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DizzyCrash

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TROPICAL FOREST!? HOW DO THEY FORM!
« on: January 17, 2016, 12:46:43 pm »

Iv been using perfect world creator but all my forests, every single one is temperate! How do i get a single tropical one!
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Re: TROPICAL FOREST!? HOW DO THEY FORM!
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2016, 12:47:20 pm »

I figured just make it hot, but even scorching regions are still temperate
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Re: TROPICAL FOREST!? HOW DO THEY FORM!
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2016, 05:17:07 pm »

RL Tropics are defined by high temperature and high rainfall. Maybe try that?
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Re: TROPICAL FOREST!? HOW DO THEY FORM!
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2016, 05:25:01 pm »

RL Tropics are defined by high temperature and high rainfall. Maybe try that?
high rainfall in perfect world maker just creates forests...
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Re: TROPICAL FOREST!? HOW DO THEY FORM!
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2016, 05:34:43 pm »

Lower drainage? Should make for a wetter, swampier environment.
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Re: TROPICAL FOREST!? HOW DO THEY FORM!
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2016, 07:38:30 pm »

Rainfall and drainage only seem to affect whether an area is a coniferous or broadleaf forest, not whether it's tropical or temperate.

If you're sure it's not based on temperature, it might be based on latitude. Make sure you have at least one pole.
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Re: TROPICAL FOREST!? HOW DO THEY FORM!
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2016, 08:00:58 pm »

If you are using custom temperature map instead of the default poles you can't get all the biomes. The topic has come up a couple of times in the Perfect World thread, it's on the last few pages if you are interested. Latitude issues was the best guess as it's part of what defines tropical parts of the world in real life.
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Re: TROPICAL FOREST!? HOW DO THEY FORM!
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2016, 12:03:21 am »

RL Tropics are defined by high temperature and high rainfall. Maybe try that?
RL tropics are defined by latitude, but yes, tropical forests are high rain.