Best practices for a plaza?

[steambc]

I know there are some tutorials out there for making plazas, but it seems that the technique has not yet been perfected because of pathing peculiarities.

Is there a generally accepted methodology for easily making large plazas that is considered best practice as we roll into 2018? Thanks for any advice or for a link to a more modern tutorial.

 

[Achronite]

Silv did a good one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEtI8Q4XCek

 

[Vampiro]

Silv did a good one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEtI8Q4XCek

He didn't use the plaza tool however [happy]

If you combibe his technique with the plaza tool you can do some awesome stuff.

For example :

Create the main plaza with the plaza tools to make a big walkable square, then use his technique for the borders.

 

[cerealfruitcakes]

He didn't use the plaza tool however [happy]
If you combibe his technique with the plaza tool you can do some awesome stuff.
For example :
Create the main plaza with the plaza tools to make a big walkable square, then use his technique for the borders.

Yup! Here's a little tutorial to do this. Place down paths in a grid(they don't have to be square and can be any width you want) in whatever blob of a shape,

Then add a path in the corners like this, (experiment with different widths for different results)

Delete that path and you'll get this,

And then go around and do it to all the corners for a nice large plaza,

[up]

You can do this on sloped terrain too just as long as the slope isn't too intense.

 

[Robert K]

Yes, that’s a great trick for making large areas of path that are not square and have curved edges.

 

[Gysan]

Yup! Here's a little tutorial to do this. Place down paths in a grid(they don't have to be square and can be any width you want) in whatever blob of a shape,

https://i.imgur.com/P4tHSCOh.jpg

Then add a path in the corners like this, (experiment with different widths for different results)

https://i.imgur.com/2BE3AMjh.jpg

Delete that path and you'll get this,

https://i.imgur.com/RFo3YSZh.jpg

And then go around and do it to all the corners for a nice large plaza,

https://i.imgur.com/K2neQLMh.jpg

[up]

You can do this on sloped terrain too just as long as the slope isn't too intense.

That is a great advice cerealfruitcakes, thank you! [happy]

 

[WingardiumLevicoaster]

moving to How Do I and FAQ

 

[Helena]

Interesting!!! Thank you so much.

 

[steambc]

Thanks for all the great information, guys. Just what I needed.