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Trees

Mappers have several different kinds of trees at their disposal. Listed below are two of them and how to proceed when it comes to placing the correct shadow tiles.

Pine Trees

Possibly the most used tree in all of PWO maps. All the needed tiles can be found in tilesheet #102.
As a rule of hand: If a pine tree is facing open space or a small object, there should be no shadow. If it is facing another pine tree or a large object (e.g. a house) there should be a shadow.

Single Tree & Vertical Row

A single tree or a row of vertical aligned trees don't have any shadows surrounding them. This also applies when there are fences or water behind the tree(s).

Horizontal Row

Rows of trees have shadows at the base but not at the top.

Group

Groups of trees should have shadows withing the group, but no shadows on the outside.
Also as seen in the example image, when a cliff is behind a row or group of trees, there should be a shadow in between the trees. When a cliff is to the side of a group of trees, there should be no shadows. If the cliff turns a corner, there should also be no shadows.

Diagonal Row and Group

Rows of diagonal trees work as a combination of a single standing tree and a row of trees. The bottom of the pine tree that is touching the middle of the pine tree next tot it should use the base tile with the shadow, whereas the bottom of the pine tree that is facing open space should have no shadow. Similarly, when the middle of the pine tree is touching a base tree tile, there should be a shadow. When the middle of pine tree is facing open space, there should be none.

A group of diagonally placed trees should work as a combination of a group of trees and a row of diagonal trees.

Corners

Tree corners like this one need to be done in two layers. Place the 'base shadow' tile in base layer and the transparent tree top in mid layer over it.

The same technique is used when grouping trees in a zigzag pattern.