Making maps for TA Spring using L3DT

This tutorial was originally posted on the TA Spring forums by Forboding Angel, and applies to L3DT v2.3d.

  1. Before we start...
    1. Software you'll need
    2. Terminology
    3. Map size issues
  2. Making the heightmap
  3. Climates and terrain types
  4. Making the texture
    1. Post-processing the texture
    2. Placing metal patches
  5. Making the metal map
  6. Making the feature map
    1. Grass, trees and geothermal vents
    2. Other features

At various points Aaron has added some additional comments or notes for clarification, but on the whole the text may be assumed to be written by F.A.