<title>?Landscape Tools - raise/lower land Help</title>

<h1><strong>?Landscape Tools</strong></h1>

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<strong>Landscape Tools</strong> raise and lower terrain and may be used to provide suitable places for construction.
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Click on sloping-land-icon at top of the main game window to open toolbar.<br>
Hover the mouse cursor, after opening or clicking on toolbar, over tool to see name and construction <a href="finances.txt">cost</a>.
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<p>Tools operate on areas empty of obstructions (e.g. roads, track, buildings, stops and stations).
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click on the tool icon to select, changing cursor, then position cursor on terrain in the main game window and click to use:
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<em>Raise Land</em>/<em>Lower Land:</em> raises/lowers terrain<br>
Cursor is an upward/downward arrow.<br>
Tools also open with <a href="keys.txt">[u]</a> and [d].
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<em>Slopes:</em> creates a slope, in direction indicated by a toolbar icon. May create an artificial vertical surface in the process.<br>
Cursor is a yellow-cube outline which positions slope.
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<em>?Lower Square</em>/<em>?Raise Square:</em> lowers/raises a specific square of terrain. May create an artificial vertical surface in the process.<br>
Cursor is a yellow-cube outline which selects square.
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<em>Restore natural slope:</em> returns terrain to a natural landscape, removing artificial vertical surfaces in the process.<br>
Cursor is a yellow-cube outline which positions tool.
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<em>Tip:</em> Landscape tools are easier to use with grid, press [#] and zoom-in the main game window.<br>
Use the destroy/remove tool to remove some obstructions.<br>
Depending on map, tools can raise land into/out of water.
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