Show us your mountains!

[Galadhlinn]

Ok, so one of the wishes I've had in NMS has been to have more realistic looking mountains, not like the smooth-sided, rounded mountains typically found in NMS. Having logged more than a few hours in Unreal Engine 4 creating game maps, I came to love the erosion tool that, used properly, would give you jagged, craggy, eroded mountains with sharp ridge lines. Now I've seen a few hints here and there in NMS that kept a little hope alive in me that someday, I would find a planet that at least captured a little of what I longed for in mountains.
I think I've come pretty close in a planet I just discovered in Paholiang (#90).
If you have shots of amazing mountains, please post them here! I'd love to see them
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805567522
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805623329
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805623284
This is a blue planet with activated indium, so very stormy!

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Not all mountain ranges in RL are craggy, but it is nice you came across one that fits your personal definition of what a mountain range should look like.

This one is more rounded but reminds me of some of the mountains I have seen in RL.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2771921864

[Idaho]

Flying through these peaks as we speak:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805662949

[Galadhlinn]

Originally posted by Mr. Bufferlow:

Not all mountain ranges in RL are craggy, but it is nice you came across one that fits your personal definition of what a mountain range should look like.

This one is more rounded but reminds me of some of the mountains I have seen in RL.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2771921864

Nice!
Sorry didn't mean to imply that craggy, sharp mountains are what all mountains should look like. They are like where I live (East side of Cascade National Park), and those types of mountains are not usually represented in NMS. For sure in the U.S. we have the Smokies, Blue Ridge, and Appalachians, to name a few that are more rounded.

[Dellers]

My favorite mountainous planet:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805668257
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805668087

[Galadhlinn]

Originally posted by Dellers:

My favorite mountainous planet:
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1840294089763687675/F09A6941C956B39B33BBDF4B992A73136F1F51D7/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1840294089763687675/F09A6941C956B39B33BBDF4B992A73136F1F51D7/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

Very Nice!
Good job in framing the planets and the sunset with you on the peak. You must have some experience at this. : )

[Captain Brendig]

I'm a cat person, so always liked this pic.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2260245621

Being from that area and spending much of my spare time hiking around the Cascade range, I can confirm what Galadhlinn is saying. That mtn range is very rough and jagged; lots of steep walls, glaciers, etc.

[Galadhlinn]

Originally posted by Captain Brendig:

I'm a cat person, so always liked this pic.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2260245621

Being from that area and spending much of my spare time hiking around the Cascade range, I can confirm what Galadhlinn is saying. That mtn range is very rough and jagged; lots of steep walls, glaciers, etc.

Hey Capt, how have you been? I took a break for saw milling and tried out Conan Exiles for a bit.
Yes, I've been to over 20 of our National Parks, and Cascades is a hidden gem. I'm lucky to be so close to it and to have it as my view out my window. Strangely, it's one of the parks with the fewest visitors each year. But that means except for a few of the peak summer weekends, no lines, lots of trails to one's self and very quiet and peaceful. This year the snow pack is fat (and still snowing), so the cascading waterfalls for which the park was named will be ferocious, thundering and everywhere.

[Galadhlinn]

Originally posted by Kalamac:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2642858009

Nice Kalamac,
and a lavender mist to go with it.

[bigbadbedwetter]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805799702
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805797532

[Lailantie]

I uploaded two of my favourite mountain shots - just for you all :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806070179

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806073072

[Galadhlinn]

Originally posted by Lailantie:

I uploaded two of my favourite mountain shots - just for you all :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806073072

Ok, I must admit I never thought to attempt something like this in a Nomad!
You should submit that shot to the Gek Nomad Marketing team for their sales brochure. : P

[Galadhlinn]

When you head down to a planet surface and this is what first comes into focus, you know it's going to be a mountainous planet!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806077450

And you'd be right.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806077489

[Lailantie]

Originally posted by Galadhlinn:

Originally posted by Lailantie:

I uploaded two of my favourite mountain shots - just for you all :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806073072

Ok, I must admit I never thought to attempt something like this in a Nomad!
You should submit that shot to the Gek Nomad Marketing team for their sales brochure. : P

:-)

I love the nomad, it's my favourite exocraft. It can be fast, deals well with water, you can even get out while on the water without getting wet and shoot those plants without getting eaten by those white medusas, and you can get up a 90 degree slope. And it flies beautifully down into the crepices.

[Grimmslayer73]

One of my favorites. You can actually jet pack out of the atmosphere from the mt. tops. I have save beacons set up and try to get from one to the other while keeping it below the tops.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806143546
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806143364
From low orbit.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806143174

[Galadhlinn]

Originally posted by Grimmslayer73:

One of my favorites. You can actually jet pack out of the atmosphere from the mt. tops. I have save beacons set up and try to get from one to the other while keeping it below the tops.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806143546
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806143364
From low orbit.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806143174

Very Cool!
So I've always wondered this but never stumbled across the answer. Wouldn't planets with really tall mountains that touch the edge of space make for the easiest planets for building orbital space bases? We have a great indicator now with solar ships, as I've been on mountain tops where the solar ship solar sails stay deployed.