A Project that I've been working on

[AuckeS]

Hey fellas!

Guess I've been lurking for too long on Hive without doing anything productive. I'd like to show you some screenshots of a project that I've casually been working for a quite a while.

The campaign is still in a very early state so there's still a long way to the end.

Images

Update

Some of the pics are using SweetFX.

 

[Heinvers]

Could you show the unaltered/un-photoshopped terrains?
But from what I see you really need to find better fire models/ the ones you put don't fit into your HQ terrains, also that grass sticks out too much right now.
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[AuckeS]

Could you show the unaltered/un-photoshopped terrains?
But from what I see you really need to find better fire models/ the ones you put don't fit into your HQ terrains, also that grass sticks out too much right now.
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Also put those images into hidden tags or post them as attachments!

Only the first two screenshots are with SweetFX. It's a post processing modification similar to ENBs.
And yeah, I know about the fire, some models are placeholders till I find better ones.

 

[WerBackIII]

Only the first two screenshots are with SweetFX. It's a post processing modification similar to ENBs.
And yeah, I know about the fire, some models are placeholders till I find better ones.

So, you've injected SweetFX into WC3?

 

[AuckeS]

So, you've injected SweetFX into WC3?

With enbconverter it is possible to inject SweetFX to WC3.

Here is the preset that I'm using.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/pastebin.php?id=gec3ly

 

[Gilles]

I reallllly don't like the SweetFX images. I think it looks super grainy and awful.

Good terrain other than that though. Does the game run smoothly with so many doodads on the map?

 

[Veritas 117]

This look like a pretty good start. I like the textures you are using and you have a good sense of where to place your doodads. It's all about the details if you ask me.

I'll be looking forward to updates.

 

[AuckeS]

It runs just like any other WC3 map for me. Although I do have an above average PC.

You can take a look at the campaign in its current state.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/pastebin.php?id=gsbot4

And here's a new WIP.

Fort

 

[Ralle]

I think it looks very nice. I can picture many things happening in this terrain. Zombies, big battles etc.

 

[Heinvers]

Not bad, but I agree with Gilles here.

 

[AuckeS]

Another update. Trying to implement a proper Day/Night cycle.

Update

 

[Heinvers]

Pretty You could also add fallen trees around, a forest is not that perfect.

 

[AuckeS]

Another update!

A mine this time. It'll be one of the many instances in the zone.

Any suggestions on how to make the precipice better?

Image

 

[Heinvers]

Well you could use more pine models for start, also try adding different fern and shrubs types on the ground plus some small rocks.
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Why is the image so blurred?

 

[Veritas 117]

I love the way the texture of the rocks blends with the ground texture. It gives it a very realistic look. What sort of camera are you planning to use?

As far as Day Night Cycle goes. You can make your own that is more realistic. There is a tutorial by HappyTauren here that can walk you through it. I use one like this for my campaign and I really like the effect.

 

[AuckeS]

Thanks for the suggestions

I'm not sure about the camera yet, I'm thinking of something similar to Baldurs Gate or Diablo. Obviously I don't want the camera to be uncomfortable.

Right now it is like this...

Camera

 

[Fingolfin]

To make the grass fit better: open it in war3 model viewer, open the material editor, click on the material and try to find the sub-material that has the "unshaded" flag checked. Uncheck it or remove the submaterial. Now it will not pop out anymore.

 

[AuckeS]

Big thanks for the model and the fix! It looks a lot better now specially ingame, gives it more of a grassy forest look:

Grass

Ive also made another update, been working with the cliffs and precipices, but I think I've overdone em, looks a bit too messy imo.

Cliffs

 

[Heinvers]

Good so far. I noticed that you used the blended material water plane model. Good choice.
It needs a lil' more variation in terms of trees as I said before and that lake needs some small vegetation around (you know the drill). Btw good work.

 

[Fingolfin]

No problem, but could you tell me where you got those rocks? I would very much want them.

PS: Terrain looks awesome.

 

[AuckeS]

The rocks are from Tobyfat50 Starcraft 2 Conversion Pack I think. Here's the full campaign, take whatever you want.

 

[AuckeS]

Almost 70% of the terrain is done, I think I'll finish terraining this map and all the instances within this week. In the meantime here's some new screenshots.

Images

Still searching for pine variations that will fit with the theme.

 

[Heinvers]

Wonderful.

 

[Celaquil]

Just wanted to drop by and say that you've got
one really badass looking terrain going here.

Only problem I've got with it is the units,
they don't fit the overall quality of the terrain.

 

[AuckeS]

Thank you for all the kind words
Last update for today.

Image

 

[Heinvers]

Nice. There are better fire models (more realistic) in the UTM 3.0 btw....

