk based games. Feel free to pm me. It's terrain only. It's to-scale as best I could do using reference points and measurements.
Also, some 2nd thoughts would be nice. Are there too many Earth maps in existence already? How does mine fare?
This just in: Massive tidal waves everywhere! The polar ice cap has melted and is now a desert! The world is flat! More at 11.
Where are Japan, Antarctica, Kamchatka peninsula, and New Zealand? Why are Haiti, Cuba, and the British Isles not islands?
Thanks for noticing, I'll be making corrections. ^.^
Shall I add Antarctica? It seems highly unnecessary, Not once have I seen a Diplo, Risk, or Civilization map that incorporated Antarctica into play.
And that white sand is the best thing I can find to mimic snow. Unfortunately.
@Quartaroy: Go
lol, dont mind the haters. theyre funny though so i thank them for there comments. :) its got some work to do, but it looks good to me. pretty to scale, and even if someone doesnt use it 'as-is'. its a GREAT starting point for people. this is something that will be used for a couple people projects i would guess.
also, i live in the pugent sound area. its a pretty big bay/inlet. i dont see it on here. FIX IT!!! (i hope everyone follows this and suggests something about their home area to incorporate that into the terrain and make it more 'life like' hah
Keep working on it, a lot of errors. . .
Holland seems to be a part of Germany? We're mostly north of France, really =P And Great Britain is also north of France. Grab google earth to get that one right.
Harsh criticism only makes the work better in the end. I appreciate it, troll or not.
I've been using my google Earth, getting everything I can in there, but you know how it goes when you focus so hard on one part you miss a lot of other things. Your comments have helped me to avert my focuses to the places that still need it.
Don't forget Sri Lanka! :p Hudson's Bay in Canada could use some work. Should be above the great lakes. Looking good overall though!
i live in tacoma washington. the narrows bridge crosses over the pugent sound. you should be able to scale down the in-game bridge. if you can tint it a little redish too that would be nice, ty-
@Quartaroy: Go
Aye aye - no offense meant to any of your work, you're doing a good job. Keep it up =)
You just need one citizen of every country in the world to make a post here =P
australia's a little greener...it's not a complete desert :P. i've been. same goes for north africs. use some uniform textures perhaps?
you have the USA as a jungle and canada as evergreens from what it looks like right now...i would fix that.
and finally, florida is gigantic, alaska seems to be off the map, and the gulf of mexico goes as far north as Washington DC from what it looks like...all of which should not be
otherwise very solid start to a great concept!
This is true irl too, though ;P
ok, i want to critique the country youre from quarteroy. i want to point something out (or try to) thats flawed in the map in regards to where you live. so where do you live?
Current progress. (Patch notes?)
New Landmasses: Japan, New Zealand, Hawaii, Kamchatka, Sri Lanka, Ostrov Detailed: Cuba, British Isles, Washington/Puget Sound, Hudson Bay, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Mediterranean Sea, Florida. Moved: Hudson Bay to be more above the Great Lakes, The whole world was shifted more north to make room for Antarctica, Florida was moved south, while mexico was shifted a little west to make for a more realistic gulf coast.
I've come to notice how difficult it is to make very small areas detailed with the editor, it uses small triangulations which don't fit well together for the smaller areas that need attention. I've removed all textures and went for a more white overall color for the sake of noticing specifics. Once there is a comfortable level of detail I shall presume to add mountain ranges and hills.
I may have missed some changes I've made, but hopefully all for the better. I could use some assistance with terrain textures though. I can have 8 textured, and the ones I'm provided by blizzard to choose from haven't done me justice in providing a realistic Earth. If anyone does have a very nice set off textures, it would be much appreciated.
@ezbeats I currently live in Northern Indiana, but I've been all over the world. Spent five years in the Marine Corps. Haven't lived in a single location for more than 5 years. Born in Vegas, Young age in Arizona, Spent 3 years in Tennessee, 3 in Georgia. Joined the USMC and traveled to Japan, Alaska, Africa, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Dubai, Singapore, Germany, Australia, and Jordan. Spent that last couple of months of my enlistment in Southern California.
Also, I've uplodead 3 images, The first is the only way I can take a decent screenshot. When I take a top-down, or any other view, since my water is so shallow and my land doesn't sit very high above it it causes it to bleed through horribly. (the second image). The third image is a picture of the mini map displayed during editing. Not sure what happened to the top left, but I promise that flaw doesn't exist. Everything else should be detailed enough to make some recommendations.
Thanks again to everyone for the trolling and criticism. You've made this map a million times better already.
Try lowering the height of your water by just .1, that should do the trick.
This is a bug I've seen more often in the editor - just drag a brush with lower terrain over there and then press control-Z. Sometimes the minimap doesn't correctly update.
Lowering the water didn't cure the bleed effect, and I found out my land is so smooth that it forced all my lakes and shorelines to extend horribly even with .05
I closed and opened the map, minimap fixed itself.