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Decorating a City
rogue6800
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Any idea's on decorating a city? I'm going to put in a few trees and add some more NPC's. The area is supposed to be holding a "culture convention" of sorts, for the Federation's second contact.
This is what I've got so far:
This is what I've got so far:
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There's no good way to describe exactly how you do that, but here's examples of what I've come up with for a similar situation (pay more attention to the foreground patio.)
I started with the basic layout and started thinking about how the space might be used if people lived there. Then I keep developing that idea, building on features I add-in, until I feel that any more would just be adding useless clutter (or I hit the object limit.)
Another thing you could do is look at reference photos for city boardwalks and see how usuable stuff tends to be laid out. Some features you could add are small planted gardens (with trees, placed at a distance where you're basically creating an "urban savannah") along the walls or in the middle, and eating areas partially closed off from the main traffic flow. Benches too, you can't often go wrong with benches.
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Linking images rather than embedding them because Wikia doesn't like it for some reason.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Taris-mando.JPG
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:TarisUpperCityConcept1.jpg
That's the Upper City, where the rich people live. The Lower City is a slum and the Undercity is infested with the Star Wars equivalent of werewolves (called rakghouls).
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Work large to small. Cities are all about filling huge areas with huge buildings, then the large areas left over with large props, then filling up the last of the space with your actual medium-small props.
Keep your playable area small and contained, and let the vista drive the "city" feel.
Hmm.. not sure if that's Wikia or the forum software reducing the image size...
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You always have the option to not build at ground level. But this requires you to build the terrain AND place the buildings.
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"No matter where you go...there you are."
I need to do the opposite of my normal workflow, and that's tough for me. Normally I'd block out my buildings, streets, walls, etc. then sculpt any terrain I wanted to conform to that layout. That's a luxury the Foundry doesn't afford us, unfortunately.
Mark, I'll check out your mission.
All of mine have at least one example of a custom ground map with some kind of development. Here's a quick run down:
Gemini - Several ground maps set in and around a coastal city.
Polarity - Academy campus on Andoria
Entropy - Hive-like town center
Continuity - Swampy city, coastal town
Eons - Small town built overlooking ruins
Trident, Part 1 - Island/coastal villages
Trident, Part 2 - Dessert city
Echoes - Close city complex built on a wasteland
For demonstration purposes I'd probably recommend Gemini and Echoes.
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Cities are something I only do occasionally.
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Trident sand is actually brown sugar. :P
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