Feral Heart

Hello guys, and welcome to my easy to follow tutorial on map making!
I know there are dozens of map making tutorials, but I wanted to add to the community by making my very own.

Firstly, we will start on the Height Map. What is a height map, Tiffany, you ask?
A height map is basically how the terrain is gonna turn out on your map. If you go onto a feralheart map, it's not all flat, is it? Most maps have hills, mountains, dips, quarries, etc. We will start with a basic map since you are probably new to making maps if you are reading this.

The only program you will need (other then FeralHeart, ofc) is Gimp. Now, it doesn't matter what version of gimp you use, I'm currently using Gimp 2.8. Here is a link to download Gimp.  http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
There are other programs you can use to make a Height Map, but I would say Gimp is the easiest to use.

Open up gimp. It will look like this:


You see that file button? Well, click that , and click 'New...' on the top of the options.
You need to now make the Height and Width '513, 513' Because this is what your starting width and height will be. But do not worry, your map won't be as small as that. Don't worry about that for now, though!
Click the (+) Additional Options and change the Color Space from RGB to Grayscale. If you don't do this, your map won't work.
RGB is for the terrain mask which we will do later! I know you are very eager.


Let's get on the fun stuff! Now, here's the key which you must remember. White = Highest point of the map and Black = Lowest point of the map. Basically, you are painting your own terrain. Let's start off with a black canvas.
So you get an image, a fully black canvas would look like this on FeralHeart:



~TO BE CONTINUED~

Tearless has some awesome textures; http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=14568.0 I'm using his wings shaders and his feline texture. I hope you like them if you decide to use 'em!

Hello, I love making savannah based maps and I would gladly make the map for you, but with some catches:

I won't be able to make normal watering holes then make a swamp. I could make a swampy area, but the water would just be a normal texture. Unless you want all the water to be a swampy texture. Other then that, I could make everything work.

Please PM me if you would like me to make the map for you!

Oh my, I never knew you could change fonts until now. Thank you for this thread! xD

I gotta add, when I'm really adventurous, I like using rainbow colours. 

Rainbows Are Awesome And Fun.