Think I might have set my forest density too high.

[Martin]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1202379463

But I do like the look. :)

[maculator]

I like forrests, but I'd go for a bit less of it^^
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1195645992

[Martin]

What did you set the number to? I set it to 2.0 and density to 0.5

It's not bad initally, also enabled the industry button, so I can now add the odd industry that's just too far away etc, makes the game abit easier if you get a nice map but some poor industry.

And I doubled the timer to 4000 ms. So takes twice as long. But feels abit more realistic.

[maculator]

vegetation = {
forestLevel = 0.82, -- 0.0 - 1.0
forestDensity = 2.0, -- 0.25 - 4.0
singleDensity = 0.0, -- 0.0 - 100.0
treeLine = 160.0
},

Not a fan of the industry button. I play on a large 1:5 map with 6 cities and 33 industries. 2x complete sets and goods, plastik, chemical plant, food factory, construction materials a third time. Since tis also mountainious and has a huge river across the map its the biggest challenge I ever faced. Also 8000ms per day and hard mode of course.

Edit: On the 1:5 map I set it to:

vegetation = {
forestLevel = 0.65, -- 0.0 - 1.0
forestDensity = 0.8, -- 0.25 - 4.0
singleDensity = 0.3, -- 0.0 - 100.0
treeLine = 290.0
},

Looks like this:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1201088152
A bit sparser, but thats what I wanted. The fun thing about this map is the river. From water level to the "normal" height after the slope its 120m....... awsome!

[Martin]

Cool I'll run some test maps with the new figures.

Once made a map from a key that was like LakesAndRivers or something like that, it wasn't specifically that but it made a large map with 3 huge lakes in the middle all interconnected by some short rivers. Was an awesome shipping map. But I can't remember the combination I made tried hundreds of combinations still can't get the map layout to generate what I originally had.

[maculator]

I can tell you 0.8 is a bit sparse close to the treeLine, but 2.0 is almost too much. In general I'd suggest you aim for ~1.4. For me it'S perfect when the trees ground texture ist the 2nd one (the one for dense forrest) all the way through the forrest.

[Martin]

I'll make a series of tests, I like the dense forests, reminds me of home, where I grew up, I miss that where I live, here forests are small areas, almost like farms. Always wanted to go and live in north usa/canada, they have big forests.

[maculator]

Do also experiment with the treeline. I do lower it signifficant and raise the forestLevel instead. So hills do look like mountains, mountains like ... something really big and you get nice green valleys.