[Modding] M2TW: How to Make a Smooth Coast

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Author: SigniferOne
Original Thread: [Tutorial] How to Make a Smooth Coast

How to Make a Smooth Coast

Behold, the magic method explained to me by Wilddog, which will make your coasts appear sublime.

We can turn a square into a circle:


The magic of 'massaging' a coast...


We can go from this,


to this:


So how does this work? Here is the unadulterated, complete PNG fragment. Download it and use the Eyedropper Tool to analyze its color values:


Pay particular attention to the main depression in the middle.

The theory is the following: 1) the darker the sea pixel, the more inclined the adjacent land pixel will be. 2) All decreases in brightness must be gradual. 3) editing land pixels is unnecessary, other than keeping them at rational height of 1 to 10 pixels (mine are at 6, creating that nice sensation of a landmass 'raised' above the water).

Voila, coasts like you've never seen before:





Etc.

[Gigantus]

Here is the missing PNG fragment - with the last digits of the RGB code added