How to make good ponds, rivers, lakes, puddles, etc.
- Click "New Map".
- Make the elevation of the map to "Shallow Water" or "Deep Water".
- Now that your map has been set to what you need, create the map.
- The map will look like it is covered entirely by water. Open the Terrain Palette (T) and then click the "Raise" tool option.
- Raise the terrain with the raise tool enough so the water doesn't cover the entire new isle you just created.
- Then click the "Smooth" tool on the Terrain Palette and smooth the new isle you've made and smear it all over the map until the entire map is covered by land.
- Now your map is pretty much set. Whenever you want to make a puddle, lake, pond, river, sea, ocean, etc. all you will need to do is select the "Lower" tool on the Terrain Palette and lower whatever part of the terrain to make a watery section.
