You can also bury rocks or other objects in the landscape so they blend in with the environment for a realistic feel. This is very useful for placing intersections on curved roads! This feature also enables you to move objects up in the air, so you could have a group of floating rocks, if you wanted to build an alien world. You can move objects once placed along their axis, which means you can turn them in their current position.

I placed trees on 'Layer 1' & the rocks on 'Layer 2' This enables the game to run much faster as you can 'cache the trees' together. When placing Trees & other objects like rocks, it’s important to create individual layers, so all the trees are placed on one layer. They also recommended making the lots flat so that if they are shared, they won’t distorting the surrounding terrain. Although you can place lots anywhere, the tech team recommended making the lots near roads, as sims will have to walk to a road in order to get into their car. Where the camera can see – so you can hide the edges of the map if you want to Unlike SC4, you can vary the strength & intensity of the 'Brush' while using the following Modifiers: You can now Import paints & textures, so you could have dirt or cobblestone roads if you want a themed neighbourood.Īllows you to change the shape of the terrain (similar to'God Mode' in Sim City 4). at this stage you can't build along the beach, so lots can’t be built on the water’s edge. Select a paint colour to automatically shade hills & mountainsīeaches can be painted along any shoreline, so you no longer have to worry about getting the exact height right for the beaches to show up. You could use this option to build on a face or a favourite painting – you’re only limited by your imagination!

The tech team showed us an image of a flower which they then turned into a terrain. You can also select from a range of Pre-made Terrains as your base or you can import an image to use as a texture map. You can choose from Lush or Desert & you can also set the maximum height of the world (100,200 or 300), to allow for huge mountains or a more modest height elevation. The smallest world is 256x256 & the largest is 2048x2048. When creating a new world, you can now select from 4 different size worlds (Sim City 4 only allowed you to use one size).

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