Containing water

mag315

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How do you contain water at the edge of a layout? When I'm putting a stream close to the edge, the water sometimes extends past the edge of the layout. What am I doing wrong?
 
I've never had it extend past the edge, that's weird. Could you post an image?

To hide the edge of the river going off to ether, I fill in rocks, and trees, or send the river around a ledge so there's no way of seeing the edge of the world.
 
Reducing the radius dial to it's minimum setting when applying water close to the edge of the board will solve that.
 
I've never had it extend past the edge, that's weird. Could you post an image?

To hide the edge of the river going off to ether, I fill in rocks, and trees, or send the river around a ledge so there's no way of seeing the edge of the world.

Here's what I'm talking about. I can't put water near the edge without it extending past the valance. This is with the radius dial turned all the way down.

My-Trainz-Screenshot-Image.jpg
 
Okay that makes sense since you didn't mention this was a model railroad route. :)

Could you use one of the many water splines for places such as this? There are some that are very close to the water texture you are using here and will blend in nicely. You can then fill in the area with rocks, grass, and stuff and it will look quite nice.

John
 
I've faced exactly the same problem. I found the only way to overcome it was to extend the baseboard by one square.

Now, if you have used digholes you may face another problem - how to undo them. That's one reason I now use terra-forming to lower the floor level. It's easy to undo.
 
Water squares take up a minimum of 20 square meters. Could you easily extend the long edge of your table about 8 meters (to the yellow grid line) towards the lower left of your photo above? That would include the water that sticks over the edge.

That's a very nice stream, by the way...

Andrew

Sorry to re-iterate what you suggested, Phil. You beat me to the Enter key...
 
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Water squares take up a minimum of 20 square meters. Could you easily extend the long edge of your table about 8 meters (to the yellow grid line) towards the lower left of your photo above? That would include the water that sticks over the edge.

That's a very nice stream, by the way...

Andrew

Sorry to re-iterate what you suggested, Phil. You beat me to the Enter key...

LOL! That never occurred to me. I may extend the rest of the table edge but for now, this will do. Thanks!

My-Trainz-Screenshot-Image.jpg
 
I've faced exactly the same problem. I found the only way to overcome it was to extend the baseboard by one square.

Now, if you have used digholes you may face another problem - how to undo them. That's one reason I now use terra-forming to lower the floor level. It's easy to undo.

Yeah, I used "digholes" Phil. It wasn't easy to find those tiny, little dots, especially with a floor in the background but somehow, I managed. Thanks!
 
Just a minor point, Mag. If you use the "[" and "]" keys when you put down the grassy textures, you won't get that "herringbone" look.Most of the time I hold down one or the other of those keys and "swoop" the mouse across the area to be painted. I think you handled the water perfectly.

Bill
 
Just a minor point, Mag. If you use the "[" and "]" keys when you put down the grassy textures, you won't get that "herringbone" look.Most of the time I hold down one or the other of those keys and "swoop" the mouse across the area to be painted. I think you handled the water perfectly.

Bill

Thanks Bill. Yeah, I normally do that but I just gave it a "quick and dirty" pass or two to make the area look better for the picture. There are all kinds of tricks you can use to make things work better I learned early on that the "shift" key is your best friend when putting down anything with a spine. Wish there was a list of all these tips and tricks.
 
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