How To Raise Terrain (The ground) higher?

[HeOfManyGames]

I keep seeing screenshots of all these awesome castles and large structures raised high up, sitting on small player-made cliffs/mountains.

Trying to do it myself, but the game is only letting me make 2 layers of raised ground. I've maxed the height on both, but the combined height is barely 2 stories above ground level. If I draw another layer of 'raised' terrain on top of the 2nd layer, the game doesnt let me raise it any higher.

Is there a trick to make it let you keep growing upwards?

Many thanks

[eider]

Not sure but maybe lower the ground in front of the cliffs?

[HeOfManyGames]

Originally posted by eider:

Not sure but maybe lower the ground in front of the cliffs?

How do you lower pre-existing ground?

[Kritter]

holding down the CTRL key as you draw is a modifier that does let you build one on top of another and progressively build up with each stroke.

Without using it, you can't draw more ground on top of existing raised ground. So generally your second layer thing won't work. instead, and even with the CTRL modifier, the most successful way is to draw what will be your highest layer and raise it to its maximum height, then draw progressively lower layers around it, which you can then either blend in to be more hill-like or sharpen up to be more rocky. you can draw as many different separate pieces of terrain as you want - just let go of the mouse button and start drawing again to make it a differently controllable piece of land.

all that said, you can't build very high anyway. you won't be building huge mountain ranges!