CotN Editor Tricks

[sitearm]

I would like to suggest experienced or fast-learning CotN Editor users post their favorite "editor tricks" to share in this thread with newer editors.

User-created scenarios have been very popular! The Editor is a bit tricky but several users have clearly mastered it!

Making it easy for new editors to find things

As a way to make it easier on new editors, perhaps each contributor could make one post only (for example MyUserName's Editor Tricks) and then keep editing that post to add and organize your tips?

Types of things to share:

. Creating maps (terrain, resources, plantlife, animal life, people)
. Creating stories (plotlines, events, characters)
. Creating worlds (other cities, locales)
. Creating triggers (interactions between player and world and map events)

. Avoiding Editor crashes
. Understanding Editor quirks ("do X this way, not that way")
. Understanding Editor options ("how to...")

hm... I missed a few...

[sitearm]

Sitearm's CotN Editor Tricks

Vision Me a River or I See the Mountain

When sculpting terrain on a map, including a river or hill or mountain, I find it helpful to visually understand what the different terrain editor settings do. So I experimented and took and edited screenshots to make the following attached images:
. Create a River Step 1
. Create a River Step 2
. Create a River Step 3
. Effect of Different River Settings
. Effect of Different Elevation Settings
. Mountain, Plain, and River