Originally posted by Hantacore:

Well, it looks like the new heightmaps are now 257x257, and you cannot have as much details or surface as islands had before.

Since I did not work a lot on islands between the first editor and current version, i'm not sur about if there have been intermediate formats

What's clear is that the 257x257 heightmap does not cover the whole area, as shown on this screenshot :

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1137423739

See the "deep sea" areas around the central heightmap (which is 257x257)

I know...

Originally posted by TouriStarr:

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So, we have now world-tiles with a 513x513 size and island-maps with a 257x257 size, and the empty space between them.

...and it's since v0.17 that way.
And I think these gaps are still no deep sea biomes, they are just bottom less.
Whatever, Beamteam screwed the world map big time for me.

Hi Hanta! Great job, as far as I can tell. :)

If I understand it correctly, (sry, I didn't tried it yet) you are relocating the objects down to the new heightmap size of 257x257.

Secondly, if I recall correctly, it was possible to open the old maps, and the heightmap would get down-scaled by the in-game editor. (That would be the step 1 and 2 in your tutorial, right?)

In this old example you can see the heightmaps are downscaled from 513x513 to 257x257, and they are still aligned to each other.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=780053429
So, we have now world-tiles with a 513x513 size and island-maps with a 257x257 size, and the empty space between them.
The reduced heightmap is a real issues for me, quality-wise and because of the gaps between the world-tiles.
A workaround for the reduced heightmap resolution would have been to combine tiles to be able to create nice terrain details, but that possibility has been taken away, by the way they have 'optimized' the maps.
If you ever figure out how to workaround their 'optimization' and find out a way to combine island tiles, that would be really great!

Anyway, I like your project! Keep it up, cheers!

I have to check with John Silver if he can update his download links. Otherwise I suggest to move his islands to the showcase sub forum till they are available for download.

Yes, a little bit sad, but still a remarkable collection and nice to have them listed. :)

Sub forum title changed. (There is one small typo in the OP :)

Done! All outdated islands moved one by one to new the thread; it was nice to see all the fantastic projects again, a nice trip to the past. ;...)

Okay, here we go. :)
I'll pin your post as an introduction and start to move now the islands into this thread.
Could you please add to the OP something like 'for SD prior v0.19'?
Thanks!

I agree, good idea! Your thread headline would make a proper new sub forum name. :)
An additional info in the text about the SD version for these old maps and that should do it.

Any further suggestions?

Originally posted by deezbuffalonutz:

yes it was .18

...the number that destroyed worlds. ;)

Hi McFarland and welcome to the group!

Like PartyPyrate says, it's not possible anymore to connect the islands. But thanks for your interest.

Take a look at this project to see what was possible:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/sd-map-makers/discussions/2/392185054118435291/

And here, how to connect islands.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/sd-map-makers/discussions/1/412448792363355847/

Maybe it comes back. I hope so.

If you want to get deeper into map making, check the heightmap specifications. You would need Photoshop or similar to edit the heightmaps:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/sd-map-makers/discussions/1/458606248632536220/

Have fun!

Happy to help my friends! ;)