Richy

1. Use detail in a way that does not look repetitive. Placing too many of the same detail makes the map lack graphical content. Keep a nice spread between different details across the map. Using different ground types on top of primary grounds make the map look more exquisite. 2. Use trees based by theme, in a forest; Obviously there will be tons of trees, in plains; Not so much. In cities; Not so much, in cliff bases; A few. If your tilesets have more than one variable of tree look in the same theme, try to mix them up randomly. 3. Cliffs and rivers are natural, so to keep a nice look on those, try using less straight or symmetric styles, go more for a natural feel using a lot of turns, stack cliffs onto cliffs, and as Kibblez said previously, make sure your heights are consistent in cliffing. Most mapping styles closes off the size of map by use of cliffs, water, trees or wall structures. Try to add variety to a map by the use of closing off map size. In this map below, I used water to close off the size of this map. Most important tip to mapping is; Time, patience and feeling.

Finally finished North Valley.

I was at around 90 ping from Ohio, (Blame my Wi-Fi signal). Game ran pretty smooth for me overall.

Looks like a good start to me.

Last night and today spent on this:

First Cavern done... Big ass file right here lol. http://www.ascensiongamedev.com/resources/filehost/149a9103ab952c804bf57cbc0d3f07a7.png

Parts of the map grid. lol.

In map grid, you can unlink maps [1][2][3] (right click / unlink map) Create new maps [4][5][6] linked to [1][2][3] Re-link the old [4][5][6] maps using map grid to [7][8][9] (right click / link map)

Did some more mapping caverns...

I'm just messing around since I'm bored.

Glad this one came back in development. Good luck to you and your team.

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