Back on track. Like I said, I'm waiting for CTP rural tilsets to be released before I work on building areas again. They may have some nice groups or what-not that I could use. Like houses that rotate 10 degrees instead of 90. I'm sick, really sick, of having to make roads at 90 degree angles and houses do the same. I have the first part of Ashabenford done, almost exactly like the map in the Forgotten Realms Atlas. I had to use the CEP placeable roads, and work with their z-axis a lot to make them look good, but the final result is awesome.[/QUOTE]
You know, the ONLY reason I am using an FR location that is not on the maps is threefold:
1) I tried to make a "verbatim" Waterdeep.... that is a project of such maddening scope and impossibility that it can kill one's interest in NWN for up to 1 year.
2) Hardcore gamers have the maps. Flat out. That makes exploration useless and everyone will know where the good dungeons are if you ape the modules and maps completely. This may be ok for your purposes, but not for mine.
3) I needed to be creative, also the FR is TOO BIG to recreate with any level of either detail or range without 15,000 areas or more... which doesn't happen except on multi-module-clusters, which is beyond my ability to create.
Just beware, the FR is a slippery slope to recreate as faithfully as the true fan may wish. Specific areas can have great success, as well as areas with few to no maps .... I just put in a lost continent...
