Easy way to make good shorelines and easy water.

[IlidanStormrage]

<div align="center">Water Made Easy</div>
<div align="center">By IlidanStormrage</div>

Step One
Open World Editor. Select "New Map" from the top left corner.

Step Two
Apply the following settings:
Map Size: 32x32
Tileset: Whatever you'd like
Initial Water Level: Deep Water
Click OK.

Step Three
Open the Terrain Pallet if it isn't already open with the "T" key on your keyboard.
Set it to:
Apply Height: Raise (First square below the heading)
Size: 8 (Last square below the heading)

Step Four
Raise the ground to a level slightly above the water by clicking repeatadly OR holding down the left mouse button and dragging in a circular motion. It should look like this when done:
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Step Five
Set the terrain pallet to:
Apply Height: Plateau (Middle square, three from either side)
Size: 8

Step Six
Place the cursor at the center of the hill, hold down the left mouse button, and drag it until you COMPLETELY COVER THE SCREEN. This includes the area in black (borders). The entire map must be plateaued to the same height. It should look like this when zoomed out:
<img width=\"501\" class=\"attach\" src=\"http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v24/IlidanStormrage/tut_1_08.jpg\" border='0' alt=\"IPB Image\" />




Step Seven
Go to "Scenario" at the menu bar at the top, click, go down to "Map Size and Camera Bounds...", click. A new box will pop up.

Make sure to check the "Modify Map Bounds" square. Then, click on the arrows to size up the map.
Note: The map size must be multiples of 32 (32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256).

Step Seven
You can now lower any terrain and it will expose water! Proceed to place a few rivers, some terrain variation, some trees, and you can make yourself a lake that looks much better than Blizzard's cliffs.
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[Undead_Lives]

Didn't I already make a tutorial REALLY similar to this? I suggest CHECKING before you make a common tutorial such as this so you don't make one that's already been made.
Besides, you forgot a step-Uncheck "Enforce Water Height Limits"

 

[Hunter_destruction]

Didn't I already make a tutorial REALLY similar to this? I suggest CHECKING before you make a common tutorial such as this so you don't make one that's already been made.
Besides, you forgot a step-Uncheck "Enforce Water Height Limits"
[/b]

Chill. His is different. But yes I do a agree it IS kind of repeaditive. His tutorial covers the whole map ^^

 

[Undead_Lives]

Chill.[/b]

Meh, I just had a milkshake so I'm chilled
I just hate having repetition when it's unnecessary.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

This tutorial is better and more descriptive than yours U_L, so stop complaining

 

[IlidanStormrage]

Your's was about using the whole cliff ramp method, which is good too. This is different

You don't need to uncheck enforce water height limits on this one.

 

[maTt540]

I learned all about making shorelines like this and better after reading VGs dos and donts of map making, cliff section. Gj though for making this

 

[Undead_Lives]

Your's was about using the whole cliff ramp method, which is good too. This is different [/b]

It was NOT the cliff ramp method. It was making water using raise and lower and bla bla.
But w/e.

 

[N00byStance]

Yeah, w/e, yours and HD's tutorials don't exclude each other.

 

[abdumac]

A very detailed tutorial, nice job and please make more tutorials, i like ur orginization and detailed step by step info.