The Official Phase Two City Contest: Amdeneir

[GarethEvers]

looking good so far!

[Homik]

Don't worry! We're not dead!

Vigesimi tower:





Don't mind the black thingy in the middle, that just my proportion monolith >.>

[Nikodemus]

Homik, Too many smooth and roundish-organic surfaces IMO and a lot not like the concept.
Remember the tower is 100m high. It has to consist of all elelements in the concept provided by devs, at least most of them .


Arerano, I'm looking into it.

[Arerano]

Do you actually use bump maps too? It's a easy (yet very cheap - performance wise) way of adding details without raising the poly count at all.

look here for example, the window-wood has a "sticking out"-effect, even thought the whole "wall" consists of 2 triangles only.
It's not a normal map but a simple height-bump-map and has nothing to do with "more expensive" DOT3-bump map or pixel lighting or such.

to have a texture export as a "height map" with blender to crystal, change the "Map To" properties to "Disp" turned on (Col turned off, of course)

[Nikodemus]

No, we don't, Arerano. I think we would if PS started using them.

[Crj]

Been gone a few months, but now im back, not sure for how long.
Here are some updates.
Market hall, in the lower quarter, near the landing platforms.
Concept:

Concept model:

Low-poly model in progress (~3000 triangles):

Market stall (~290 triangles, available in 3 colors):

Some warehouses variations opposite the market, that still need optimization and uv mapping:

[Xordan]

No, we don't, Arerano. I think we would if PS started using them.

We can use normal and height maps. We have started to use them with dev version of PS, so feel free (and please do). I'd like to see the whole thing complete with parallax, specular and ao (and glow if there's anywhere it suits).

[Lolitra, Celorrim Purrty Twins]

You know, I have been watching this thread with great interest - the work being done is just wonderful.

[Baldur]

Crj, you inspire me

[Arerano]

I think putting the things together "nicely" to actually form a city is one of the hardest parts.

[Nikodemus]

Speaking about it, Zwei! I need your buildings xD

[Zweitholou]

I'll send them as soon as I can. Should I send the ones that are done now and send the ones I'm still adding finishing touches to, like the tavern, once they're complete?

I also want to improve the hospital, and there's a new building I started recently that's taller than most that I've done. Still I have a good 10 or 15 finished buildings ready to send.

I'm still finishing up on the slums too. I've added shacks so now it's not just tents. I know it sounds like a lot, but it's all very nearly finished and I'm going to devote all of this Saturday to finishing up.

Zweitholou

[Tyrania]

Wow! The buildings looks very amazing!   
You make very good work, go on please! 

[Nikodemus]

Upload

definetly the finished ones (and unfinished, if you note it in the file-name) and try to make sure about the relative path to texture.

[Arerano]

You can also Link objects/groups into the final scene which still need some "finishing touches". The changes done to the source blend file fill automatically be replicated to the "final scene" then.

As long as you don't modify the base structure or lets say move the door to the other side, it shouldn't be a problem.
Just make sure to always keep an eye on the directory structure and link everything relatively... oh, and also take care to actually link and not append the objects/groups.