I like basic flat maps. Like pinpoint. That's why it's the only map I run on my server.

Question. Does anyone know the name of the map running on Goon Haven?

Awesome work as usual Buffet_of_Lies. You really put your heart into your work :)

The 3d height map editor template i made makes doing all kinds of terrains easy.

Wish someone would sticky it, It can really make it easy for new people to make nice terrains. The "Make a blob, and blur" method is hard as hell, and makes some really plain looking terrains.

This tool is pretty cool too....
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hme/files/hme/Source%20and%20Win32%20binary/hme.zip/download

Too bad the new people will never see the threads I made. They have sank like turds to the bottom of the forum bucket too.

Newbie choices are : Voxel, voxel, and voxel. This is why terrains and maps look so plain.

Tutorials from me, sandcrawler, and a few others are pretty much lost. The newbies will come here and click on the stickies, and be totally lost starring at a black image, trying to paint a near black grey, and at the same time visualize it.

I hope this is just a minor over site. It would be a shame if the "old boys" syndrome is keeping the new people ignorant.

^^Yeah totally! O_______O'

^ looks good bro.

I've been messing around with trees and a sort of river gulch canyon thingy... http://i.imgur.com/r28J5.jpg

I try to pay attention to subtle surface terrain details without making it too crazy usually. Good heightmaps using noise, difference clouds & gaussian blur are the key.

Honestly, the large maps are STUNNING when it comes to the graphics. :D But what other kinds of terrains should there be???