GeoControl landscape creating software
 
 
Sonntag, 07-Sep-2008
 

Isolines - the designe tool

The isolines are a unique tool for creating landscapes.

For the first time there are a special for terrains developed tool, to create landscapes according to concept.

Isolines are not to understand a "scientifically mathematical" contour line description, but rather a "design conception" tool.

The point is not to define exact terrains, a time consuming process, but with little work creating mountains or valleys, the course of deep erosions, of streams or creeks, of dunes or other landscaping elements. Filters and erosions give the realistic details.
 
 

Isolines replace brush tool

For a lot of users the brush was the most important tool in GeoControl1. The isolines replace completely the brush.
 

The isolines are the consequentially  enhancements of the brush tools, this means that you can using the isolines like the brush for raise and lower parts of the terrain.

Also you can render, like the brush, strong lines or many smooth lines.

The advantages of the isoline tool: 

  1. As distinguished from brush you can change the size, the intensity, the style (absolute, raise, lower) later (absolute, add subtract) . There are attributes of the isoline layers.

  2. You can implement a line into multiple levels or delete it (level control element).

  3. With the brush the strong lines paint over the small ones and delete them. Not so with the isolines. All line actions are stored and are executed in the right order.

  4. The isolines are administered in layers.

  5. The isolines are stored in terrain settings.

  6. Isolines with two altitude - you can create uniform slopes.

  7. Automatically transfer of the terrain height at the start point, the end point or an either points.

 

The new  selection render also possible to separate the height manipulation from the filter changes.  

You can control the different filters with the selection and not more with the brush.

Now it is possible to build up the different filters autonomous from the square limit of the brush.

 
 

One terrain setting - many terrains

With the separation of filter, erosion and isolines it is now possible, to added the isolines supplementary in a existent terrain.

So you can create a own collection with typical terrain forms, like S-valley. You can added this form in any terrain setting or changed with others. 

 
With the isolines it is possible to work together in a terrain and separating the work with filter, erosion etc from the height generation. That opened new possibilities an the work flow for level designers.
 
 
© Johannes Rosenberg -cajomi-
Isolines
 
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