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Ravenwood Isle
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Description
Welcome to the Ravenwood Isle!

The Ravenwood Isle is a lush green mountainous island surrounded by a cluster of smaller, picturesque islands.

Details:

- An island with lakes and mountains, surrounded by several smaller islands.
- Available connections: Highway, Rail, Ship, Plane.
- Available resources: Ore, Fertile and Forestry.
- Temperate map.
- Larger flat space available on the other side of the island.
- Swamps on the islands.
- The smaller islands are the perfect vacation spot!
- Perfect for a small to medium city
- Mandatory lighthouse, with detail!
- 4 optimized custom tree packs, looks great and is easy on low end computers.
- No DLC required.
- Collection for easy subscribing!

Designed for use with the 81 Tiles mod. Also playable with the vanilla 9 tiles, or the 25 tiles mod.

If you want to play it in a different environment (For instance, winter or European), you can use the Environment Changer (+ Improved Theme Selection) mod.

Why did you stop using Vanilla trees?
Because they're terrible. They look bad(the changes they made to the tree LOD's make them even worse, whichI didn't think was actually possible), and they are very, very poorly optimized. The vanilla trees are between 600 and 2000(!) tris per tree. The tree packs I use are all low tris, high detail.

I have a potato PC. Can I still use this map?
Yes! The trees I used are all better optimized and easier on your system than the ones that come with the game. And if you need less trees, simply don't subscribe to one or more of the tree packs. They won't show up on the map, but the map itself will work fine. If you still want to use the trees later, you can resubscribe to it once you've saved your city without them in it. They won't re-appear, and you can safely use them when you want. And if you don't want the theme, you can launch it without it and the game will use the vanilla temperate theme. Just ignore the popup. It won't look as good, but it'll work fine.

The stone props are floating!
Prop Snapping does not play nice with the vanilla rock props. This is not caused by the map.

LUT used for screenshots: Relight Neutral.

If you run into any problems or have any questions, please let me know.

And of course all comments, likes and favs are much appreciated! I'd love to see the city you build on it! :)
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AquilaSol  [author] 11 Mar, 2023 @ 5:04pm 
@emraldmars
That's usually a mod, yes. :) Do you have Hide It? If so, uncheck the Shore Area option in its settings.
(Or if you have a similar mod that hides dead trees on shorelines, check that mod's options.)
emraldmars 11 Mar, 2023 @ 4:46pm 
Neat, last comment was on my birthday!

Um... I am working with this map right now, and I don't have any of the autumn-looking trees in the swamp areas. I know it's been a couple years, but any reason I don't have those? Do I have a mod interfering with something?
AquilaSol  [author] 20 Mar, 2020 @ 7:25am 
@Allystrya There have been a few game updates since the map came out, so there's a very good chance you're right, and that an update fixed it. :)
Allystrya 19 Mar, 2020 @ 5:45pm 
Yes, I am aware of the prop snapping issue hence why I was excited when I did it by accident in the middle of the night half asleep a month or two ago. It was a relief to me to not have to care if there was floaters anymore when looking at maps. I didn't know repopping was a thing until I read your reply.

It does have me curious though why it won't it work for others but does for me. Maybe it settings? or an update? I can tell you I would never provide bad info I promise.

I did a video example for you to view. I don't know if it will help and maybe you will see something that will. I chose ecania's YAKATORIAN ISLANDS. It has a rather large amount of floating items and was the original map I did it on for a city build.

I performed the same actions I do on any map with floaters, even saving and reloading after I do it. I show my options area forgot to the bottom of my mod list for a full view.

https://youtu.be/GnuD1qi8As4
AquilaSol  [author] 19 Mar, 2020 @ 7:19am 
@Allystrya The "problem" with the floating props is because Prop Snapping doesn't play nice with vanilla props. It has nothing to do with their placement or elevation. ;) Once you remove the mod, the props stop floating. Even if you try to lower them back to ground level with the align tools, they'll just jump back up either directly or on load. It's a bug.
Allystrya 18 Mar, 2020 @ 7:43pm 
I ran out of characters LOL I love this map :) It is beautifully done :)
Allystrya 18 Mar, 2020 @ 7:42pm 
Just as an FYI for the wonderful floating tree/prop issues on maps:

If you use MoveIt, then you can select props and trees in MoveIt,
Use the Marquee tool and select your entire square (or if using a camera utility mod that allows you to go anywhere on the map then you can zoom out and select the whole map)
Then select to "Align Objects to Terrain Height", then it nicely plops them down.

However be cautious if they have used other props and such. I usually check all the green areas of move it to ensure it isn't some oddball placed prop like a wall light but if it is then just shift click it to de-select it. Usually though it is just rocks and trees :) if they aren't floating then nothing happens anyway :)
Vimes 14 Jul, 2019 @ 11:20am 
Thanks, that's good to know :)
AquilaSol  [author] 14 Jul, 2019 @ 10:30am 
@Vimes I always use the 81 Tiles mod myself. It has some issues with a few things build outside the 25 normal tiles such as custom pillars resetting (Network Skins) and disaster evacuations not working ooutside those 25 tiles, but other than that it works fine. :)
Vimes 14 Jul, 2019 @ 4:50am 
I do not know where you get your inspiration from, but I'm so glad that you do :)

Many thanks for creating and sharing this.

Are there any known issues using the 81 tiles mod over that of the 25..?

That way I get access to the bottom section of land on this beautiful map.

Thanks