I did something, what do you think

[gambit168 27]

Nice work m8

[TeTeT 0]

Any update on the ETA for your terrain mod?

[+Brain32 265]

Was a bit busy with RL, but I'm generally free after tommorow morning so it will go faster soon. I saturated the textures a bit, made some nice transitions(forrest-field-grass-etc.), fixed some seams, etc.

I also plan to make a whole new forrest tile, found some textures that look better...

 

I'll probably have some new screenies tomorrow or the day after so you guys can tell me if it's better

[+Brain32 265]

Ok before I go any further, I want opinion on the change, this image shows what the change is all about nicely I think.

 

[Stratos 3,168]

It simply looks great!!

 

I'm also bothered in how Vietnam should look in the 60's 70's. Will be cool to have some aerial colour pics. As some draws show Vietnam as lot less lush than I always touhght

[+NeverEnough 78]

Good stuff, Brain! Really appreciate all your artistic efforts.

[+Brain32 265]

Thx for the kind words guys So I guess I have a go with the new more saturated textures? I mean you like them better right? I need to know before I continue

[Stratos 3,168]

YES!

 

I like the new ones

[+JSF_Aggie 1,291]

I would vote for the "new". Looking forward to your tiles.

[SandyC 2]

Cool work, Brain. Like the new textures.

[jodandawg 17]

Ofcourse I primarly did this for myself but if you guys like it...

I'm still messing around with it, as I have some submerged trees on river tiles

Also this is the first time I ever messed around with something like that so don't expect miracles

The textures are made of satelite imagery and are all taken around(this means quite a lot around) Ho-Shi-Min city area. I do not know how much and if they at all match the general look of Vietnam during the war, but this is how it looks like some 30-40 years later

Ok here are the pics so please tell me what do you think, thx.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jodandawg 17]

outstanding work!!! this would look great in my WOV!! keep up the outstanding work!! dan

[+Brain32 265]

Well I just had a test ride with new changes, this is generally it, some cosmetic changes and messing with trees and it will be done

 

Thud posing over smaller city.

 

Quick glance from the cockpit does no reveal that there's like 10 SAM launch warnings issued per second :black eye:

 

Two shots showing things don't look bad even down low(20-30m)

 

Again our top model, the F-105 posing over new forrest

 

And in the end, a quick look down from MiG-21MF checking how all this looks like form 5000-6000m

 

 

Some of it is lost due to *.jpg conversion, but the general feel is still present

 

EDIT: OK the damn *.jpg ate half of it lol, but...you can still see I hope

Edited September 21, 2007 by Brain32

[+NeverEnough 78]

Great job,Brain. I'm really looking forward to these!

[+{FL}Hausser 0]

The tiles look fantastic. I know how much hard work you are putting into these so I am especially appreciative. I have been reworking the tiles for the Libya map update I am working on.

[+Brain32 265]

Well yeah, it all started pretty smooth, I found some nice textures on GoogleEarth, I saved them, started making layers and stuff, and then...MY worst nightmare was to make "Field"(VietnamGx.bmp) tiles seamless. Now I'm quite handy with Photoshop,GIMP and that stuff, and sure making a seamless texture is easy, but making all 4 sides seamless, AND avoiding creation of some major, un-natural pattern, especially on satelite imagery extracted textures was a freakin' nightmare, and then there's the transition texture, the "field" texure appears on like half of the total tiles, so if you mess it up and correct it, you need to apply it over and over and over again...

Anyway I atleast learned a lot, and made some tehniques in the process, if I was to go again at Vietnam, I'm sure it would go faster and end up better, but I had enough of VietnamSEA, maybe I'll go for something else

 

In this terrain there's still one of my earliest tehniques, there are patterns, but they are blended in good enough that one who plays the game and is not into finiding a pattern in the terrain will not notice. Then again maybe I see it because I made it

 

Anyways, I finished the basic painting 30mins ago, now the horrors of planting trees AGAIN

Carpal tunnel syndrome avoidance: ON

Edited September 21, 2007 by Brain32

[Stratos 3,168]

Is ready??

[+Brain32 265]

Upload today VERY possible

[Stratos 3,168]

GREAT!!

[+Brain32 265]

Uploaded about two hours ago, awaiting approval...

[+Veltro2k 6,317]

Uploaded about two hours ago, awaiting approval...

 

[Stratos 3,168]

Great!!!

[Silverbolt 104]

:smile: :smile:

I want this terrain!

[+Brain32 265]

I don't know what's the procedure, do I need to post in File announcement area first, or do something else???

Or maybe just no mods saw it yet

Edited September 25, 2007 by Brain32

[Stratos 3,168]

Is up!! Thank's!!!