Since E-On are working so much on stuff, like the terrian painting feature, what items would you think could improve the terrain editor, whihc many folk think is lagging behind Vue's other capabilities?

Some suggestions from moi :)

1. As said before, allowing the clipping brackets to act as a "mask", Bryce has had this for about a decade, and is an amazing ability, as it lets you work certain effects only on certian heights. For example, by clipping out the bottom heights, you can work on river valley features, then raise the clipping higher so you can work on steep slopes coming down to the valley, etc.

2.  I'd like to be able to use a vector drawing systems to make rivers. Imagine this idea:
   If you could draw a vector line, with nodes you can adjust, as a river or as a road even, that you can adjust the width as it travels (for rivers), it will then lower the terrain under it equal to a height you set, for example. That would let you dig out very precise river and stream valleys. SInce it's a vector system, you coudl alter the line by moving the nodes at any point there after and it would re-apply the lowering function whihc is tied only to the line (it's not permanent, the effect is only applied by the vector line).

3. Overhangs, cliff features and caves are an absolute must. Probably require the terrian to use normal maps though?

1. Overhangs, caves and tunnels indeed. With voxels or normal maps

Other features that already exist in Geocontrol 2

1. realistic erosion systems, ideally applied to procedural terrains
2. realistic terrain formation
3. material masks applied to specific terrain features: rocks, eroded areas, rivers
4. winding roads

Ditch the terrain editor completely, buy out the person that wrote GeoControl 2, get him to make the terrain editor.

Job done :) 

Yeah its kinda far fetched but that would be the best method lol

Jon

Be shure that when they would buy out GeoControl, it will work on the Mac please LOL !!
Otherwise i would love all the suggestions given here :-)

Nice ideas Silverblade,would certainly be nice to see the river system implemented and most certainly caves and cliffs

Jon

Paint on terrain with splines and filters so we can make roads and rivers ect...  :tt1:

Mazak

Get hold of Geocontrol 2 :)