Ashenvale terrain

[Eleandor]

I like the result, so I figured I might as well post it here


Playable, only contains trees (penguins & bacon to be added)

 

[lnfernal]

I like the tile variation. And I absolutely like playable terrains.

 

[madcd]

its . . .err intresting . . . little sparce . . . and maybe a bit over ambitious with the moutins . . might sugest leveling it out a bit and biulding up the jungle with ethier bigger trees and more variety and or foliage and less speradic floor textures . . . .

 

[thelifelessone]

Reminds me of World of Warcraft.
First one is a little too crowded for me, but other than that, its pretty good.

 

[Eleandor]

The terrain is randomly generated in-game, which is why I currently only have trees.
What exactly do you mean with "less speradic floor textures"?

 

[syltman]

What's with the minimap?

 

[Megafyr]

Having the trees spawn only on dirt areas will look better I think. I like the tile variation, very good for random generated.

Edit: Looking forward to see updates as you add moar stuff ; )

 

[madcd]

it makes sense now its a cool idea dont think you can really do anything about the terrian with out some triggering (if its posible to detect the gradient of the terrian) and base the textures on that . . . but alot of work

 

[Eleandor]

Well, the rock tiles only spawn on hills, and trees don't spawn on rocks...

 

[Craka_J]

And you say this terrain was TRIGGER GENERATED? Looks like you've created the best trigger-based terrain I've seen yet.

 

[Ziggen]

Yes, yes, really cool. Didn't think you could generate terrain to look like that.

 

[Ham Ham]

Add some vines and plants and we're good. +rep

 

[~Void~]

Well are you planning to add rocks, shrubs, logs, etc?

 

[BlinkforFear]

dude thats tight

 

[Nbah]

Generated-terrains were also used a bit in Oblivion. Though I definitly suggest, starting on the enviroment already. It has potential to look awesome with flora.

 

[Ziggen]

Oblivion yes, but this is wc3. D:

 

[Belgarath]

Generated-terrains were also used a bit in Oblivion. Though I definitly suggest, starting on the enviroment already. It has potential to look awesome with flora.

For cereal????
Looks extremely good for a generated terrain. Though maybe, use better trees + keep the spikiness of the hills down a bit.

 

[Nbah]

Yes, you can still use the generator, if you plan to make a terrain yourself ( Oblivion) The system is: You add numeric values (height variation, steepness etc.) after that you place a couple of doodads in a box ( the ones you want) and it will randomize everything. The height, the doodads will be placed ( but only the ones you put in the box) and that's about it. Sorry for going a little off-topic Oblivion's terrains are interesting D:

 

[Eleandor]

Though maybe, use better trees

What's wrong with the trees? What are better alternatives?

keep the spikiness of the hills down a bit.

I already did so (the first terrains had waaay more spiky hills). But I'll see what I can do.

Well are you planning to add rocks, shrubs, logs, etc?

Well, I did this for fun, never attempted creating something serious out of it. Never really planned continuing work on it since I don't see how this can be useful
Maybe I'll extend it with more details later...

Yes, you can still use the generator, if you plan to make a terrain yourself ( Oblivion) The system is: You add numeric values (height variation, steepness etc.) after that you place a couple of doodads in a box ( the ones you want) and it will randomize everything. The height, the doodads will be placed ( but only the ones you put in the box) and that's about it. Sorry for going a little off-topic Oblivion's terrains are interesting D:

My generator works similarly, you enter 1 numeric value and it generates the terrain based on that value. Each time you enter the same value, the same terrain is generated. You predefine (in the map editor) what doodads & tiles you wish to use + you add rules to the placement (e.g. tree doodad not placed on rocks)

 

[Craka_J]

I'm guessing better trees as in you should use custom tree models, since WarCraft III trees are old and bleh.

Is there some way to apply a type of a Smooth tool effect through triggers? If so, it really helps make pointy hills look... less pointy and more leveled.