What are the ground types in the landscaping tool?

[The_Bat_Daddy]

Okay, I've been searching for hours and can't find an answer, time to ask you guys.

What on earth are the different ground types in the paint landscaping tool? I know the obvious ones, but there are a bunch I can't identify and of course there is no in game name display.

[Usedfireball]

Various types of dirt, crushed rock/pavement, and grass. No I do not know what they are labeled as either. Can be tricky to match up the same one to an area if you are "painting" pavement or what not around a building and tying into an existing road that isn't blacktop.

The actual names are hidden away in game files somewhere, perhaps others know what they are called.

[8Pfundspeck]

small tip for u: make a new game and try all kinds of ground types by yourself. there are many concrete/asphalt types some are broken others are clean types of it. so u can make halfbroken roads as an example, for more realism. even gravel is possible. That said i recommend you to try all types in a new savegame to be sure u don´t destroy your game.

[The_Bat_Daddy]

Originally posted by 8Pfundspeck:

small tip for u: make a new game and try all kinds of ground types by yourself. there are many concrete/asphalt types some are broken others are clean types of it. so u can make halfbroken roads as an example, for more realism. even gravel is possible. That said i recommend you to try all types in a new savegame to be sure u don´t destroy your game.

Great idea, still doesn't tell me the names of each though.

[8Pfundspeck]

yeah but after my tip "YOU" know exactly which type "YOU" want to paint.

[Retired Soldier Gaming]

is there a mod or something I can change to get the names of the ground types while in landscape painting mode?

[Randy]

You can change it in the xml files of the map

[Retired Soldier Gaming]

How?

[Bromstine]

Originally posted by 8Pfundspeck:

yeah but after my tip "YOU" know exactly which type "YOU" want to paint.

BS. I still have to memorize (after trial-and-error finding the right ground type) which number it is, like "okay, reload my game and the go to landscaping, go painting, and then hit tab N times"

[the.lovewyrm]

yeah, I have no idea why there is no label for the textures. such a theoretically easy fix, too.

[the.lovewyrm]

Originally posted by Prosecutor Godot:

Originally posted by Bromstine:

BS. I still have to memorize (after trial-and-error finding the right ground type) which number it is, like "okay, reload my game and the go to landscaping, go painting, and then hit tab N times"

Stay here and whinge then, see how far that gets you

Actually, because of this thing I can think of a solution.
A mod that replaces the texture icon with a labelled one.
As in, a small text in a corner, written directly onto the image file used as the icon.

ground 01, 02
concrete
grass
sand
beach
gravel

etc

[Great Sage Equal of Heaven]

I saw a mod like that in Modhub yesterday