A remake of a older map I've done

genblood · Post by **genblood** » 04 Jul 2006, 15:49

I've made some changes to a old map I did last year. I redid the
texture map, metal map and a few other things too. I'm calling it
Metal-Isles-Redux. I fixed the metal that was missing from the
water. I also, reduced the mex radius, added some wind not much
and the metal output is around 3.1 for level 1 mexs. The water color
is a rusty brown ... So, here are some screenies .... Before you
post comments saying it not that sharp ... thats the way I wanted
it to look....

I was thinking about releasing it, but I'm not sure

Post comments ....

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 04 Jul 2006, 15:58

is the hardness fixed so it's not as soft as metal isles? looks good

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 04 Jul 2006, 16:03

Firstly, remove the damned detailtex

genblood · Post by **genblood** » 04 Jul 2006, 16:22

unpossible

is the hardness fixed so it's not as soft as metal isles? looks good

I'll increase it to 10000...

Das Bruce

Firstly, remove the damned detailtex

Its removed in this version.

AF · Post by AF » 04 Jul 2006, 18:42

A blue sky????!?!?!?!?

The colour oft he water is red, yet ti looks odd because you can See bits of blue.

Red dark sky, metal isles redux is a dark rusty map if you look at it from top down on the land. The whole thing should fit together, a colour scheme background everything should compliment each other.

It all just looks out of place

genblood · Post by **genblood** » 04 Jul 2006, 19:26

AF ...

I'll fix the sky color to reflect the proper color.

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 04 Jul 2006, 19:36

And when removing that detail tex i hope the texture looks sharper, i know you intended it like this, but its not that good tbh

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 04 Jul 2006, 20:32

is there a good detail tex for metal maps or is it best just not to use one?

Erom · Post by **Erom** » 04 Jul 2006, 20:44

Depends on how good your base texture is. If your base tex is sharp you probably want to ditch it altogether. If your base tex is more of a generic pattern then the detail tex can add some depth.

I'd think most metal maps would be best without it.

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 04 Jul 2006, 20:46

so a simplish metallic pattern detailtex wouldn't do the business?

genblood · Post by **genblood** » 04 Jul 2006, 22:37

I made a few changes and here our the screenies to show to
new look.

Post your comments

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 04 Jul 2006, 22:40

general atmosphere of the map looks cooler now with the rusty foggyness :D

zorbawic · Post by **zorbawic** » 04 Jul 2006, 23:31

unpossible wrote:is there a good detail tex for metal maps or is it best just not to use one?

well make one ...

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 05 Jul 2006, 00:34

don't know the first thing about them...

AF · Post by AF » 05 Jul 2006, 00:34

The water looks blueish still, it's even worse on the minimap..

genblood · Post by **genblood** » 05 Jul 2006, 01:09

AF:

The water looks blueish still, it's even worse on the minimap..

Thats what it should look like... blueish green ...

FizWizz · Post by **FizWizz** » 05 Jul 2006, 01:17

at the moment it looks a lot more blue than green. Maybe it ought to be more green than blue or something like that. Just my 2 cents.

genblood · Post by **genblood** » 05 Jul 2006, 01:28

I'll redue the water on the texture to reflect more green.

AF · Post by AF » 05 Jul 2006, 01:44

To get a blueish green sea on a planet with a red sky and rusty metalic terrain one would need trillions of gallons of bluegreen paint dumped into the water.

water is most commonly the colour reflected by the sky, I said it to IceXuick and he took notice but it seems only he took notice.

In future decide on a colour scheme. Choose 2 main similar colours, such as red + orange, then decide on a highlighting colour, say blue, and use mostly red and orange with highlights of blue. Of course you'll need a colour wheel.

Here you seem to ahve used 3 complimentary colours that dont compliment.

genblood · Post by **genblood** » 05 Jul 2006, 02:46

Ok, So I'm not a color matching person ...

I'm going to change it.

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A remake of a older map I've done

A remake of a older map I've done