terrain.party, make your custom maps

[bullet in ur f. face]

hello,

i used this tool http://terrain.party/

i made 5 maps of cities i like, i got a zip for each of them but now i dont know what to do with the files inside the zip, they are not at the same format than the official maps inside the game folder maps...CRP format file vs PNG for my cities files.

anyone would mind to explain how i can make it works please ? would be much appreciate !

[bullet in ur f. face]

needs help, i feel completely stupid right now :D

[Jonas]

Did you try to import your heightmap into the editor. The .png files?

[Jonas]

It seems to me that the editor will attempt to convert the grayscale file aka heightmap for a 3D object. In this case obvious the terrain itself.

[CITIZEN_GREEN]

same here cant figure out what or where to put files.

[skylark2011]

Try 'C:/Users/'Your Username'/AppData/Local/Collossal Order/Cities_Skylines/Addons/MapEditor/Heightmaps'

Paste your heightmaps here.

The AppData folder may be hidden from view (default), in which case you will need enable the 'Show hidden files, folders, and drives' option in the 'Folder Options' in the Control Panel.

[rcgrisso]

Now that Cimtogapher is available just use it. It will automatically scale the map and all that, plus you can get the local roads and railroads if you want.

[haustorium12]

rcgrisso a écrit :

Now that Cimtogapher is available just use it. It will automatically scale the map and all that, plus you can get the local roads and railroads if you want.

wait what is cimtogapher..and where can i get it.

[leftbehind]

You don't need cimtographer to use heighmaps - heightmaps are standard feature of map editor.

http://www.skylineswiki.com/Map_Editor#Import_Heightmap

Generating Heightmap

Go to terrain.party and get your height map - you'll have a bunch of zips, each one with a different version of the height map. Choose the one that looks nicest to you and that's the one you'll import.

Installing heightmap

Put the image (.png) in to the game's Heightmaps folder:

Windows:

/Users/<username>/AppData/Local/Collossal Order/Cities_Skylines/Addons/MapEditor/Heightmaps

Mac:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Collossal Order/Cities_Skylines/Addons/MapEditor/Heightmaps

Using heightmap

Now load game and go in to map editor, and in the editor toolbar you'll find one option for height maps - click it and select the heightmap you want to import, instantly your map is transformed in to that terrain :)

What is Cimtographer?

As for Cimtographer mod, that has completely different purpose - it allows you to load in real world road networks to your maps. It also allows you to export a city to a file format that can be loaded in external street map viewer apps, etc.

For more infos see the workshop page:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=416064574

[Dreej]

terrain.party doesn't work anymore sadly.
There's only a "road map" version of the world, and the "relief" versions are only for the US surroundings (and it's quiet bad quality)

[grapplehoeker]

Dreej a écrit :

terrain.party doesn't work anymore sadly.
There's only a "road map" version of the world, and the "relief" versions are only for the US surroundings (and it's quiet bad quality)

What are you talking about?
Out of curiosity due to your comment and necro posting to a thread that was last seen two years ago (!), I just went to Terrain Party and chose Stockholm at random, downloaded the heightmap, started the game and imported the height map into the Map Editor...
voila, Stockholm height map
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=919454702
Terrain Party works perfectly and you will just have to go away and learn to use it properly.

[Barboss]

Dreej a écrit :

terrain.party doesn't work anymore sadly.
There's only a "road map" version of the world, and the "relief" versions are only for the US surroundings (and it's quiet bad quality)

yep!

[MarkJohnson]

Terrain.party works awesomely! I use it often. Cimtographer isn't working properly last I checked, but it has been replaced with OSM Import and will not only import height maps, but also all of the roads/train tracks. You'll need to modify the network system as roads/railroads won't all be 100%, but it gets it 90% right and saves tons of hours of work.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=771161159

Maybe post why you think it doesn't work and what steps you took to import them and we can help you get your map working properly.