TERRAIN: Snoopy's TERRAIN patch

[FrostyBoy]

ancientfool, that can't be done, this is why I want unlimited terrain.

[m_m_x]

snoopy
what about your blue water +gray mountains mod for the original terrain?
will u do it please??

[Harlan]

Hi sn00py,
Looks like you're doing a great job. One request: I was bummed to find out that pine and deciduous trees are not actually different terrain types, but just look that way. Could you actually go and make them different types?

[FrostyBoy]

Can you give me an example of what you mean by different terrain types?

[FrostyBoy]

I mean, what exactly do you want me to do make them different types?

[Al'Kimiya]

The roads are hard to see on your irrigation, they kind of blur in. Are there any plans for a road modification?

[Harlan]

sn00py - isn't it possible to add terrain types to the game? I thought a way had been found to add stuff - extra units, gvmts, wonders, etc - , even though it doesn't seem possible at first using the editor.

A Swamp type would be pretty essential to have too. I'm surprised they left that one out. I have no idea how the game would work in making random maps with new terrain types though - maybe something to ask for with the patch?

[FrostyBoy]

aha! I getcha now

well, no it can't be added, but.. it is possible to actually put other terrain in, except I cannot change its values, I can only change the look, and I can only put the terrains in certain places, meaning, you couldn't put the terrain where you wanted to in the editor, coz I would be changing certain terrains that mix with other terrains.

It's not so easy to explain, but it can be done, just won't work well at all..




I AM KING! finally..

[FrostyBoy]

I'd like to do something with the roads, but what can I do with em?

maybe make them look like actual roads, maybe, paved roads? I cannot make them change over time..

[Harlan]

What?!? Gasp - no extra terrain slots? Arrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!!

I really hope that gets fixed in the patch, for crying out loud. I thought people were figuring out how to add all kinds of things that didn't appear possible at first glance, but I guess terrain isn't one of them.

The one terrain type that seems pretty expendable is floodplain. Perhaps you could make some alternates for that? If you do choose to keep that one though, it could use some improved graphics. I don't get the sense of it being a floodplain at all, and sometimes its virtually impossible to differentiate from desert (especially if the floodplain tile just barely intersects with the river).

What would be really cool is if you used the raised land graphics, and then fixed the floodplain so that the floodplain was down below the raised edges of the rest of the land. It would then truly look like something floodable. The part above the cliffs would be desert, the part below very green.

[Martinus Magnificus]

Great work Sn00py!

But, with the exception of the grey mountains, I personally prefer the original graphics. So, is it possible to just use the mountain graphics (with the original grass on them)? It seems there are more of us asking for this.

Keep up the good work!

[Harlan]

sn00py,
Regarding roads, IMHO it isn't roads that are the problem, its railroads. When I first saw them, I guessed they in fact were superhighways, not railroads at all. Rather than the great loops they are, what if there were exactly the same shape as roads, but black instead of brown? Or better, the same shape but with crossties. Just a thought.

[Wolfshanze]

GREY MOUNTAINS!!!

Yes, just the Grey Mountains with the ORIGINAL grass (not the neon grass)... that's what a lot of us would like to see!

PLEASE!!!!

[Sgt Grimes]

Snoopy's Modpack

Absolutely Fantastic!

This mod really lifts the visuals of Civ 3 to another level....Thanks Snoopy

[Purple]

Another suggestion for railroads. Maybe they could be straightened out, as in SMAC. Those looping railroads make me dizzy. The roads are pretty bad, too, in that regard, but somehow they don't bother me as much.