Joined: 16 Dec 2007 Location: Modding other games.
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:53 am Post subject:
Some terrain work...
Some terrain work I experimented with some free time and had to do some little research about how the TMP works. It took me about 30-40 minutes to wip some good results. Anyway taking advantage of the TMP Studio's cropping feature lead me to making a template on making my work quicker.
Other than that, I feel it looks too flat compared to Westwood's terrain IMO.
If you have any advices that would help me improve will have my thanks
just got to work on the sand/water transition and some cliffs to complete the palette conversion with PNG-to-SHP.
clear.clat.sand.png
Description:
Filesize:
234.09 KB
Viewed:
7667 Time(s)
_________________
Quote:
Everybody knows a mod that doesn't update every ten seconds is dead.
Joined: 16 Dec 2007 Location: Modding other games.
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:00 am Post subject:
Nameless void wrote:
Can you show it ingame?
Not now the palette isn't finish yet I gotta finish the water, cliffs, shores, and rough to complete it. At the moment its not using the original isotem palettes colors. _________________
Quote:
Everybody knows a mod that doesn't update every ten seconds is dead.
Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Village of Creston, British Columbia.
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:40 pm Post subject:
Actually if you know what you're doing paint can actually yield good results, however in Roach's case I'd suggest the GIMP or photoshop. _________________
Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Location: somewhere south of the north pole
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:34 am Post subject:
It's not better, just less bad.... It looks alike just blured. However, this is a step in the right direction! _________________ This is a signature QUICK_EDIT
the darker grass needs some blending and varying in hues and tone...it just looks like one uniform color spray painted in squares, =/ very unconvincing as grass
. the rest is ok. but add in some variation of tones and shadows.
Look up tutorials on pixel art for lighting and shading techinques. this will help you in being able to shade in details. _________________ Delirium.. QUICK_EDIT
Na, people are just unhelpfull People wants to make new mods, and no one wants to help them, so people are forced to learn how to make stuff on their own. QUICK_EDIT
Joined: 16 Dec 2007 Location: Modding other games.
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:24 am Post subject:
Thanks Ickus, I'll do some research into that.
@AntiHero: any help and tips is appreciated, I just reinstalled Photoshop CS3 yesterday. Unfortunately my internet connection is so bad I can't even sign in on MSN and PPM lately. I'll PM you when things are getting better.
On a side note I won't be active for a day or two. _________________
Quote:
Everybody knows a mod that doesn't update every ten seconds is dead.
Also Known As: evanb90 Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Location: o kawaii koto
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:57 am Post subject:
Gamingroach, try using textures from games like Quake, or google search. Personally, I've done all of my terrain using Quake II terrain textures and GIMP to make the transitions/variations. _________________ YR modder/artist, DOOM mapper, aka evanb90
Project Lead Developer, New-Star Strike (2014-)
Former Project Lead DeveloperStar Strike (2005-2012), Z-Mod (2006-2007), RA1.5 (2008-2013), The Cold War (2006-2007) QUICK_EDIT
Don't rip stuff from games use legitimate sources! One can easily find stock and royalty free images roaming those tubes. There some sites that have nice, free hi-res images you may use, depending on their ToS. _________________ Delirium.. QUICK_EDIT
Joined: 18 Jun 2005 Location: Dordrecht, the Netherlands
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:19 am Post subject:
Or do it the Dutchy way: grab a random pic from the net with a matching colour for you terrain, fire up both PS and your TMP program, and c/p small parts of the pic into PS, edit them, en c/p into you TMP program QUICK_EDIT
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum