Fogdown - Redux

[Ascension]

Personally, I love the separated houses. If I knew for sure that back in the year 1100 that people built houses connected then I'd do mine that way but I just can't force myself to believe that people believed in such things way back then...especially in such a stratified society where everyone had their place and the nobility had the possessions. We see all of these old cities like Rome and Milan and we see the Google shots of the buildings but, for me, they look Renaissance and not medieval. It's a philosophical difference and I know that I'm in the minority...I just accept that. Know that I'm on your side and will carry the banner of separated houses along with you

[Gandwarf]

Let the houses stand free then
We are creating fantasy maps anyway, so we can take liberties.

Still, I l think lots of houses sharing walls makes a more organic, realistic looking city.

[Steel General]

Stop the oppression of FREE STANDING HOUSES!

(I know I'm silly, but sometimes I just can't help it)

[Redstar]

I also like (more or less) free standing houses. In the poorer, dirty areas like on the top tip and bottom tip, I placed two sets of "separated" houses on top of one another to create the feel that the area is very crowded. Does that satisfy those who are opposed to free houses... *cough* Gandwarf *cough*?

[Gandwarf]

I also like (more or less) free standing houses. In the poorer, dirty areas like on the top tip and bottom tip, I placed two sets of "separated" houses on top of one another to create the feel that the area is very crowded. Does that satisfy those who are opposed to free houses... *cough* Gandwarf *cough*?

It's your map, I guess it will have to do
Although the houses look a bit like a mosaic I still very much like the map.

[CartoGeo]

I like the colors of the buildings, large and small but I do not like the shaded look to the buildings at all. Looks like polished pebbles embedded in rock. Don't get me wrong, I really like the tone and color of the map, its great, but the buildings, in my opinion, detract from it, their layout is good, good pattern and believable... its just those roofs that bother me.

[Ascension]

I see what you're getting at and it because of the bevel effect...everything points to the middle creating a hipped roof (has a center point and all sides slope down) instead of a gabled roof (has a center line running the length of the house and two sides slope down). We have yet to find an effective way of creating gabled roofs quickly...they take a load of time to create and rotate one by one. I found this link to maybe clarify:

http://www.bobvila.com/HowTo_Library...ics-A1936.html

[Redstar]

http://www.bobvila.com/HowTo_Library...ics-A1936.html

Bob Villa meets fantasy cartography

Maybe if I turn down the bevel, it might help to make them less "polished rock" look.

[ravells]

It never occured to me to change the blend layer of the white highlight, I always change the colour of it to a slightly lighter shade of the base colour, always, no matter what I'm bevelling it looks ten times better than the white version.

[Gandwarf]

Great update, looking much better