Mountains

Here are a couple of screenshots demonstrating a basic mountain range made with the contour map tool. This was a basic test not only for the map tool but for the engine itself.

Several engine features are at work here, including terrain rendering, tile map rendering (brown ground tiles) and the skydome (along with a sunset). It probably took me less than an hour to create the tile map, the mountain range (using contours), and the mountain/ground textures. This scene can be viewed from any angle or elevation, by the way.

 

 

I have yet to perfect the sunset/sky coloring yet (or clouds for that matter), although the algorithm I created for it is up and working properly. Now it is just a matter of adjusting some color tables I've created for the skydome to make it look a bit more realistic.