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PLEASE READ BELOW BEFORE!
The prefix of this thread was only chosen to have a prefix to be able to post this and since it might go up for exclusive sale in the end. If this is in the wrong section, please let me know and I will move the thread to the correct section. Also, this build is not for sale (as of now) due to it being in it's development stages, and it being just a fun project. This thread's purpose is to get exposure for what I can do with WorldPainter and terraforming, and to also give updates on this project in case anyone is interested in it. Please also note that this build was all made using a program called "WorldPainter".

Welcome to Project USA

I started Project USA a few days ago, trying to see what I could do with the program, "WorldPainter". I'm no expert, but I feel that I can do pretty well when it comes to these types of projects. The whole point was to recreate mainland United States of America into Minecraft. This thread will give updates and announcements regarding the project itself, for those interested.

In the future, I might need some help when it comes to actually building some of the major cities in the USA, but I might just keep it as the geography for now.

So, let's jump into the first 2 Days..
I loaded up a world on WorldPainter that is 1200x1400 (around that), and was totally stumped. I didn't know where to start. I tried shaping out the USA by myself with no outline, and that as you could of guessed, went terrible. I then realized that I could use image overlay for an outline on WorldPainter. So I went to google and found a map of the USA, put it on as a layer, and started to slowly but surely raise the land and use my outline to guide me.

Images of Day 1-2:
https://gyazo.com/8f9447427507cf7074764b48f06606e9 - Using the Outline

https://gyazo.com/944831e86d0d7d8388f9df6a16ea8ac7 - After using the Outline

Days 1-2 were kind of slow, but very successful. Today, Day 3, was a bit harder but I still managed through it.
Today I went around the coastline (even in places were another country would be e.i. Mexico and Canada), and fixed up some unneeded divots and fixed up all the bays and coves. It may not seem like much, but it helped bring in a lot of needed detail and fixed up those pesky shorelines, that love to be uneven.

Images of Day 3:
https://gyazo.com/70af15de1fd11ab97b0ae73a5943dd30 - Southern USA

https://gyazo.com/b0b5d2aa19f59189e2ab219f812d9581 - Eastern USA

https://gyazo.com/00ddeebc7d5afc1bf3fd932a995c2c63 - Northern USA
(West side didn't need much and wasn't worth showing)

That's all for today! In the next coming days, I will be doing Mountain Ranges, Lakes, and Rivers!
Please let me know what you think about this project so far! Let me know what I could do better and what I did good on.

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Sounds, looks and feels beautiful. I'd love to know, are you planning on incorporating actual buildings into this?
 

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Map is too small to make detailed things.
 

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Sounds, looks and feels beautiful. I'd love to know, are you planning on incorporating actual buildings into this?
As of now, I think it would be too extreme with my level of building (horrible), but I like to stick to terraforming. Might higher professionals later on if I feel like doing that. Thank you for the feedback!
Thanks my friend!


Map is too small to make detailed things.
It's really not. Even if it was, WorldPainter can create an array of different sized mountains and the such. Detailing, my friend, not an issue. Thanks for the feedback though!
 

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First of all, it seems like a good idea give updates about your project, really appreciated the people who took the opportunity to use WorldPainter and post their results, interesting.
This is not the best place to post it, this section is only for services related to business and this topic is not in reference and it is not for bothering you, simply that it can become a confusion and it is preferable on Discussion section instead of Services. If you want to sell it after the map is finished you can post another thread here at the end.

Regarding the project, I believe that the scale you used is very small and is really impossible to make a full-scale replica. If you want to make it more detailed it should be something more than 20k x 20k. The detail for each chunk vary, America relief have really differences between some places and in on a short distance is quite deep and when you travel to another chunk there should be a high difference of height and thats not completely natural. In general, I give my support for taking the idea.

Thank you and good luck ;)
 
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First of all, it seems like a good idea give updates about your project, really appreciated the people who took the opportunity to use WorldPainter and post their results, interesting.
This is not the best place to post it, this section is only for services related to business and this topic is not in reference and it is not for bothering you, simply that it can become a confusion and it is preferable on Discussion section instead of Services. If you want to sell it after the map is finished you can post another thread here at the end.

Regarding the project, I believe that the scale you used is very small and is really impossible to make a full-scale replica. If you want to make it more detailed it should be something more than 20k x 20k. The detail for each chunk vary, America relief have really differences between some places and in on a short distance is quite deep and when you travel to another chunk there should be a high difference of height and thats not completely natural. In general, I give my support for taking the idea.

Thank you and good luck ;)
Firstly, thanks for the feedback.

I was told by a user, that this was the correct place to post this, since it is building, but I will see what I can do to get it moved.

I'm not looking to make a full detail of each elevation, lake, river, mountain range, etc etc. Just looking to get the basic geography of the USA. I also checked, the size is around 2000x2200, which I think it good enough for a decent replica.
In the future, when I get into detailing everything, I will use your advice (seeing that you are a terraformer yourself) to create a good replica.
 

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Firstly, thanks for the feedback.

I was told by a user, that this was the correct place to post this, since it is building, but I will see what I can do to get it moved.

I'm not looking to make a full detail of each elevation, lake, river, mountain range, etc etc. Just looking to get the basic geography of the USA. I also checked, the size is around 2000x2200, which I think it good enough for a decent replica.
In the future, when I get into detailing everything, I will use your advice (seeing that you are a terraformer yourself) to create a good replica.
Yeah I thought that you was posting on the right place because this is a building thread but is not refered to a service or something like business so I am not sure if your are doing it right or not.

You can try a replica with 1k but the amount of detail that fill on some chunks is is not enought for the amounts of details of mountains in Arizona for example. Is like draw a full draw of New York builds through Mars instead of a satellite.
 
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