Scenario Editor – Map Design
Welcome to “Map Design” section of the Scenario Design Library! This section contains map design and eye-candy articles to improve how your map looks.
Cemeteries by Talon Karrde
Learn how to make “good’n’spooky cemeteries” in this article.
Swamps by Talon Karrde
Learn how to make a swamps in this article.
Middle Eastern Towns by Talon Karrde
Learn how to make a middle eastern town with the minimal units avaiable to you with this article.
Realistic Cities by Shadowgate
Learn how to create realistic looking towns and cities in this article.
Getting Objects Close Together by Talon Karrde
Learn how to make a bunch of objects be grouped close together in this article.
Creating Cliffs by Talon Karrde
Learn how to create good looking cliffs in this article.
Substitute for “Map copy” by Talon Karrde
Learn how to create “new” buildings in this article.
Realistic Maps by Mob Freako
Learn how to create realistic maps in this article.
Water For Beginners by Adder
This article will teach you all about Empires water.
Terrain Types by Adder
This article will teach you all about Empires many terrains.
Creating Forests by SCN Punk
This article will help you make any forest you place on your map look great, as well as very realistic.
Elevation Files by SCN Punk
This unique feature of the Empires map editor allows you to take typographical information and place it into a scenario, which helps when making a geographical map. Find out more about “Elevation Files” in this article…
Elevation by Byzantine_Warrior
This article shows you a quick way to place elevation on your entire map.
Randomization by Adder
This article explains an easy way of designing your map – placing terrains and eye candy objects randomly around the map, and then perfecting them so they look good afterwards.