The game also allows you to generate a region out of a height map. The picture will be scaled to match the selected city size.Īppend #somerandomtext to add some randomness to the map generation in case you are not happy with the result (e.g. Usually I just make a 8 by 14 road rectangle and fill it with an area, but it's pretty boring. Then go into the game, create a new city, and enter the name of the height map file (including the file ending) into the seed text field. How do you design better cities by Philopio, 02:44 I've been at this for quite sometime and can't figure it out. In order to generate a city from a height map place the height map image file into your TheoTown folder and remember its name. I rather just do simple road layout such as Manhattan which is easy to do.
You can get real world height map data for example from See the entry on Wikipedia for more information about height maps. Dependent on where you have your height maps from you may have to adjust their contrast and brightness. A city builder game for Android, Fire OS, iOS and PC. Although is easier, try to not use a grid plan to much. Also use some medium or small ones scattered around the city. Reserve a downtown district (for tall and medium) and play with the buildings heights, forms, colors, textures.
Dont overcrowd the city with tall buildings. The brightness ranges from 0 to 255, with 10 being the sea level. Make plazas and parks EVERYWHERE, it ads a nice look to the city. The brightness of each pixel determines the height of the corresponding tile in the city. Hi, in recent versions of the game you can create cities and regions from height map images.
