[Award Winner] Fractal Terrains Pro Tutorial

[Steel General]

First off...Welcome Aboard! Be sure to open a thread in the introduction forum.

I can't answer your question(s) on Fractal Mapper as I do not use it - I'm sure someone who does will be along shortly.

As for favored software, well that's a matter of preference, availability, $$$, etc. I started out using GIMP (can't beat the price - FREE!), then I later moved to Photoshop when I was fortunate enough to get a copy very cheaply - so that is my current preference. But if you're just starting out and don't have much money to spare then I would recommend GIMP.

P.S. Very cool avatar

[Thorf]

Hello,

Thanks for linking to this tutorial! I just bought Fractal Terrains Pro today, and I'm still wrestling with it now. I've had bad experiences with Pro Fantasy software in the past, but I'm beginning to think that it's the documentation rather than the programs that I dislike; it seems like the program is very powerful, but the manual just doesn't explain properly how to use it.

That said, the reason I'm posting here is that I'm following along with the tutorial (which seems much better written than the manual was) but I'm having a problem using the Prescale Offset tools. Basically, I can't get them to have any effect on the map at all. I've tried putting the Value up and down, but they just won't raise or lower the land.

Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?

[Midgardsormr]

If I recall correctly, somewhere there's a checkbox for "Enable prescale offset editing." If that's not turned on, the offset tools won't do anything.

[Thorf]

If I recall correctly, somewhere there's a checkbox for "Enable prescale offset editing." If that's not turned on, the offset tools won't do anything.

In the Editing panel of the World Settings, yes. I thought it might be that too, but it was ticked. So presumably it must be something else.

Thanks for answering anyway. It's probably something really simple like that...