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Mapping and Terraforming

Installing a Region Downloaded from the STEX

Mar 30, 2011 - 08:58 PM | MallowTheCloud in Mapping and Terraforming

Original Author: MallowTheCloud
Rewrite: Vandy If you are interested in contributing to the OmniMaps section of the Simtropolis Omnibus, please PM OmniMaps.

The original information for this article was written by MallowTheCloud and all credit goes to him. Other contributors to this information include the following:

blade2k5
hym
sim1234
T Wrecks

This information has been consolidated, rewrittent and presented in this article....

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How to Make a Region-Wide Google Style Street Map

Sep 19, 2011 - 05:34 AM | packersfan in Mapping and Terraforming

How to Make a Region-Wide Street Map (Google Style) In this tutorial, I will show how I put together a region-wide street map with a Google map style. I used an HTML editor, Paint, and GIMP to achieve this result - District of Wenzel Street Map - loo...

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Config.bmp: How to Make it Yours

Mar 30, 2011 - 09:04 PM | Birdin in Mapping and Terraforming

Making a basic config.bmp that works is really simple, and probably not even worthy of an article in the Omnibus. In fact it's easier than I make it sound just below, but I wanted to be thorough for the engineering types who want to understand every d...

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American Southwest - Monument Valley, Part Two: Creating A Chimney Spire

Mar 30, 2011 - 09:17 PM | Vandy in Mapping and Terraforming

This is Part Two of a five (5) part tutorial on how to create an American Southwest terrain using SC4Terraformer. Within this tutorial are a number of "sidebars" -- that is, aditional explanatory information -- that cover the use of a number of the SC...

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American Southwest - Monument Valley, Part Three: Creating A High Tableland Mesa

Mar 30, 2011 - 09:19 PM | Vandy in Mapping and Terraforming

This is Part Three of a five part tutorial on how to create an American Southwest terrain using SC4Terraformer. Within this tutorial are a number of "sidebars" -- that is, aditional explanatory information -- that cover the use of a number of the SC4T...

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American Southwest - Monument Valley - Part Five: Creating A Dry Wash

Mar 30, 2011 - 09:23 PM | Vandy in Mapping and Terraforming

This is Part Five of a five part tutorial on how to create an American Southwest terrain using SC4Terraformer. Within this tutorial are a number of "sidebars" -- that is, aditional explanatory information -- that cover the use of a number of the SC4Te...

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American Southwest - Monument Valley, Part Four: Roughing Up Level Terrain

Mar 30, 2011 - 09:20 PM | Vandy in Mapping and Terraforming

This is Part Four of a five part tutorial on how to create an American Southwest terrain using SC4Terraformer. Within this tutorial are a number of "sidebars" -- that is, aditional explanatory information -- that cover the use of a number of the SC4Te...

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American Soutwest - Monument Valley, Part One: Creating A Butte

Mar 30, 2011 - 09:15 PM | Vandy in Mapping and Terraforming

This is Part One of a 5 part tutorial on how to create an American Southwest terrain using SC4Terraformer. Within this tutorial are a number of "sidebars" -- that is, aditional explanatory information -- that cover the use of a number of the SC4Terraf...

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Creating Area Strip Maps and Multiple SC4 Regions

Mar 30, 2011 - 09:25 PM | Vandy in Mapping and Terraforming

If you are interested in contributing to the OmniMaps section of the Simtropolis Omnibus, please PM OmniMaps. CAUTION!! This is a very detailed, strongly graphics editor-oriented tutorial in which exisiting maps are used to create another map and the...

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Downloading, Installing and Running SC4Terraformer

Mar 30, 2011 - 09:12 PM | Vandy in Mapping and Terraforming

Downloading the Application IMPORTANT NOTE: It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that you completely read the ReadMe for the application and ensure you have the correct version of DirectX and any other supporting files. 1) Version 1.0c of the SC4Terraformer...

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Using SC4Terraformer without SimCity4

Mar 30, 2011 - 09:10 PM | Vandy in Mapping and Terraforming

SimCity 4 Terraformer (SC4TF) is a regional terraforming application developed and written by woanagaine of Simtropolis. This application allows you to create, manipulate and general terraform a complete region without SimCity 4 (SC4) running. You are...

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