Hi everyone! The amazing CAW projects posted here have inspired me to post my own, in the hopes of getting feedback
I'm creating a Japanese themed world and the plan is to encompass varied locations (urban, rural, etc.) I'm unfortunately not that far along as I'm a super slow builder/terrain painter, but I'll share updates when I can!
So far, I've been working on the mountainous parts, fishing village, and iconic Mt. Fuji. Screenshots are below! And if I can get it to work, most will be in a spoiler tag.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions/ideas/improvements/etc!
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My biggest issue when working in CaW is having everything in the right scale and size - I find it easy to lose grasp of how big and small something is (for an example, sometimes I want to make just a hill and later find out that it's 10 stories tall, or make a village, but not having enough space for it). I don't know if you do this already, but if I were you, I'd make a short plan of what I want (in your city for an example) and then place temporary lots just to see how much space you need. It would be such a shame to do everything over, because you don't have enough space - especially if you've put as much effort into it as it look like!
Your world looks gorgeous @KhemKat19 !
It's definitely worth taking your time with CAW ... your terrain painting is fantastic and I love Mount Fuji and your mountain temple.
The lost tourists made me spill my tea by the way
Very much looking forward to more updates!!
@Pan_Nymira It looks realistic because it is I imported an actual height map of Japan's terrain (the area around Mt. Fuji), because you're right it would take absolutely forever to do that manually! I did have to sculpt the ridges on Mt. Fuji by hand though, for some reason it came out completely smooth on the height map. If you want to get that rinkledness by hand, the best way I know to do it is to make small (maybe like size 10 or 15) raised ridges (I like the hill tool over the mountain tool because it's easier to control) going kind of the same direction on your mountain, then add smaller (like size 5) ridges going kind of crosswise down the previous ridges. Then accent all the ridges by making small valleys in between them. It's super tedious to do for really small detailed ones - this is definitely my worst downfall too! That's a great idea to plan out the city, I'm kind of nervous I don't have the right amount of space for "Tokyo"
@Hidehi The tourists were my favorite, I found it so hilarious they were hanging out on the mountain with their swimming flippers
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I've finished (?) the fishing village, or at least I'm fairly happy where it's at right now. I'll likely go back and tweak/add effects/add more spawners later, but for now I'll be moving on to a different part of Nihon. So I present the little fishing village, Ine!
Overview:
Sakura being ridiculous during testing:
Kimonos and socks with flip-flops are not conducive for productive fishing
Neighbors haven't moved in yet? Help yourself to their produce why don't you!
Fishing expedition gone poorly long ago:
Small single family homes:
Bridge over troubled water (sorry, the Ine River, which is only mildly troubled):
Food truck stopped at the fish market; good to know those fish tacos aren't a week old; or maybe they are and the food truck driver wanted to get some decent food:
Another overview angle:
All I can say is WOW!!!!!! ... How you've managed to nestle the houses in between the rugged landscape is just awesome!!!
Wherever I am friends call me Betty
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And thank you to all the kind comments about the world! I DO intend to continue work on it! Unfortunately, it won't be released any time soon, because I'm super slow, but it'll get there eventually