Better Biome Hues

A Fandom user·3/8/2018 in General Mod Discussion

I think that the biomes in the mod are cool, but they are lacking a special flavour. If you have noticed, the grass, leaves, and bushes of the Elvan lands are the same colour as their Near harad counterparts. This is just an example but I think that each biome/sub-biome should have it's own custom hues, I.E charcoal black grass and plants for Morder, dry yellow or a parched green for drier areas, and lusher colours for Lindon and jungle. This idea is taking inspiration from the Biomes'o'Plenty mod. What do you guys think?

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High King Ithilion·3/8/2018

Yeah, this could use more detail--though I must disagree with Alte on one count: if it's your opinion that the biomes don't have distinct flavors, don't feel prevented from suggesting changes. More importantly, however, isn't this already in the mod? Many different biomes have specific grass colors--some even incorrect according to the lore, such as Rohan--and one can pretty easily tell many biomes from one another.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator(Auta i lómë)

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A Fandom user·3/8/2018

the mordor one is good

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Krillian57·3/9/2018

Black grass though? why would that exist. mordor should have brown/gray grass in nurn and no grass anywhere else

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Recneps·3/9/2018

Nurn should be very fertile.. And grass elsewhere should be a nice, faded gray.. And very patchy. It's wintry.

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High King Ithilion·3/9/2018

Grey grass in Morgai, none in Gorgoroth, and a brownish-grey ash in Nurn, which most likely used dry farming of fertile ash.

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Recneps·3/9/2018

I'd say that 'beyond the fumes of the mountain' would imply that it's also not covered by ash.. Especially considering the distance it is from the Mountain.

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High King Ithilion·3/9/2018

Fair enough. However, I still don't think a land under occupation by the Orcs would have brightly-colored grass.

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AlteOgre·3/9/2018

I see no concrete additional response by the original poster yet and as my colleagues feel like using this as a discussion thread, I will move this to the board that serves that purpose.

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Durrandir the Black·6/4/2019

<div class="quote">High King Ithilion wrote: [....] Many different biomes have specific grass colors--some even incorrect according to the lore, such as Rohan [....] </div>
What do you mean, Ithilion? Is the colour of Rohan's grass specified somewhere in the books?

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High King Ithilion·6/9/2019

<div class="quote">Durrandir the Black wrote:<div class="quote">High King Ithilion wrote: [....] Many different biomes have specific grass colors--some even incorrect according to the lore, such as Rohan [....] </div>
What do you mean, Ithilion? Is the colour of Rohan's grass specified somewhere in the books? </div> Yes--the bright green of the Rohirric grass is mentioned at least once, and also referenced in the old name for Rohan of Calenardhon, or Green Region.

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