Terraining Contest #3 - Four Seasons

[Yddohu]

Back to the drawing board o¿O

That's more like it.

 

[Oziris]

Uh...Black Crown why did u delete your waterfall at winter that is not good...and ther is not change in spring and summer only the sun is brighter.

 

[Black Crown]

Eh, I did what i thought would make the best sence.
And there is different between spring and summer. Just not alot. You got to look past the over all look of the picture

 

[Volvox]

Written by Scyth_Master
There still is no snow on the roof, explain that.

The owner has just cleaned it because he wanted his house to look nice on the picture. He also leveled the show in front so his children can go skiing.
Black Crown, your sun seems a bit too large and the pines... All plants tend to grow up, even on slopes. Maybe you should set them straight, it looks chaotic this way?

 

[Kwah]

Yet the snow is still falling? That marks the beginning of winter. It does not continuously fall all winter, well, in most cases it does not.

< = Canadian

 

[JanSze]

Hmm i don't find the time to complete my scenes
School began like a week ago and it's realy hard. I don't find the time to work on my scenes. I'm really sorry but I have to say: I'm out

 

[AirHead]

i got more coming up soon and btw im back from vacation i got back last night Augest 10th at like 12:30 so technicaly Augest 11th but anyway i seem to have the same problem with JanSze but i think i can get some time to work on my terrains. anyway i'll post the updates ASAP.

 

[Gilles]

Ahh, you guys must be serious about school, I had tons of time during school.

 

[Black Crown]

<off Topic> I still got two weeks befor school starts. plenty of time!

 

[JanSze]

Ahh, you guys must be serious about school, I had tons of time during school.

yeah I'm serious about school

 

[Naze]

If my eyes don't deceive me, then there's a man with a horse (or so) at the left site of the castle in the summer shot. And a Wendigo in the winter terrain.
Well, they are too large compared to the castle, so they destroy the felt scale of it.
Oh and the wall besides the Wendigo in the winter screenshot is suddenly taller. Guess you forgot to lower it after raising the terrain beneath it. =P

Only now I saw that post.

Actually not, the guy at the summer scene is in the right scale compared to the castle =P

And I didn't even touched the that part of the ground in the winter scene, so the wall isn't taller or anything.
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[Just_Spectating]

Hmmm, Black crown, summer and spring look exactly the same, and there is a fire going when it is raining.

 

[AirHead]

@ Airhead, the winter rocks around the pond look REALLY bad. The rest is very nice. The trees are well spaced, and have good size variation.

@Airhead - I really hate the grass doodad and the rocks around the water. That's my only major concern.

Now that I picture it I think you are both right I just don't know exactly, what to do so what do you suggest. And about the Ashenvale grass that is so good, just normal or lumpy?

 

[Cham[p]ion]

Black_Crown, it looks decent, but this really bugs me..... Some of the trees are at a serious angle, might wanna fix that. In other news, I turn 20 on Wednesday people. =D

 

[Hawkwing]

Hooray Childeric! Let's have a retirement party.

 

[Cham[p]ion]

Heyyyy im not that old damnit. Sorry off-topic. xD

 

[Black Crown]

There are no major changes with summer and spring, and yeah, the angles messed me up. and wouldn;t u want a warm fire if it was raining out?

 

[AirHead]

ok i changed the grass on spring. and since im lazy i dident delete the grass just replace it with a blank model that i made by opening magos model editor hitting new that hitting save XD anyway so whateya think?

 

[Naze]

Tint the leaves of those trees to something more "green-ish" (If this word exists =P )

 

[FamousPker49]

I didn't know people even lived that long... Wow. You should talk to the Guinness Book of World Records dude! But srsly, are you guna enter?

 

[thedeathunterxx]

So does the map have to be terrainable , or pathable?

and what if your map was a cinamatic ?

cause i would submit that. Cause i think it rocks

but i dont want this to turn into a cinematic contest : /

 

[AirHead]

So finaly I'm done with my terrain, and heres my finished version. but bear in: mind because of the fact that there are nine days left, i could change and update, but this is what is hoped to be my final entry.

In the same order of a year.

 

[FamousPker49]

Your trees are all facing the same way. Or rather the leaves. Big fail there.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

BEWARE OF THE GOBLINS!!

cause i'm in XD

 

[Hawkwing]

BEWARE OF THE GOBLINS!!

cause i'm in XD

I thought u said there was a Thunder Storm.. lol

 

[FamousPker49]

Your Big Red Text does not impose a threat to anyone. Bring it.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

ah nvm .. cause i can't open the UTM .. D: so i guest will have to wait... before i can say i'm in.. (can i use the Normal world editor? and just import the model i need?) that are already in the UTM?

Edit = wow i almost double post.. sorry for that..

 

[Gilles]

Go ahead Goblin, I trust you to only use UTM models.

 

[thedeathunterxx]

okay im in.

here are the 4 pics of the 4 seasons.

i hope they are good enough, Im not sure if i could beat the ultra-pros on this site :/
but trust me, you wont be disappointed.


