Post by watabou in Elevations, hills, mountains

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Hi!

First of all, let me tell that while I am going to mostly disagree with you, it's not because you did anything unappropriate :)

Yeah, fortified cities were often build on hills, but it wasn't a requirement and anyway, places were rarely so dramatically uneven that they had scarps within city limits. In fact, some of the most prominent medieval cities - London, Paris, Barcelona- were quite flat, at lest at their core historical centers. I didn't pick them to make my point, it just happened so that I'm familiar enough with them to use as examples (maybe if my experience was different, I would see it differently). Probably it's because in the long run having a navigable river as a mean of trade was more important than a fortress on a rock, maybe because on rugged terrain it's harder to expand a city.

That's not actually my point :) I like your images, the cliffs make the city look more interesting. But since they don't exactly have to be there, I prefer to omit them to let users interpret a map as they like.

Coccopappice5 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Hi, Watabou!

First of all, I would like to express all my respect for your work and I'd like to clarify that my intent is not to criticize it, but it is to make myself available for any help.

I agree with you when you say to "let users interpret a map as they like". Indeed, my suggest was about adding an "option" to give the opportunity to use another interesting tool to the City Generator (which doesn't exist yet or, perhaps, I haven't found it yet). Infact, not all the cities are flat as London, Paris and Barcellona (e.g. see in UK Dover Castle, Edimburg Castle, Beeston and Peckforton castles, in France Carcassonne or Haut-Koenigsbourg, in Spain Casteldefels, etc.). If you see at Italy or east-europe cities, you will see wonderful medieval mountain cities with their fortifications on cliffs, mountains or hills. Castles can be on the sea, inside the city, near to the walls and on mountains (these are generally the locations to control enemies or citizens and protect the city or the power).

I simply saw that your (already wonderful) generator has a lack about orography, so I reported it to you.

I hope I was helpful :)

watabou5 years ago

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