Maps are microscopic in I wish all of the other reviews were incorrect. Even sandbox mode was lacking the ability to build an awesome castle. As one who loved stronghold 2, I felt empty playing SH3.

I love the stronghold series and I ALWAYS give a game a good opportunity to impress me before I make a decision. The 'Tinting' and the brush sub-sections do exactly what the ones from Stronghold 3 do.I wish all of the other reviews were incorrect. The other textures are simply textures which can be planted anywhere. This allows you to circumvent the restriction of placing purely on Oasis. However, in-game they must be placed on Oasis. In the editor, you have the ability to place fully-functional food production buildings anywhere. The three types of Oasis textures include 'Oasis (Feather)', 'Oasis (Grass)' as well as 'Oasis (Leaves)'. In Stronghold Crusader 2, food production buildings can only be placed on 'Oasis' textures. Make sure you save the colour ratios in case you need to use them again. Note however, that once the editor is closed, your custom tints will be lost.

By selecting 'custom colour' and then 'define custom colours' you can set your own tints which can be used on your map. This is for the colour of the texture you add to your map - you select a colour, then add your texture to the map, or even just paint over an existing texture and you can see how Tint brightens it up:īut perhaps the most impressive part of the textures section of the editor is the fact you can create your own custom tint. For this reason, you have a much bigger ability to make the textures exactly how you wanted them, which all the previous games of the series did not have.Īdditionally, there is one other sub-section in the textures section itself, which is called 'Tint'. The less the intensity, the lighter the texture you paint. However, the intensity affects how heavy you paint on the map. Additionally, you can choose the size of your brush and have a variety of different ways the texture can be applied, for example, circle paints the texture on your map much more than smooth does, and for a more sporadic effect you can use a different brush type called 'noise 3'. On the textures page, you have the choice of using Grass ( default texture) Rough Grass, Sand, Dark Mud, Stones, Cliff, Dry Mud and Courtyard textures on your map. The main goal of this is to make the map look better itself. The 'Texture' section of the Stronghold 3 editor allows you to add additional textures to your own Stronghold 3 map.

Stronghold 3 map editor guide