THE SCREENSHOT TOPIC RETURNS

What are you trying to do, LockeZ? I love the tedium of making menus and custom systems in rm2k3, I just lack graphical skills. I might be able to help.

If you make a mock up example in paint with some test graphics I bet it will get some ideas flowing. Once you get a little work in, I'm sure you would find someone to help you.

Edit: Might as well add a screenshot!

Yeah, I agree with Dyhalto, as well, Demicrusaius, those plants really stand out and don't blend in well with the map! I would either get rid of them, or find something else to replace them. Other than that, looks not to shabby. :D

Exotic plants and lots of foliage, but there has to be a wide variety. Even just color change edits.

When I think jungle I don't think cliffs, though. I think more of really tall trees, maybe have some kind of canopy graphics covering most of the map to give that appearance. Usually jungles are crowded places.

I would include a canopy of leaves overlay rather than a fog, since jungles tend to have some very tall trees that give them an enclosed feeling.

As LockeZ said, lots of little plant details would also help.

Though arguably overused, I have always liked the Mac and Blue canopy (your larger tree in that screenshot is from Mac and Blue so hopefully you know what I'm talking about). It even has vines that hang from it, as a nice bonus, so it can easily look pretty jungley. (Jungly? Junglesome?)

See if you can find some Secret of Evermore tiles. This jungle map from SoE has a lot of nice plant growth (though I'm not sure I'm a fan of how it uses thick brush as the only barriers in the whole area). If nothing else you could extract some of the plants from that screenshot manually.

Still doesn't look like a forest. You need way more stuff and perhaps smaller cliffs.

Fasinating! A Chrono Trigger reference too. I made the auto tiles more reasonable, they are less boxy and tall.

author=Link_2112
I'm afraid that you might not get the full desired look without major reconstruction of those maps.

Absolutely. This place was originally an enchanted mountain pass. This whole jungleing business was merely flavor. I do like where it's at now and I think I will do some canopy work tomorrow.

author=narcodis
I think your screens there need to focus less on riddling your map with doodads and focus more on your placement of them.

I kinda like the crazy overgrownness of it, though it could definitely be reigned in better. I'm trying different things and it's a huge map, so tweaking is to be expected. Overall feel is getting there. I'll post another shot with the smaller autotiles, more reasonable overgrowth and canopy some time later. I never sleep so maybe even later tonight.

I am still curious how to go about making a canopy. The Chrono Trigger one is good but I'd like to see vines. I'd also like it to be not as blown up.
My problem with these canopys is how it feels like filler. There is not a single tree in that CT map but there are leaves covering the area? I am worried because they are over used in Rm2k3 games and maybe cheapen it?
I will experiment though.
But the way, thanks for all the great feedback! Far from perfect, but definitely better with help.

I am definitely liking the improvements, if anything I think at this point you just need more of the big trees to make it look more foresty. But maybe a canopy would do the same thing more easily. I think you actually did great on the plant growth.

So the Chrono Trigger canopy is just made up of shadows on the ground, apparently? Interesting. When you said "canopy" before, I was thinking of the Mac&Blue or RMXP canopy tiles, that are visible green leafy tiles on a layer above the hero. But the CT method doesn't even require tiles. I think it would work best with pictures instead of tiles. And it's definitely less intrusive since it can be added to the map without changing any existing part of the map.