I have to first thank, GrOuNd_ZeRo for releasing Alaska ...
I've been hitting my head on the walls trying figure out
how to add custom features. I was putting all the folders
in the maps folder. Now I see how its layed out now.

Too make it short ... I learned something NEW ...


UPDATE : 12-2-05

Map is complete .... I hope you enjoy it ...

So, here are some screenies for you to look over ...








You can download it from the FU web site:
http://www.fileuniverse.com/?p=showitem&ID=1929




Any comments .... post them ..

The features look a little out of place.

Here is a pic with smaller rocks ....
Does it look better ...





any comments ...

Make them A, less shiney, and B, larger at the base so they don't look like they've just been plonked there.

I agree... If the rocks were more like the ambient color of the map it would really look nice.

are those feature's 3do?

i hope not as my texturesheet is already pretty full..

Here are a few more screen shots for you to look at ...










If I don't change anything, most likely I'll release it some time
next.

Post your comments .... Also, all the rocks and crystals are in
3do format.

I'm happy I could help out with my map :)

Sorry my rocks are a little shitty, i've tried my best to make them look reasonable, but I can't model round objects very well...

We need somebody to take time to make a large selection of feature models and shove them in the main spring downlaod with XTA. Otherwise map making will become a specialist art for only those capable of modelling their own features, or who have a knack for nice btu featureless maps, like desert.

they better make them all s3o right away... otherwise we will get issues..

If I make anything worth using I will submit them.

I was thinking of using the prefix wea_ for all my stuff so there would be less chance of name conflicts.

Here is another screenie of the map. This time I added the
commander statue. I put it in 4 places on the map. It
should help you out when you need that extra metal or
energy to buld units or building ...




Post your comments ...

Who in there right mind would destroy a monument to their commanders glory?

But that is a cool statue.

I'd love to make a bunch of features but some things are holding me back.

I need Alpha to make decent looking trees and plants also i'd like to know what features to make.

That sounds like a need for a formal request to the Art forum. Can anyone make such thread there with reference to formats, a list of usefull models and other stuff?

I agree some basic features should maybe be included on top of the current ones, but dont remove the custom feature stuff, and also, dont put in anything to fancy. Just teh basics. If you put in some ammazing moddel of a comander statue or somthing EVERY noob would use it. and that would sux.

Rocks and a few more trees are fine (especialy trees) but other than that i think it should be up to teh map maker to either make his own or find a willing moddeler to help him/her/it.

aGorm

By the way when I figure out how to get features to work with s3o format, I'll redo the commander statue with new textures and a better model.

I know teh secret of 3so and features... is it a moddeling problem or a maping problem or a the texture should work but it dont sort of problem you have?

aGorm

Well at the moment I have to wait till the weekend when my bro gets back so I can get the installer files for the 30day trial of 3DS MAX 8 off his computer so I can reinstall 3DS MAX(trial ran out so got to install it again).

My problem was that I couldn't get MAX to output the dds texture files after I UV unraped it. I think it was because I was using multiable textures, and I should have been using just one multi texture. Oh well. I did get a s3o file to work ingame, but it was inverted. It looks fine in Upspring. By the way that reminds me how bad we need transparency. Maybe the alpha channel on the second texture.

Sorry about that Genblood.

Anyways the map is looking good. Just get you rocks fixed and it will be sweet.