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Weekly Terraining Exercise #201

Hey hey folks!

Though I wanted to do a lot of commenting on #200, I ended up feeling a bit sick so I'm just popping in to upload WTE #201. As per some brainstorming in the last thread, this week's theme will be "All aboard the hypetrain!". What does this mean? Simple: you create any sort of terrain that involves trains, train tracks, or some kind of train depot. We'll get to use those doodads again, this way.

Good luck everyone, and have fun!

The Global Information/Idea thread for Terraining Exercises can be found here: http://www.sc2mapster.com/forums/development/terrain/14658-terraining-exercises-global-information-idea-thread/

my train station which is already 3 years old, now you all know why the awesome wargirl is doing the terrain for my maps

A wild entry has appeared!

Here's a WIP of something. I dont know if ill keep it to just mapping this small area, or if ill make another area/more areas, like I tend to do if I really like the mapping

EDIT: I also wanted to do something for the #200. Really sad I didn't get to do it in time. But I realised that there are traintracks in it. So here's a bonus screen too

I'll make more later. Here's an update

EDIT: Added 2 more screenies of an extra area i just made

I loved your bonus post, Phail. Seriously, it's been 2 years and I have yet to see a bad Zerus terrain. The best ones are ones with the skygeirr/char platform cliffs. They're lovely for labs/installations on top of jungles.

And that mar sara canyon. Damn. The first post, I was kinda like "meh yeah it's a start" but I the updates were brilliant.

Just a tip, you can get rid of the ugly rippling on the mar sara textures with some easy data editing.

Go into Data, open a new tab (Edit Art and Sound Data > Textures), and then find the name of the mar sara textures.

Find the "height map" field on the right box area, and then in the table cell in the next column, right click > reset to parent value > (whatever the it says, too long for my to type up)

Edit: Here's more on what I was working on last week.

I don't like the pit, I'll probably kill it later.

Well, practically everything posted in the WTE these days is at a level where I'd call it 'good terrain'. There's always room for improvement, but I feel like the WTE's mostly served its purpose.

Maybe I should shut it down.

you should create a new category where you pick any arcade map and create a better terrain for it

@FunkyUserName: Go

That could be a nice minitheme for WTE's, like Do That Doodad. It'd need some rephrasing, cause I don't want to just go "see that map there? yeah, it sucks - make it better!", but the idea is sound.

@ScrinKing: Go

I like that terrain! That is some very nice terrain! Gave me an idea :)

Also, thanks a lot for that advice. I was wonder if it was client side or something. Good to know theres a fix for this ugly bug

EDIT: New area.

@Mozared: Go

I realise that this most likely was a joke. But please dont shut it down as long as you can. Even though some people dont use it as an "exercise" anymore. Some do. Plus, I really like to make maps based on styles, while also watching other people give their own idea of that style. Over and out, for now

Alright this might be the last time I post pictures of this terrain. I made 2 new overlapping zones.

I think I mastered this kind of terrain. I've got a few more ideas, but I'm still just doing the same thing over and over again, so it's getting a tad bit boring. I think I'll start with a remake of an oldie of mine.