P.S. by the way, I used the UTM. cThinig is it was too big for my computer to upload to this site ( Accursed dial up ! ) So i deleted all the extra files i didn't need

thing is, i also deleted some of the textures that are required for some of the models i used, and i wasn't going to spend 5 hours looking for the right textures. So when you open the map, you will find " Can not load [ so and so]

sorry about that.

Why do you need the map ? IS it for credit reasons?

 

[Hawkwing]

Those rocks look like huge cow turds. Also, they don't fit in Winter. Well they don't fit in most of them, it's just worst in winter.

 

[Volvox]

You also have some serious fog-hill-sky issues in spring, autumn and winter.

 

[Gilles]

thedeathunterxx, although the terrain may not be the best, the difference between all the seasons is very well done! Good job.

 

[Volvox]

(off topic) You manage to see the bright side of every terrain people love that.

 

[Gilles]

(off topic) You manage to see the bright side of every terrain people love that.

Not always. I can be harsh sometimes. Usually when someone gets a bunch of "wow, amazign terrainz 6/5!!!11" and it really should be a 1/5. Then I go to town on their terrain just to make sure they don't get too cocky. I probably shouldn't, but those just piss me off.

Anyways, more WIPs, less talk. I've already had to report this thread for spam. >: (

 

[thedeathunterxx]

well at least i tried

not a big deal. ill get better


say can u help me elaborate how the hill clashes with the fog, and how the fog clashes with the sky?

 

[Volvox]

It's a simple color missmatch. Fog affects hill's color which is then supposed to blend in with the sky. In your screenies, blending part fails. Now you can either change the time of day(affects the sky and general lighting), change the sky or adjust the fog color(be careful with that one).

 

[thedeathunterxx]

well i thought about this while making the map.

i tried every fog color imaginable, and it always clashed with the hill, making it poke out of the sky. So i tried as much as possible to blend with the sky just above the hill.

the time of day didn't change anything >.>

to be honest, the skys were probably what set it off. I was experimenting with the combination of 3 different skys with 3 different colors. May have thrown off the blending
:/

if anything, the summer picture is the one that clashes. The hill is freaken yellow .

thnx for the feedback

 

[Ilayat]

rawr

I thought jumping into the community headfirst would be fun, so I'll try and make something decent for the contest. Here's my Spring work in progress so far.

 

[AirHead]

hey Ilayat, first welcome to the hive but second and more importantly i think your terrain is a great beginning meaning it needs work but can be good with just work not a re-do. first try a dark blue fog rather than black so it looks dark but also blends with the dark blue sky. and maybe try a differant tree maybe not im biased against blizzard made trees so you cant really take my oppinion on it. but anyway also you could try adding in the moon. to do this just put about 3-6 of the "Fog (edit in object editor)" doodad in the same place and make them much larger so it looks like the moon then press control+page up and it will start floating and there you go. and just keep trying stuff.

 

[thedeathunterxx]

Ilaya, your terrain is pretty good.

thing is , you can do alot more with the UTM.
Are you new to the Game? Or are you just new to the Hive?

+rep for you

 

[Ilayat]

Thanks for the replies.

As far as I know I didn't actually use any fog in my picture. =P
I'm not exactly sure how people use it, I was pretty explicit it making sure it wasn't turned on because when I used game view settings the background half of my image was covered in black fog and I couldn't see it at all.
My experience with fog has been pretty bad: whenever I try using it, common sense doesn't seem to work for me. Something like lowering the density of fog should totally make it less thick, but it doesn't seem to have any effect for me.

I am new as a member to the Hive, but I have had the game for several years now. I've also been visiting the Hive for quite some time, to read tutorials and things.

 

[thedeathunterxx]

to change the fog :

To change thickness, you must alter the Y and the Z of the fog.
The Z is how far or close you are to the fog. So 6000 Z is far away from you.
if the Z is 1000, then the fog will be in front of your face.

I have never really determined what the Y Does, but im pretty sure it balances out the Z.

For instance, If your Z is 3000 , and your Y is 3000, you will basically have a wall of fog.

A good setting for fog is 1000 Y and 6000 Z with a density of .50 or .60

You can also change the color, but you should know how to do that already

i also dont understand why the density doesn't really effect the fog. Someone is gonna have to explain that to me to ...

 

[Hawkwing]

Update: Hillsbrad Hillside

Go to the Map Options and enable it. Change the colour and the different fields so it's not soo heavy and not black.

Here's another update.

 

[thedeathunterxx]

nice

 

[Gilles]

I would switch spring and summer, but it's up to you.

 

[Hawkwing]

I could, but I'll need a good reason for it.

 

[FamousPker49]

Do not forget to give credits where credits are due Hawkwing. D:

 

[Ilayat]

Okie, I made some changes to the spring version. Also started working on summer. I think I've got fog under control, although I think the night picture for spring wasn't a terrific idea.

 

[Cham[p]ion]

Thats a good start Ilayat. And no Pk, im not entering this one. Im gonna be helping Gilles with the judging though.

 

[thedeathunterxx]

wait,its only you and gilles judging? Or are there more judges i dont know about.