Some map editor questions...

[neko_ceko]

Hi,

So, I've been trying to create a map of my city, and I've been having a few problems... I've used to maps4cim mod to create the terrain and all that, which is great. But here are my problems:

1. Why isn't there popup text when I put my mouse over some of the icons? I've watched a few tutorials and it's there for them, but not for me. For example, when I put my mouse over the height tool I have to guess what it does. It's really annoying. I thought the third edit terrain tool was a water tool because there's a drop of water in the icon, and I had no idea what that tool is until I watched a tutorial. Same for filters, I have to guess what ever button does and it's really annoying. Is there any way to fix this? (example: http://gyazo.com/69a...b3bbd1260f0.png my mouse is over one of the filters but no pop up appears)

2. Water. How do I make a river? I know I can set the elevation bellow 0, which will make water, but is there anyway for water to appear above 0? The reason is because maps4cim made my map have really high evelation, so I can't add a proper looking river since I have to go very very deep for water to appear. (this is how low I have to go for water to appear: http://gyazo.com/6b8...043048a5719.png )

3. After a certain height, a white texture (which I assume is snow) appears. Is there any way to remove the snow? (http://gyazo.com/782...3ef45c86268.png )

4. If there's no way to fix those two height problems, is there a way to lower the height of all terrain on my map?

5. Are there any building mods for CiM 2?

6. How do I cancel placement of an object? For roads it's right click, but for objects and buildings right click rotates it.

7. Very often the icons of roads and objects in the editor disappear and it's hard for me to say what every building is. Is there a way to fix this without restarting the game? (http://gyazo.com/0af...31edf8c73db.png )

Sorry for the ammount of (possibly stupid) questions, but I looked around and couldn't find an answer. Thank you in advance!

 

[ggjono]

i personally dont know about 1- 4
5 not that i know of sadly
6 not possible you have to just delete the building with the bulldozing tool
7 i get this a lot it is really annoying for me if you leave it they will show up again. Personally i think it has somthing to do with it trying to load the model ( i could be wrong)

 

[neko_ceko]

Thanks for the answers. I've found a way around 1-4 (sorta). In the maps4cim mod there's a setting that I missed that allows you to adjust the height of your map. Though snow still appears on very low levels, but that's okay I guess. Sad that there are no building mods. Hopefully some in the future.

Here's another question: Is there a way to scroll though the random props objects, that give you a random object every time you place it?

 

[XanosEU]

1. Why isn't there popup text when I put my mouse over some of the icons?

Until a certain version, there where popups. After a patch they where gone. Hopefully they come back.​

2. is there anyway for water to appear above 0?

No. Waterlevel is always at -10m​

3. Is there any way to remove the snow?

No.​

4. Is there a way to lower the height of all terrain on my map?

No.​

5. Are there any building mods for CiM 2?

No mods yet. CiM2 is not very mod-friendly. A single mod by eis_os is available which hacks zero and four-laned pedestrian paths into the game (but not the editor).​

6. How do I cancel placement of an object?

No shortcut, but also no need to cancel the placement of an object. Just don't place it.​

7. Very often the icons of roads and objects in the editor disappear and it's hard for me to say what every building is.

For me they disappear when I alt-tab out of the game. The game has to reload the images, but doesn't. I don't know any way to fix it.​

 

[mediziner]

5. Are there any building mods for CiM 2?

No mods yet. CiM2 is not very mod-friendly. A single mod by eis_os is available which hacks zero and four-laned pedestrian paths into the game (but not the editor).​

Oh, you can build them also in the map Editor

 

[eis_os]

You can even build zero lane without sidewalks, totally useless but well.
Note: You can't reset to zero lane, this needs an editor restart, this would needs a patch to the Game that I won't currently distribute.

Because of the internal logic I currently can't release my next big tram patch. Maybe they will change the logic with the next patch....

 

[neko_ceko]

Thanks for your answers.