12-01-2018, 11:48 PM
I made a map. I'm very proud of it. I could re-write my description for it, but you can just go visit the workshop page and read it (and also download it and give it the ol' thumbs up!).
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f...1579964497
I'm super proud of this thing as a first attempt at a map. Like, I learned a lot, and despite some persistent mistakes - such as placing foliage before the trees that I couldn't be bothered to remove because they were under the trees and I didn't want to redo all the gottdang TREES), it came out really well. I was also pleased that I could create a working map with NO outside road or rail connections; everything comes in via boat (or air, if you plop an airport). Take THAT C.O. and your discrimination against true island maps!
Anyway, working with water was a pain in the butt though...OOOOOOH my gosh. So listen listen...at first, all the water kept coming from the edge of the map towards the island. That's a problem for not drinking your own poop, so I had to put a bunch of massive water spouts on one edge of the map, and a ton of drains on the other edge, to force some kind of water flow. However, then I still had water flowing into - but not out of - all the bays and inlets. Cue hours of tweaking with water source sizes and strengths to get this flowing JUST SO, so that I don't have to deal with the Mystery of the Disappearing Water. Don't even got me started on the streams; I just about did away with them altogether, but then I figured the place would feel a little too plain.
Anyway, some pictures:
https://i.imgur.com/azc30li.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/PuHmam1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/8sJHoMI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/PeYvVzN.jpg