Tip of the Week

Understanding the Prop Browser

by jhammer | May 1, 2009 08:21:32 PM

This tip examines CityScape's Prop Browser panel -- the primary interface to populating your world!

Road Editing Basics 1: Road Linking

by agoldberg | April 24, 2009 03:26:45 PM

This tip introduces road linking and provides a few helpful hints that will have you hammering out professional-quality roads in no time flat.

Park Path Synthesis

by agoldberg | April 10, 2009 05:24:48 PM

This tip provides an introduction to road style manipulation.

Harnessing the Power of PowerLine Mode

by jhammer | April 3, 2009 07:47:54 PM

This week's tip takes a look at the new PowerLine mode of CityScape 1.7.

Moving Mountains

by jhammer | March 6, 2009 07:52:22 PM

This tip explores a couple different ways to move terrain features when working with Geography polygons.

Group Prop Placement

by jhammer | February 27, 2009 06:17:04 PM

This tip shows how to use the group prop placement tools to populate large areas of your world.

City Block Lots

by jhammer | February 20, 2009 11:14:13 AM

This tip examines how the lot system interacts with the road system through the creation of city blocks.

A Little About Lots

by jhammer | February 13, 2009 02:13:28 PM

This tip shows how to create arbitrary lots in Lot Mode for texturing distinct areas of your terrain.

Baking Procedural Geography Features

by akozlowski | February 6, 2009 01:49:50 PM

This tip shows how to bake procedural terrain features so they can be further manipulated via the terrain painting tools.

Picking Terrain Heights for Painting

by akozlowski | January 30, 2009 02:31:18 PM

This tip shows how to pick terrain heights directly from the geography to use for terrain painting.

Diving into Water Mode

by abarany | January 23, 2009 12:39:23 PM

This tip discusses the basics of creating both global and local water planes in Water Mode.

Taking Control of the Atmosphere: A Guide to Sky Mode

by abarany | January 15, 2009 02:15:20 PM

This tip serves as a practical overview of the features available in Sky Mode.

Using Curve Snap to Align Props

by jhammer | January 9, 2009 04:08:40 PM

This tip covers the use of Curve Snap to adjust the placement of props through a pair of practical examples.

Building Freeway On-Ramps

by akozlowski | January 2, 2009 02:38:58 PM

This tip shows users the basics of how to create freeway on-ramps. (Part 2 of 2)

Building Freeway Off-Ramps

by akozlowski | December 22, 2008 12:17:16 PM

This tip shows users the basics of how to create freeway off-ramps. (Part 1 of 2)

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