WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!
- Thread starter Arhurt
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i'm loving the spookyness
I'm actually surprised with how much you were able to improve the looks of the map, good job!
that texture repetition though. The metal with the huge black gaps is meant for background building in the skybox or unplayable areas, hinting at a dark interior. Having a gap that doesn't match with the inside looks weird. Also turn up your texture scaling to avoid obvious repetition (this texture repeats very badly, another reason not do use it here. besides that I like the geometry and detailing, although perhaps give that wood building some depth. It would look more realistic and increase immersion, showing that there is a world outside the direct play area.
This act of shameless self promotion might help the situation a bitThe metal with the huge black gaps is meant for background building in the skybox or unplayable areas, hinting at a dark interior. Having a gap that doesn't match with the inside looks weird. Also turn up your texture scaling to avoid obvious repetition (this texture repeats very badly, another reason not do use it hereNot halloween, but I'm happy how this starts looking:
marshmallie
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- Oct 4, 2014
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Changed a few things in the area, like:
-added the spotlight effect to the lamps
-removed the pointlights
-changed the beams so they don't clip through the support anymore
-the rocky walls are more rocky, although not really that noticeable from this angle, but you can see it when looking to the sides
-etc.
Badland uses that curb/road style to mark a specific path through the area. Using it for the entire floor doesn't quite have the same effect, as the caution tape is a rather eye-catching material but it isn't being used here to draw your eye to anything particular since it's everywhere.
Little update:
I changed the texture to avoid the obvious repetition and changed the wood building a little bit and added a small out-of-bounds area. I will add more behind it later (3d-skybox). However, I fell like the area at the bottom of the buildings and around the hatch seems empty at the moment. Any ideas how I could add some geometry there (I don't want to prop spam).
using displacements to get grass and dirt along the edges of the building would look cool, but I think it is fine. focus on gameplay for now, and add small detail props (tires & such) to break up the long walls, but don't worry about detailing the entire length of the wall, I think it looks fine as it is. A bigger issue I think is having 3 buildings next to each other with the same texture (the wood is darker and stands out less with one building in the background, so i don't think that is an issue).
Try putting little concrete curbs on the ground in some places, like in Dayal's image two posts above. I think it would help make the ground less bland.
Yeah, all the buildings using the same texture are kinda meh looking.
As for super-obviously tiling textures - remember about overlays, they are your friend. Some random paint patches, maybe a big number on one of the building and a logo on another will make the scene look less plain.
As for super-obviously tiling textures - remember about overlays, they are your friend. Some random paint patches, maybe a big number on one of the building and a logo on another will make the scene look less plain.
- Mar 23, 2017
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Remaking my old gimmick arena_graveyard into arena_skeleton_strike for Halloween. Apparently there's another map called arena_graveyard. Note that this is not a final compile.
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