This map shows 6,400 combinations of terrain blending in an 80 x 80 square grid!
Official Mod Page:
www.ageofempires.com/mods/details/46338/
- Last updated to v1.08 on May 22, 2022
- Click here for an 8K-resolution screenshot of the whole map with labels!https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DCnhVXeDMQCgR-5-v2FgGF1A-IeslbQy/view?usp=sharing
Terrain blending (a.k.a. 'layered terrain') is a new feature in AoE2-DE that lets you combine two different types of terrain in the same map squares. This greatly increases the variety of terrains that are possible for you to feature in your maps! See the below image for a demonstration of how this works.
This map is meant to be a 'visual dictionary' for you to browse terrain combinations by seeing them fully rendered instead of scrolling through lists in the map editor. Some combinations are counterintuitive but look great. It's fun to look around at everything even if you're not making a mod!
Key Features
Each terrain block has a sign that gives info on the terrain when you click on it.
The Objectives tabs in-game give a full list of which terrains are used and which are excluded due to being graphically redundant.
There are units along the southwest edge of the map that change the map's color mood when you click on them.
There is also an elephant unit in the west corner that moves your screen to the opposite terrain block of the last sign you selected. For example, if you select the sign for the terrain block Grass layered over Ice, then select the elephant unit, the screen will move to the terrain block Ice layered over Grass.
How Terrain Blending Works:
Screenshots
Full Map
Snowy Underbrush layered over 2D Shoreless Water
Ice layered over Azure Shallows
Jungle Underbrush layered over Foundation Grass
Ice layered over Black
Jungle Grass layered over Swamp Shallows
Note: This map takes longer to load than most other maps.
Shoutout to the developers of AoE2 Scenario Parser, which is what I used to make all of the terrain blocks and most of the triggers for this mod:
https://ksneijders.github.io/AoE2ScenarioParser/
Scenario Parser is an excellent Python tool that I highly recommend to anyone making mods for AoE2.
Thanks everyone! Please let me know what you think!
- Click here for an 8K-resolution screenshot of the whole map with labels!
Terrain blending (a.k.a. 'layered terrain') is a new feature in AoE2-DE that lets you combine two different types of terrain in the same map squares. This greatly increases the variety of terrains that are possible for you to feature in your maps! See the below image for a demonstration of how this works.
This map is meant to be a 'visual dictionary' for you to browse terrain combinations by seeing them fully rendered instead of scrolling through lists in the map editor. Some combinations are counterintuitive but look great. It's fun to look around at everything even if you're not making a mod!
Note: This map takes longer to load than most other maps.
Shoutout to the developers of AoE2 Scenario Parser, which is what I used to make all of the terrain blocks and most of the triggers for this mod:
Scenario Parser is an excellent Python tool that I highly recommend to anyone making mods for AoE2.
Thanks everyone! Please let me know what you think!
[This message has been edited by CADi_Master (edited 08-22-2022 @ 07:55 PM).]