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[Chemical Alia]

This is still a gigantic WIP, but I've started on a new skybox texture. Once he gets it set up and I can see how the scale looks, I want to do more with some hills/dunes and a few cirrus clouds. I want to paint some cards with ruins and other structures for out in the distance, too.

The location is appropriately spytech in design, if not in texture. It looks fine to me. I don't mind the lack of spytech textures, because the area is still spytech (it's just very arabtech). I mean, they're pulling a giant explosive out of the ground. You don't need computers to be spytech.

Yeah, I was really liking the slanted windows, for the way it contrasts with the arabic influence. It's like a low tech spin on spytech, but still very recognizable as such, and that's pretty unique.

 

[Whark]

This is still a gigantic WIP, but I've started on a new skybox texture. Once he gets it set up and I can see how the scale looks, I want to do more with some hills/dunes and a few cirrus clouds. I want to paint some cards with ruins and other structures for out in the distance, too.

Yeah, I was really liking the slanted windows, for the way it contrasts with the arabic influence. It's like a low tech spin on spytech, but still very recognizable as such, and that's pretty unique.

Cool. I can't wait to see what you do with the sky. And since so far I have two thumbs up on the spytech style windows and one thumbs down for them, I'll keep them as is unless the consensus starts leaning the other way.

I think I'll keep the term "arabtech" in mind as a focus for this area

 

[Whark]

Worked around Control Point C a bit.

Made some subtle tweaks to lighting in Red's command center.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Love the spytech to market transition!

 

[MangyCarface]

It looks like you're still a little hesitant to break up the original geometry... let's see some angles and curves to it, not just in the arches and ceilings... Just seeing 90 degrees everywhere atm

 

[Chemical Alia]

I don't know how much you have to work with without changing the gameplay and stuff like that, but it would be cool to look at some options on how this area can be broken up with some interesting contours, like MangyCarface suggested. I'll bet some of those 800000 references will offer some cool possibilities. But I like the transition so far, too. Especially the layered look, and I think it couldn't hurt to bring in some vertical elements as focal points in this area, to contrast with the closeness of the market corridors.

I'll also get you some paintovers for the blue area when I get off work.

I was going to say something else, too, but I forget what it is v:

 

[IrishTaxIDriver]

Still looking great!

Your stairs are clipping in the last shot there.

 

[Draco18s]

Your stairs are clipping in the last shot there.

He's aware. It's temporary. See the comment about the older picture of the same area.

 

[IrishTaxIDriver]

He's aware. It's temporary. See the comment about the older picture of the same area.

I'll keep reporting it until he fixes it!

 

[re1wind]

How are you going to integrate the arabic style with a crane holding up CP C?

 

[Whark]

How are you going to integrate the arabic style with a crane holding up CP C?

Haven't figured that out. I'm in the process now. I'm thinking of making a haphazard, homemade style hoisting system instead of a crane.

I like to post these things in very early stages because problems or inconsistencies can be spotted before too much work is done. So that said, what do you think would make sense here?

 

[IrishTaxIDriver]

Haven't figured that out. I'm in the process now. I'm thinking of making a haphazard, homemade style hoisting system instead of a crane.

I like to post these things in very early stages because problems or inconsistencies can be spotted before too much work is done. So that said, what do you think would make sense here?

Take a look at the wooden cranes in Assassin's Creed 1 or 2. You could easily scale/reinforce those up to "carry" a CP.

 

[Chemical Alia]

New stuff, I'd like to introduce a number of new decals as signs, posters, etc. to help decorate the walls.

 

[Okrag]

Spoiler Alert: The curse is that you get VAC-Banned for knowing how to get it.

 

[tyler]

One thing I remember reading in a feedback thread about overlays is that posters in game never use the TF font. Something to consider.

 

[Chemical Alia]

One thing I remember reading in a feedback thread about overlays is that posters in game never use the TF font. Something to consider.

Yeah, I used it only because it was pretty close to the all caps italics I wanted, but I can use like, Helvetica Black or Impact or something. It'll be pretty small text in the game, so hopefully it's legible at all.

 

[Leminnes]

Is that the G-Man?

 

[Goombac]

G-Man has green eyes...

 

[Chemical Alia]

I switched the "Pictures presents" font to Helvetica Extra Condensed, Helvetica being the typeface I used for the bottom text initially.

How's that look? Too condensed, or AWESOMELY CONDENSED? I can stretch it out if need be.

 

[IrishTaxIDriver]

I think those eyes are too bright. While reading the text my eyes keep jumping back to them.