RTS terrain question...

RezNik

Im using Unity to work on an RTS for pc...

In an RTS is how is the terrain typically made? Hand-modeled as in one large chunk, fancy modular terrain system? Or both? Seems Unity alone isn't gonna give me results I'm looking for witch I don't mind, just need to figure out where to start.

Reference games I've looked at so far:
Starcraft 2
Airmech
C&C
Renegade-Ops(not an rts but shares the same cam view).

ZacD

Look at the terrain editors for those games, I know Starcraft 2 has one. They are mostly modular in nature.

RezNik

Cool, that answered some questions I had

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The terrain itself is usually just a plane with hundreds of quads that's been hand crafted. Then, modular assets are applied within the level/terrain to hide odd geometry. Things like cliffs are used to hide sharp edges on planes and trees combined with a locked camera viewing region to close off borders of the map/terrain.