Rheia: one final try at ground-up worldbuilding

[Tiluchi]

Wow, I really dropped off the map (no pun intended) here didn't I? Not because I stopped working on the map, although I've been traveling for work most of the year so I haven't had nearly as much time as I'd like to work on it. I've gotten to a point where I'm fairly happy with the climates and am find mostly moving on to other things before I get caught in an endless loop of second-guessing myself about complex natural processes. Currently working on putting together a decent shaded relief map of the world, as well as more general worldbuilding things like flora and fauna.

Anyway, Woody the map looks great! And broadly similar to the final-ish climate map I put together for my world, which I guess it reassuring that I'm not just totally off base with that. It does seem that you limited the extent of hot deserts even more than I did compared to what ExoPlaSim spit out, which of course I prefer since hot deserts are sort of a drag worldbuilding-wise. Was your work done based on the Azelor/Charerg/AzureWings tutorial here on CG or did you make some modifications?

Naima, it's a bit late now but I'd be happy for you to take a stab using your own methods! I think all the "raw" maps (elevation, etc.) should be on this thread, unless there's something else you'd need?

Posting here my final-ish climate map; will post my attempt at shaded relief whenever I've had a chance to progress further on it.

Rheia_climates.png

[WoodytheClimateGuy]

Nice that you're back in the game! Anyways, I really like the Koppen climate map, and you did way better than me, which makes sense.

I mostly just used Photoshop to do a raw selection of the climates. First, I did the aridity index for both seasons, then I did the climates. Could you also show the aridity index for both seasons? Because I was unsure in some bits because the tutorials used a different temperature scale than yours, but yours allowed for more accuracy. I had trouble with the hot deserts since some deserts had a semi-arid season according to the aridity maps, I had, so I think I missed up on that front.

So, great job on your maps!

[meatulpa]

This is all super educational and inspirational to read while I struggle with my own process. This thread caught my eye, as it shares a name with my daughter, Rhea! Super interested in seeing what else is to come.

As a side note, I've been struggling to get exoplasim running without errors and will try my hand at working up the climate by hand. Was this a time intensive process for you in relation to, let's say, the tectonics?