Making high resolution world maps tutorial.
Making terrain in CAW can be a challenge even for the best artist however you can simplify the process with just a few steps. Things you will need. 1. Some kind of paint program that supports P...
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Wow didn't expect my old post to come back up. However you would need to use a graphic program to link them into one large picture. You might then need to scale it back down to a usable size map.
The other option is to use the other mapping data site someone mentioned and a program to create and scale the map you want from the raw data using a seperate program like he said. I would stick to something simple for your first map and get use to the tools then expand to making more complex maps.
You could even take an image from google earth and convert the area into a grayscale image and use it for a height map.
If you follow my tutorial you should end up with something like this after a little smoothing.
http://i48.tinypic.com/2bwc2s.jpg
You could then edit the area and turn it into an island that is unique. This image is of the Taus New Mexico area.
The other option is to use the other mapping data site someone mentioned and a program to create and scale the map you want from the raw data using a seperate program like he said. I would stick to something simple for your first map and get use to the tools then expand to making more complex maps.
You could even take an image from google earth and convert the area into a grayscale image and use it for a height map.
If you follow my tutorial you should end up with something like this after a little smoothing.
http://i48.tinypic.com/2bwc2s.jpg
You could then edit the area and turn it into an island that is unique. This image is of the Taus New Mexico area.
