Curved Staircase and Possibility to lay a transparent Graphic over the Game for easier Flowerbed Design?

[Firestar97]

I'm having a few Problems with the Chinese Garden I'm working on. I want a Tower where Guests can go up to to look at the Garden from above but I don't know how to create a curved Staircase, so I need some Tips how to do it.
The Flowerbed in the first Area of the Garden does also make a few Problems because I'm not able to replicate the Design I want to use in the Game. It would be way easier if I could somehow lay a transparent Version of the Picture over the Game, so it's easier to place the Flowers in the correct Positions, so please let me know if there is some kind of Software that can be used for that

 

[shirandhak]

@Spiral staircase: you can check/uncheck in the pathway-menu settings (the right tab with the wheel-icon) to have or have not curved stairs. And you can (if you scroll further down to the last checkbox) decide how long your raised pathway-sections shall be (smallest being 0,5 m).

@flowerbed: I can't give you a transparent overlay, but you could take a screenshot and open this screenshot with a picture editor or something like photoshop and tab in and out for comparison. And remember: It's the little details and differences which make flowers look realistic and allive. Nothing is more boring than two flowerbeds looking exactly the same.

 

[Firestar97]

Thanks. I hope I'll be able to get the Stairs now right for the Tower.

I think without a transparent Overlay the Flowerbed will take a lot of time and will be really difficult to get right but I should just try it.

And remember: It's the little details and differences which make flowers look realistic and allive. Nothing is more boring than two flowerbeds looking exactly the same.

Most of the Time I don't really do something with Flowerbeds or Plants that really look like they were artificially planted. I only did it once before in my Bird Park but I can already tell from looking at it that it will most likely look really great once it's finished

 

[Cile]

I try to plan my zoo out using the terrain paint tool, since it does not cost anything to use it, if you draw on the ground using the terrain paints where you want buildings and paths and enclosures and flowers it could be useful maybe ?

 

[Firestar97]

I try to plan my zoo out using the terrain paint tool, since it does not cost anything to use it, if you draw on the ground using the terrain paints where you want buildings and paths and enclosures and flowers it could be useful maybe ?

Maybe this could help. At least it wouldn't need as much Time as trying to get it right just with placing the Flowers. I'll try it. Thanks

 

[Firestar97]

I just wanted to mention that I think that the Flowerbed will be finished soon. Thanks to the Symbol I want to depict being symmetrical, it helps a lot to use the Bamboo Pieces as a Measurement Tool to find the Middle of multiple Parts of the Area