WIP - Unnamed fantasy world with realistic concerns

[eternalsage]

It would make the circumnavigation feat really impressive to be sure. It seems bigger than the Pacific. Maybe by a considerable amount.

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[eternalsage]

Ok. So assuming all my previous maps have been more or less correct, I made this, which is basically a rough draft of the summer (in the southern hemisphere*) pressure zones. I also left in the currents and orogeny layers, because I felt they would be necessary to get a full view. I think this is accurate, but again, I'm not 100% certain. Tomorrow I will generate the southern winter map the same way. At that point I will hopefully be in a position to place forests/rain forests/deserts etc.




*Its centered around the southern hemisphere, because that's where the great civilizations have been centered, if you are wondering

Edit: Updated the map with one better illustrating the pressure zones and also made some adjustments after studying the resources more.

[Pixie]

Looks good.

Are you following "Geoff's Climate Cookbook"?

[eternalsage]

Yes, along with a few other suggested resources.

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[eternalsage]

Ok, long time with no posts, but I have been working on this as I have a chance. I am about to figure up temperatures across the map and then I can start assigning biomes based on precipitation vs temp . Here are WIPs:

Winter Pressure Zones and Winds


Summer Pressure Zones and Winds


Winter Precipitation (Relative, not absolute)


Summer Precipitation


BTW, if anyone is interested in how I created the precipitation maps, I can gladly explain my methodology, but all the info comes from the Climate Cookbook referenced earlier in the thread. If anyone sees anything that might be off, let me know.

[Jalyha]

Heya Long time for sure

I'm trying to do this on my map, but it's not working I guess I will pull up that cookbook


Yours looks great to me!

[eternalsage]

Sorry, I must have missed your thread (been really busy lately). Give me a link, and I'll take a look at what you have.

And thanks for the compliment! I think it is right(ish) but I'm forging on anyway. Thats what lots of save files are for, right?

[eternalsage]

Ok... I think I screwed something up. lol. SO, here is the climate/biome map that everything else has led up to. I don't think I should have so many "Mediterranean" climates, and I have one on the north ice cap continent that seems to not exist on earth. I also only seem to have one desert, which doesn't sound right either. At least only one major one. Anyway, take a look and see what you think. I'm off to work.

[Jalyha]

It doesn't haave to be like earth, your planet isn't earth

AND it's coming on better than mine

[eternalsage]

Oh... I'm a silly sod. Planets are spheres, so there is no WEST on Antarctica. Similarly, there would be no west on my polar continent. That will probably fix the "?" climate zone I have there. I'll mess around with it and see where it goes.


EDIT: And it did. Here are the corrected maps from above. Now that I have my biomes figured out, It's time for me to try and get this mess into Wilbur to get some nice detailed landscapes and rivers and stuff.