Help:Mobile Surveyor Ground Menu
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Ground Menu
The Ground Menu allows users to sculpt and paint the terrain and add water to the world
Ground Tools
- Select the function you wish to perform by tapping on the appropriate tool. The selected tool is highlighted.
- Tap and hold on the tool to bring up any sub-menu tool options.
Height Up
- With Height Up selected, tap and hold to raise the terrain.
- Tap and drag to slowly around the world to create hills
- Adjust the radius by dragging the slider left or right.
- The size of the radius determines the area of influence the tool has.
- Adjust the sensitivity to make the tool act quicker or slower.
Height Down
- As per Height Up, except this tool lowers the terrain.
Height Adjust
- Tap and drag up or down to make fine adjustments to the terrain.
Plateau
- Tap to start creating a level area in the location of your tap.
- Tap and hold to completely flatten the terrain
- The height of the plateau us determined by the height at the location of your tap.
Plateau - Smooth
- Tap and hold the Plateau tool to bring up the additional tools
- Tap to select Smooth
- Tap the Plateau tools again to close the window
- Tap in the world to smooth the terrain at the location of your tap.
- Tap and hold or drag to continue smoothing
Plateau - Grade
- Tap and hold the Plateau tool to bring up the additional tools
- Tap to select Grade
- Tap the Plateau tools again to close the window
- Tap in the world to create a grade (i.e. consistent slope) on the terrain at the location of your tap.
- Tap and hold or drag to continue adding a grade to the terrain.
Paint
- Tap and hold to open the Paint Palette
- Select a texture from the palette
- Tap the Paint button again to close the window
- Tap and drag to paint the terrain
- Filter: Type in the selection field to filter to textures including the words. e.e. 'grass' or 'rock'
- Scale: Adjusts the texture scale
- Rotation: Rotates the direction of the texture
Add Baseboard
- Navigate to the edge of the current baseboard
- Tap Add Baseboard
- Tap off the edge of the world to add a new baseboard
- Delete: With Delete selected, tap on a baseboard and confirm you wish to delete the baseboard selected.
Water
- Tap to open the water tools
Add Water
- Tap and drag to paint the terrain with a water texture
- Adjust the radius to paint more or less water with each brush stroke.
Remove Water
- Tap and drag to erase the water texture
- Adjust the radius to erase more or less water with each brush stroke.
Adjust Water Height
- Tap and drag up or down to raise or lower the water texture
Surveyor Tools
Jump straight to the following tools menus or read more about general Surveyor functions below:
System Menu
Ground Tools (Making mountains, painting terrain etc)
Spline Tools (Tracks, roads, fences etc)
Objects Menu (Scenery, buildings, people, locos etc)
Environment Menu (Skybox, weather etc)
Other Topics
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