Hypothetical Terrain Editor Features

[Kwah]

If I were to make such a thing (which I certainly plan to do over the summer), what would you want in it? What should be different from the WE and what should be the same/similar?

Personally, I'd go for:

• Intuitive Translation/Scaling/Rotation Controls
• Easier and Faster Importing
• Automated 'brushes' for types of terrain (ie: forest)

I have already received ideas for:

• "Something to help with creating/blending height gradients in the terrain. It is very time consuming to create a large, perfectly sloped surface." - grim001
• "Brush hardness/opacity controls for terrain height placement i.e. same as Photoshop or the Sculpt Geometry tool in Maya." - AnemicRoyalty

CnP'ed from Wc3C

 

[Storyyeller]

How about the ability to copy and paste sections of terrain?

 

[Kwah]

That's in the normal WE, if I recall correctly.

 

[frostwhisper]

Subscribing. Don't have a lot of ideas at the moment, but I'll be contributing later.

 

[~Void~]

How about the ability to make cliffs higher than 2? How about a better system for water?

How about a snap-to-grid feature for doodads, so when you have the Grid enabled, doodads will snap to it whether they have a pathing map or not.

Oh, and maybe a way to rotate doodads on all axes right in the terrain editor rather than having to open up the object editor and edit numbers.

As for the copy and paste thing, the current feature in the world editor doesn't allow us to copy and paste both doodads and terrain at the same time.

 

[Kwah]

How about the ability to make cliffs higher than 2? How about a better system for water?

How about a snap-to-grid feature for doodads, so when you have the Grid enabled, doodads will snap to it whether they have a pathing map or not.

Yes.

Oh, and maybe a way to rotate doodads on all axes right in the terrain editor rather than having to open up the object editor and edit numbers.

Yeah, I was thinking of that. (Intuitive Translation/Scaling/Rotation Controls)

Thanks.

 

[~Void~]

No problem. You might want to post a copy of this thread in the Terrain Forum, I'm sure everyone there has something to say.

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

well, you mean ANY idea?
i do have lots of ideas

how about implementing magos into the we?
so one could load for example the footman, change it and save it right into the map...

more gui features!
like all the scripts you cen get implemented as gui so you just need to check or uncheck

override the max tilesets in the way that you can add them in the we

height map support

the ability to group doodads freely...
like all city houses in a city house group, all landsite in landsite and so on (the user could define those on their own in the we)

a simple little icon with which you can run the map in a window

i guess i'll come up with more!

 

[Kwah]

No problem. You might want to post a copy of this thread in the Terrain Forum, I'm sure everyone there has something to say.

'kay.

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Morpheus, most of those features are overdoing it (built in Model Editor), or already in JNGP. So, yes tilesets will certainly be modifiable.

 

[~Void~]

a simple little icon with which you can run the map in a window

Doesn't test map do that?

 

[Ghost765]

to allow water (using the raise/lower tool) to work on elevations, instead of just height 0

 

[Nichita_00]

Heightmap editor, More terrain tiles (more than newgen! )
And errr.. I'll find more.

 

[Storyyeller]

How about when using a tile with variations, the ability to pick which one to use for each square?

 

[Kwah]

You can.

 

[Hugget Sukker]

The ability to make coffee!

Oh, and being able to double-click a unit on the map and create a new custom unit from it directly without having to enter the module wouldn't be bad.
Did someone already post that? Can't come up with more now. Have to recharge my idea-disperser tank.

 

[cookies4you]

i wantz the ability to place water without makingz cliff. blizzard cliffs are bad. also make max terrain height = ITS OVER 9000!

must upgrade idea dispenser to lvl 2. you better upgrade hugget, you have over 200 views

 

[Trillium]

ability to rotate buildings as normal units (at least in editor)

not sure 'bout model editor, but at least smth like an ability to 'glue' models together, to use a s custom model (i think thats called geomerge? i'm 100% noob at modelling).

ability to choose portraits for models separately

map randomizing tool


sorry, if my ideas are impossible. don't know what is possible and what is not =)

 

[The World Is Flat]

Sweet. you have to make this now.
Just add everything in, we need somthing like this.
Better cliffs.
Better Slopes
Better Camera Control.
Etc.

 

[~Void~]

Oh yes, allow us to make 90 degree slopes instead of just like 85 degree or whatever it maxes out at. Not sure how you would do that as the slope has to span the width of one of those squares, but I'm sure you can find a way

 

[Taryen]

i use the WE alot, and what i find is that making a unit face the exact direction you want is EXTREMELY annoying, cause u must double click, then usually guess as to what angle is correct until u get it right, so id like to see a unit roatater option for once you place them, or as an option for in the unit palette.

 

[~Void~]

Hold control and click where you want the unit to face. ^^