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How to create your best landscape in RCT3!
Custom Scenery Needed:
Spice's Trees - http://www.shyguysworld.com/index.php?topic=3442.0
Spice's Pine Trees - http://www.putmeonthenet.net/content/old...nery2.html
Mikes Nursery - http://www.putmeonthenet.net/content/n74...ursery.rar
Part one - Making a forest:
1. Lets start with some flat land.
![[Image: Shot0612.bmp]](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7oWd4kJPjMM/UBlMzuYnB-I/AAAAAAAAAsY/crY9vlp6adM/s711/Shot0612.bmp)
2. Go to Spice's Trees and place the "Oak", "Sugar Maple", and "Med Sugar Maple" randomly.
![[Image: Shot0613.bmp]](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uXh2qsWyn3c/UBlMzq-PzsI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/_0QC_7BAZJ4/s711/Shot0613.bmp)
![[Image: Shot0614.bmp]](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1cKa26pMbXk/UBlMztjFHtI/AAAAAAAAAsU/uaUHTxSnkxA/s711/Shot0614.bmp)
![[Image: Shot0616.bmp]](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-IL3OjSWs_f0/UBlNC9Q8ajI/AAAAAAAAAss/Qc39DIwReK8/s711/Shot0616.bmp)
![[Image: Shot0615.bmp]](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ADR3NH31Ge0/UBlNCXv-rMI/AAAAAAAAAs0/aSzWkdn3gmI/s711/Shot0615.bmp)
3. Now find "Shortleaf Pine" and place those in little "clusters".
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4. Now find the set called "Spice's Pine Trees". Place "Pine 1" and Pine 1 Tall" in the empty spaces.
![[Image: Shot0618.bmp]](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QX0flsO9msA/UBlNRkx_YlI/AAAAAAAAAtA/pLLzW7nuYxw/s711/Shot0618.bmp)
![[Image: Shot0619.bmp]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m9TGrZ2Wddc/UBlNSG6IJqI/AAAAAAAAAtI/NGGfUCB3EkQ/s711/Shot0619.bmp)
5. Now find the "Ornamental Trees" set and find "American Elm - Mature - Irregular" and place only a few of those.
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![[Image: Shot0621.bmp]](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7wNJNbomx-U/UBlNhF52wTI/AAAAAAAAAtY/9nsqwH-_cRk/s711/Shot0621.bmp)
6. Here is what we have so far. Looks like a forest, right? Only I think we have a little too much green. Lets fix that.
![[Image: Shot0622.bmp]](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5PdnDn_PEGA/UBlNiCkhDpI/AAAAAAAAAtg/6y2LrdscOYE/s711/Shot0622.bmp)
7. Lets go to the terrain texturing tool and paint some random patterns. I usually just use the grassy and muddy textures.
![[Image: Shot0623.bmp]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PUQEJCJs0l8/UBlNieAbZ6I/AAAAAAAAAto/dTThsHp2DJk/s711/Shot0623.bmp)
![[Image: Shot0624.bmp]](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lMxXNCjfodQ/UBlNwrmb4PI/AAAAAAAAAtw/LSdaQRPwtVE/s711/Shot0624.bmp)
8. The forest is almost done, but it's looking a little flat. Use the raise and lower terrain tool to fix this.
![[Image: Shot0625.bmp]](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vjb2ztR1lC8/UBlNyN4WFGI/AAAAAAAAAt4/8HmBMoOS1kI/s711/Shot0625.bmp)
You may notice when you are doing this, some of the trees will float.
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To fix this, lower the land where the tree is until it drops down and is touching the ground.
![[Image: Shot0627.bmp]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xmWMG6x5B2Y/UBlN_gsmTmI/AAAAAAAAAuI/mltjWGgyjZc/s711/Shot0627.bmp)
9. Just keep tweaking it until you have some natural looking hills.
![[Image: Shot0628.bmp]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y7gOcxXS_2Q/UBlOBQff4QI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/7Y-AmOaMTWk/s711/Shot0628.bmp)
The final result:
![[Image: Shot0629.bmp]](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UoZ23aEFt0g/UBlOB-y31SI/AAAAAAAAAuY/B1oV8XjkJHs/s711/Shot0629.bmp)
![[Image: Shot0629.bmp]](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UoZ23aEFt0g/UBlOB-y31SI/AAAAAAAAAuY/B1oV8XjkJHs/s711/Shot0629.bmp)
Click here to go to part two.