The easiest way for me to show you what tiles to use and how/where to use them is to supply you with them used in a level that you can refer back to.
I have edited the level you supplied me with and attached it. I have also included a screenshot to help explain a few things.
I will begin with the red circles. These areas are places where I added a straight (horizontal or vertical) cliff so that your cliffing does not seem too zigzagged.
In violet, I circle parts of the grass-dirt layering just off the water cliffs that I detailed in an effort to make it more interesting. I do not think expanses of grass-dirt layering that is straight (including diagonally) look very nice.
In green I circled an effort to place a horizontal cliff on the water cliffs. The problem I find with this specific side of the water cliff is that it does not fit very well with the surrounding tiles so I tiled it the way I have. It does seem a bit awkward.
In brown I circled how I merged all of the deep water together. Logically, it players will not be able to swim through it, but I ignored this fact for the sake of visual appeal and thought it would like good this way.
In black I changed your tiles for the porch of the house. I consider using this tiles instead of the ones you previously had as they have smaller gaps and less of an incline illusion (they appear more flat and more suitable for a walkway)
In yellow is another extension of a vertical cliff to help make your cliffing flow more smoothly in that area.
The light (almost teal) blue circles are places where I used a certain design that Jave and I both use for these cliff sides, it involves placing a single tile at the bottom row (you will understand if you look closely). I find they fit nicely but others might disagree.
Finally, in dark blue, I attempted to redesign the topright section of the cliff. Originally, I did not think I would be able to smoothly create the in and out curve and made it flat. But after a few hours of experimenting I arrived at the place in the level and screenshot. Some parts of it might not be the best choice of tiles, so I might refer to someone else for tips in that area if I were you; I am not very experienced in that specific section of cliffing.
05-27-2009, 08:05 AM
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