Second World Mapping Attempt

[Kyros]

Thank you very much for the feedback.

Looking back at it, I have to agree the ocean texturing does leave much to be desired. I got the idea from looking at satellite maps of earth and seeing the rugged coastal shelves and the not so flat ocean floor. But seeing at the texture has carried over to the lakes it does indeed look more like holes than actual lakes. So this something I'll have to toy around with and see what I can do about it. As for the mountains I'll have to do a bit more research about the snow being around the equatorial areas. I kinda figured it would have to do more with the elevation of the mountains than where in the world they are. But you could be right and them being snowy is a mistake.

After I sort those out I'll be moving on the next hurtle, rivers. I have been doing some reading on what some people have done for them so I'll probably just try out some of the tutorials on here. If you know of any particular tips in dealing with them that could be helpful any suggestions would be useful.

[Chick]

If the mountains are high enough, it doesn't matter where they are, you are right about that. But in general, the more northerly and southerly will have the more snowy peaks, and only the few very high ranges will have snow in low latitudes.

There is a tutorial (sticky in the Tutorials section) called "How to get your rivers in the right place". Start with that! Then there is a thread in General Discussion on "Common reality errors..." that you might want to read as well.