Quick & Dirty Map Tutorial #8: Buttes, mesas and desert terrain

[Gamerprinter]

Here's a practice map using techniques from the Butte/Mesa tutorial, the Cliffs/Canyons tutorial and the Water Feature tutorial - enjoy!

That's supposed to be a cliff dwelling on the west side of the canyonlike those found in Mesa Verde, Colorado

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[Caraldur]

Gameprinter how did you create the look of the river? I have not been able to get a river to look even close to what you have there.

-Car

[Gamerprinter]

Gameprinter how did you create the look of the river? I have not been able to get a river to look even close to what you have there.

-Car

Look at Quick & Dirty Map Tutorial #3: Creating a Water Feature. Basically there are several layers of terrain comprising the river bottom, with layers of blue with varying levels of transparency applied. The lower darker blue layer has about a 50% transparency applied. While the next layer of blue above it has a 75% transparency applied. Terrain beneath multiple layers of blue transparency get darker and less color - emulating depth in water.