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Terrain Paint
IreneSwift
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Is there any way to remove terrain paint from an existing world? Or can it only be painted over?
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IreneSwift
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If you want to get rid of it all- that one paint layer- you can delete it from the world . Check out the Tutorial for info and Tips on CAWs page- https://www.thesims3.com/content/global/downloads/caw/help_en.pdf
If you later decide that you don’t really like how one of your terrain
paints looks, you can choose a new file to replace the current file (which changes all instances
of the old texture in your world). You can also right-click it in the Terrain Painting Tools Layer
window and choose DELETE. All instances of that paint are also deleted in your world.
You asked how to delete it from the world, not a chunk of the map.
Painting over doesn't remove it, it just thins it out a little... You have to remove it from that chunk if you still want to use the paint in another chunk.
Use the layer options in terrain paint. With the Visualize layer option ticked the chunk will show black/white if there is any terrain paint you have clicked active.
Having the Color Option to 0 means it will erase the paint. Any higher will add that much paint to the map.
The Individual Layer Mode will not show black/white but will add/remove the terrain paint from that layer without messing with the layers above it. ...
Create A World Tips & Tricks #1: Terrain Painting
#1- you don't have to have individual layer mode on to be able to save to each layer. You don't have to paint with individual layer mode on... that's wrong at the start.
Exporting each layer requires no individual layer mode at all.
...(watching more)
#2. Don't export the base layer- it's the base and is just fine.
#3. You don't have to use a paint program to blurr.. Practice with the brush size and opacity to be able to add a light touch. She's doing in the paint program what can be done in CAW with the tools it already has.
#4. No, not true- the more layers you have doesn't make it look better. Understanding how to use the layers to show through to the layer you want... :sigh:
.... Using Individual Layer mode is to protect higher layers of paint if adding or removing lower layers of paint. You don't have to have it on when adding to top layers.
When off (as normal) -not using individual layers can pull up some lower layers by removing (softly or harsher) higher layers and adding to that layer with the opacity levels. It's like scraping the paint layers above that one layer to show (and strengthen) lower level paints.
(quit watching because it's nice for them but not the best, easiest, or correct way of layers).
I wonder if the maker of the video knows about having too many layers being a bad thing?
If it's your world and was created on your computer then the terrain paints have been moved since then or if the World was created on another computer they don't share the same location/path to the paints. The paint is saved in the world files but the Location of the Paint used is different.
All you have to do is click on the terrain box/paint and find the name of the paint then choose Edit to re-associate the correct paint to where it's located on your computer. It's not important but makes it easier to find when choosing them in CAW.
The only way I have ever had of finding out what each paint looks like is to use it somewhere, then undo it, until I find what I'm looking for. It would be so much easier if the thumbnails were visible.
This is one of my worlds but I've rearranged my textures since I've updated the world so the thumbnails are not in the same spot. This shows how clicking/hovering on the texture will show the name of it at the end.
Sorry, Wrong game. This is TS3 and Create a World. Good luck.