 

[AuckeS]

Yeah, I know about those models, but the problem is that they look too intense for a simple campfire, so I don't think that they'll fit.

Also. Remember this place?

Cave

I've started working on the cave itself, and I'm not really that happy with the result. And the problem is that I can't think of anything better.

Here is how it looks right now, it still a WIP obviously.

MushroomKingdom

So I need some advice before I'll go too deep with that direction.

 

[Celaquil]

Fuck me, that's inspiring!

You've taken a fantasy-esque idea and moved it right into the realm
of realism, and it looks beautiful. I love the gloomy, dark and moody
atmosphere and did and did I mention how I love the welding of a
dream-world concept to the realm of reality?

It certainly needs more mushroom, though.

This might have just inspired me to do a small template terrain myself.
- Give us more, by all means, I want to explore this terrain.

 

[AuckeS]

This took a lot more than I thought it would, and it is just the beginning. Very hard to work with the lighting btw, can't put light sources too close to each other, or otherwise they'll screw up the terrain.

Images

That is all that I can show so far. I'm also very surprised that it looks so well with the standard ingame camera.

 

[Fingolfin]

Wow, that is amazing. Keep up the good work.

 

[N.Knight]

All your terrains are looking excellent. I would love to play this campaign.

 

[Heinvers]

Dat' cave I love it. Nice usage of light models there.

 

[AuckeS]

Been improving the mushroom cave a bit, added some small details like vines and more noticeable ferns.

Cave

And now a completely new WIP, it's a bandit garrison. It may change into something else later on however.

Garrison

I need some feedback about the fog in the mushroom cave, was the original orange one better than the green, or do you think some other color will be more fitting?

 

[Heinvers]

I preferred the older version of the cave (mainly fog). Good outcome with that camp.

 

[lord_Turin]

i think the old fod looked better.

it would be awesome if you can get some more high quality models instead of the regulair wc3 models, to fully do your terrain justice!

 

[AuckeS]

Units are another problem, but I don't think that the original wc3 units are that bad. They have their own charms.

I didn't had much time today, all I did was made some updates to the garrison, here's how it currently looks...

Image

 

[Freddyk]

Your terrain is awesome, but i just can't stand those tents! I've always found these models were ugly because their texture has no shading at all...

Since it's playable terrain, you should also take care of gameplay and make sure it's easy for the player to move his units in this terrain, mostly by making it clear where the terrain is pathable or not. (not saying it's bad now, just take that into account)

 

[Talavaj]

The mushroom cave is awesome, I prefer the green over the yellow fog for the cave, it goes well with the red glows.
The water is nice, overall nice.

I do however feel it is a little bit cluttered, it does confuse me quite a bit about what is pathable and what is not.

 

[Heinvers]

Your terrain is awesome, but i just can't stand those tents!

Those tents are fine imo.

 

[AuckeS]

The terrain of the first act is complete. I've attached the campaign to the main post, check it out.


Here's the top view of the map plus a new screenshot of the garrison.

Images

Right now I'm focusing on the dungeons and triggers, so there's still much to be done.

 

[Heinvers]

Good. Have fun.

 

[Splub]

These are some the best terrain pictures I've ever seen. Great Job dude.

 

[AuckeS]

A fresh WIP of a cave:

Cave

Same cave that I've showed before

Cave

 

[Strydhaizer]

A fresh WIP of a cave:

Cave

Same cave that I've showed before

Cave

Do you know/mind that it will be hard to add/place pathing blockers and platforms to your terrain?

By the Way , Terrain is well made , very detailed , i like it

 

[AuckeS]

Do you know/mind that it will be hard to add/place pathing blockers and platforms to your terrain?

Yeap, I've began placing them in the western areas of the map and it's not an easy task to say the least. Although the map size is not that big so the process won't be overly long, just a bit tedious.

+Some new screenshots of the mine that I showed previously, this time ingame:

Images

+Started working on a new zone, or a complete remake of the first one depending on how things will turn out:

Lupine Field

 

[The J]

Hoooooly...
This is miraculous.

 

[PurgeandFire]

Those shots look awesome so far! The images are rather large though, you may want to resize them down a bit so they won't stretch the page on small monitors.

 

[Strydhaizer]

Hey Auck's , can i use your "Terraining" map , the map that you've posted in the main thread? .

EDIT:

Here's the full campaign, take whatever you want.

Sure, feel free to use it however you want.

Okay , thanks

 

[AuckeS]

Sure, feel free to use it however you want.

The progress slowed down a bit due to not having as much time as I did before. And as I said before I decided to revamp the whole map, making it bigger and more focused on exploration.

Here a small update on the southern region.

 

[Heinvers]

Pretty good. Some webs would look good at that cave? part. lower-left corner.