New Terrain
The map draws the land in a new way. Mountains have ridges, valleys, rock and snow, rivers flow below their banks, and beaches have wet sand, foam and surf.
Mountains with ridges, rock and snow
Before, a mountain was a group of painted peaks on flat ground. Now the ground itself rises into mountains, with ridges, valleys and gullies.
The sun lights each slope, and the high ground casts shadows. Steep slopes show bare rock, and snow lies on the highest ground.
The same places on both releases, at noon in June. Drag across a picture to wipe between them.
- Hills now have light and shade that follow their slopes.
- The grass has soft patches: greener near water, and the colour of straw where the ground is dry.
- Only the drawing changed. You can build on the same tiles as before.
Rivers below their banks
Before, a river was flat water at the level of the fields. Now each river flows in a channel, below its banks.
The banks change along the river, as real banks do. In flat land they are slopes of grass. In the hills and on the outside of a bend, the water cuts a low bank of bare earth. On the inside of a bend, it leaves gravel.
- A narrow stream cuts less deep than a wide river.
- Bridges, dams, boats and swans are on the water in the channel.
- Land that you can build on stays at the same height, so nothing that you built moves.
Beaches with foam and surf
Before, a beach was a band of sand that faded into the grass. Now the sand has a clear edge with dune grass behind it, and its width changes along the coast.
Where the sand meets the sea, it is wet and darker. Foam runs along the edge of the water, and lines of surf break further out. Off a beach, the shallow water is a paler green.
- Where grass or rock comes down to the sea, the water breaks on stones.
- Close up, there are ripples and shells on the sand and marram grass on the dunes.
- The GPU renderer and the Standard renderer both draw the new terrain.
Everything in 0.9.11
Every change in this update, as it is listed on the changelog.
- Rivers now flow in channels below their banks.
- River banks change along a river: slopes of grass in flat land, low banks of earth in the hills, gravel inside bends.
- Beaches now have wet sand, foam and lines of surf, and the width of the sand changes along the coast.
- Where grass or rock comes down to the sea, the water breaks on stones.
- Mountains now have ridges, valleys, bare rock and snow. Before, they were painted peaks on flat ground.
- Hills now have light and shade that follow their slopes.
- The grass has soft patches: greener near water, and the colour of straw where the ground is dry.
- Saved colonies get the new terrain when they load. Nothing that you built moves.
- A planned dam fully in the river showed its powerhouse in the water, and lines could not connect to it.
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