Flattest map?

[Bowser]

Before we get the map editor, what's the flattest map? I kinda hate all the levelling I have to do.

I miss Flatlands :(

[Kinedor]

I agree... a full flat map is must have.

[Stealthy]

Lakeland. That's pretty flat and you can fill up lakes without any harm.

[Young_Willis]

Barrier Island is the other good option.

[Hert the Fisherman]

Look at the buildable area for the flattest land. Tampere is first at 66% River Delta and San Francisco come in second with it being in the 40%s

[Xamurai]

yes barrier Island is very flat

[Streeto]

I once played on a flat map and ended up terraforming 50% of it to create little hills and valleys. I don't get it, flat is so boring, it's not like that in real life, at least in most countries.

[BingoBango]

Originally posted by Klingenmeister:

Originally posted by Stealthy:

Lakeland. That's pretty flat and you can fill up lakes without any harm.

you cannot. If you fill up lakes you get an error message when trying to build in that area

Yeah you will. Save and reload solved that for me after doing the terraforming

[Stealthy]

You don't need to reload. Give it some time, and it will sort itself. I just filled the lake around the start tile. What I did notice that initially you get sand texture on the ground, but when you "re terraform" from the grassy area into it, sand disappears and after that you can build onto that area.

[Kharnath]

Originally posted by Streeto:

I once played on a flat map and ended up terraforming 50% of it to create little hills and valleys. I don't get it, flat is so boring, it's not like that in real life, at least in most countries.

well i happen to live in a country that is mostly if not completely flat.

but that's not the issue the issue is that small slopes completely mess with the zoning. i get a 0.1% slope everywhere and zones simply do not connect to roads and if i build a road whole neighborhoods lose connection.

[Xelance]

earth-chan is not flat

[Himiko Moonsea L]

A city with no topography is like a soup without salt... Jokes aside, it is true that once again, leveling is very poorly managed by the game. These big mounds between two levels are very ugly.

[ForesterSOF]

There are many types of ecosystems/maps and we only have a few of them.
We need more.

[WaywardSiren]

Barrier Island is the flattest I've seen. But the terraforming has much improved and you have access to it immediately, so don't be afraid of a few hills. A completely flat city is a boring city imo

[WaywardSiren]

Originally posted by Himiko Moonsea L:

A city with no topography is like a soup without salt... Jokes aside, it is true that once again, leveling is very poorly managed by the game. These big mounds between two levels are very ugly.

With some practice, I thought the terraforming was pretty smooth myself. That being said though, nothing in this game is currently perfect as is. But I do agree with you that a completely flat city is dull.

[WaywardSiren]

Originally posted by Hert the Fisherman:

Look at the buildable area for the flattest land. Tampere is first at 66% River Delta and San Francisco come in second with it being in the 40%s

Build-able area is not the same as flat build-able area.