Short Mountains Tutorial

[Mapper]

What you need:
A Basic understanding of mapping in RMXP
RMXP(duh.)

Obviously, make a new map with the mountain tileset, You will see this.


Start off by making a jagged rock facing at the bottom, like this:



You have to remember, there is no straight lines in nature.
After that make a stream and a rock facing that looks like this:



I would have given you a screenshot of the process, but I messed up
Anyways, go to layer 2 and start on some of the plants and trees and add the bridge, but don't go overboard on the trees, we need some space for the hard part!



Now, go to layer 3 and finish the bridge rails, and if you like, overlap some trees to give it a cool effect.



Now for the hard part. Make two or more rock facings in the blanks you left in the trees. Remember, no straight lines in nature!!



Now that you are done wth that, finish up the mountainy feel by adding some more foliage such as flowers, more trees, and possibly a spring and then you have your mountain!
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Tips
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You might improve your bridge by adding some river Sound effects, it works like this:

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Play BGS: '010-River01'. 80. 100.

[Kokowam]

That looks pretty good, except I think that the screenshots should be a bit bigger and that the dirt road shouldn't just be a straight line because if you put patches in certain places, it looks like people were walking across it or something and wore it out. Gj, though.

[Mapper]

Yeah, the pics do suck, but you can click on them to make them bigger! As for the road, I wasn't aiming for straight, but not quite...Scrambled...Like a road that is only traveled on once every two days. Not a perfect road, but not a scribbled-on-to-the-map road

[dollmage]

for a mountain tut sure looks like perfectly made by human hands

just a comment, you could either ignore what i just said.

wont it be better if you make it more disoriented its a mountain right? so it should not have a perfect curve on the edges well to have a more touch of nature on to it.

any way you did say short tut.

[Mapper]

for a mountain tut sure looks like perfectly made by human hands

There are a few ways to solve the "made by human hands" problem. You could put some storyline behind it, like "The dwarves made it." or "A magic spell was cast over them." I think that sound a bit better than "Humans worked their asses off carving out these mountains, God knows why..."