FlatRaising

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Definition

    FlatRaising is a term used to describe the way to get slopes greater than 40 dirt (4 meters). 

Why It is Used

    It is used because dirt "flows" when a slope gets to 40 (4 meters), what i mean by "Flow" is that the dirt will slide down the slope until it gets to a lesser slope.
    How to tell what a slope is.. Examine the tile border; dirt will also flow if the diagonal of the tile is over 4 meter slope. 

Restrictions

    The largest slope you can make is three times your skill. 

How to do it

  1. For this example I will assume that you start with a 4x4 (totally) flat area and want to raise the middle 2x2 area up high.
  2. First drop 40 dirt on each corner of the 2x2 area.
  3. Once the outer slopes are 40 dirt, start dropping dirt (batches of 10-20 dirt is good) in the center of the 2x2.
  4. Flatten one of the tiles (rotating the tile to flatten is a good idea, if not you had better flatten all the 4 tiles). Remember not to stand on the high point when flattening as you will get "Ouches".
  5. Repeat until either you get the "Spire" to your desired height or to your skill height.

Notes

Another option is to dig at the base of a slope to increase it, but this is not always possible (e.g. on land bridges or when doing a road along rock).

Tips

   * Note that once the slope gets over 20 dirt, to get up/down from this 2x2 area will not be easy because you may need to climb. 
   * A good advice is to make a pile for the dirt (using any object on you, its easier with different items as this will form a "pile of items", which is easier to target) on the slope and then add the dirt (from your cart), and retrieve your items, repeat until your pile(s) have 100 dirt so you don't have to keep climbing up/down.