Any More Ideas Please...

[Strydhaizer]

Oh hell , i have no more ideas/concepts to make terrains
Can you suggest some or can you make a concept art for me?

My terrains results to awesomeness everytime you-people give a great suggestion. So thank you for that.

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I found this in my old folder , its a Tech-Taj Mahal
This terrain is older than my TP5 Terrain. I mean , this is actually suppose to be my second terrain this year , but it is dropped in about 7 months. So i want to revive this , can someone give suggestions?opinions?

WIP 1 - Its Tech Taj Mahal:Terrain by SZ

 

[fladdermasken]

ZOffset the camera a bit and give the ground texture/variation a little bit of love.

For snowy landscapes I like tiny sparse spots of dirt/grass with some signs of vegetation, like shrubs, dead trees or pines.

The lead motive needs a bit of work too, more dimensions to it, right now it kinda looks flat like a giant postcard.

 

[Strydhaizer]

Forget that because that terrain looks .... worst.

I found another one on my old galleries.
I think this is more interesting.

WIP 1 - Its Underwater Lab:Terrain by SZ

 

[fladdermasken]

They are just sets of doodads welded into some tangible shape so far.

That alone ain't going to pique any interests and it sure isn't enough basis to scrap anything on.

 

[tobyfat50]

Well I chose the Taj Mahal It's obviously your best bet, I don't know about the other one but if you can make something out of that you deserve rep.
I would start by looking at the real Taj Mahal, making that road path and the surroundings semms important. Just look at the picture and ask what is making the Taj Mahal seem so grand. After this step you can start getting crazy!

 

[Deleted member 212788]

Concepts you say? Flipping over the camera and doing something like Bioshock Infinite? . Or maybe an Asian terrain. #MoreJapanInWarcraft . Toby has some damn awesome japanese stuff + Killst4r's panda buildings can be combinded in a fun way.

 

[Strydhaizer]

Concepts you say? Flipping over the camera and doing something like Bioshock Infinite? . Or maybe an Asian terrain. #MoreJapanInWarcraft . Toby has some damn awesome japanese stuff + Killst4r's panda buildings can be combinded in a fun way.

GoodIdea (σ`▽´)-σ

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Okay, seems that theres another terrain contest opened past few days ago, and i think i can join , any ideas on "Feelings/Emotions" Theme?

 

[Celaquil]

For starters, don't bump a thread unless it's really important,
and when you do; at least wait 48 hours before you do so.

Anyway, you can't use terrains that's already started before the
launch of the contest in official terraining contests, sorry.

If that wasn't what you meant, then my advice would be:
Pick an emotion, be creative about it, and device a terrain
around said emotion. I'll likely go for "dread" or "chills".

 

[Deleted member 212788]

For starters, don't bump a thread unless it's really important,
and when you do; at least wait 48 hours before you do so.

Anyway, you can't use terrains that's already started before the
launch of the contest in official terraining contests, sorry.

If that wasn't what you meant, then my advice would be:
Pick an emotion, be creative about it, and device a terrain
around said emotion. I'll likely go for "dread" or "chills".

Winter! Ah, a man after my own heart. I'd really like to see another great winter terrain. Even though I'm a bit pre-occupied at the moment link me the terrain contest please, I'd like to stalk a bit and maybe do something ^^

 

[Strydhaizer]

For starters, don't bump a thread unless it's really important,
and when you do; at least wait 48 hours before you do so.

I actually suppose to delete the last post but my internet is so slow and i cant delete it. Ive waited a couple of minutes to be deleted but then my internet is disconnected. I was going to delete it this morning but i saw that you've already edited it .

Sorry for double posting.

Anyway, you can't use terrains that's already started before the
launch of the contest in official terraining contests, sorry.

Yes i know , i actually joined the old contests before
>Sadly i forgot the passwords my old accounts.

Winter! Ah, a man after my own heart. I'd really like to see another great winter terrain. Even though I'm a bit pre-occupied at the moment link me the terrain contest please, I'd like to stalk a bit and maybe do something ^^

Sorry but i lack winter chill models. So i go for halloween-ish terrain (Or maybe fantasy-ish). :> I always make dark terrains (As you notice on my old terrains)
>Im not good in action-ish and winter-ish terrains (Remember my http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/terrain-board-267/my-first-terrain-_-235337/?)

Oh and http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/arena-226/terraining-contest-15-feelings-emotions-243666/

 

[Deleted member 212788]

Aye, I was gonna ask. Where did you find the boat model and rock texture for the mountain?

 

[Strydhaizer]

Aye, I was gonna ask. Where did you find the boat model and rock texture for the mountain?

All of them are from Toby's Graveyard.


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Okay , i finally made a very artistic sky ive ever done in terraining.

WIP1 - Leaving:Terrain by SZ

 

[Celaquil]

That's... Actually a pretty neat looking sky, how'd you go about it?

Also, why do you insist on having such a BIG fucking interface on your screen?
I'd minimize it to make more space for showing the actual terrain.

 

[Strydhaizer]

That's... Actually a pretty neat looking sky, how'd you go about it?

Also, why do you insist on having such a BIG fucking interface on your screen?
I'd minimize it to make more space for showing the actual terrain.

Nah Im too lazy to crop it ...

Oh , i shoulda ask this again , how to ...

Set your graphic render option to max and turn on texture filtering, anisotropic filtering and antialiasing before you take a screenshot. Also you should probably turn your resolution up.

Oh can someone answer this , i really dont like to see my terrain cropped in a shitty low quality image.

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That's... Actually a pretty neat looking sky, how'd you go about it?

Using Dark Teal Fog , Nebula Model , Spammed Glows , Toby's Moon , Glow , Star Model , Dust and SkySpheres , Overall 1000 doodads placed.

 

[fladdermasken]

Set your graphic render option to max and turn on texture filtering, anisotropic filtering and antialiasing before you take a screenshot. Also you should probably turn your resolution up.

If you have an nVIDIA card just right click on your desktop, go to nVIDIA Control Panel and draw the slider-bar from Performance to Quality. Or go under Manage 3D settings and set Anisotropic filtering and Antialiasing to highest settings. If you have an AMD card there is a similar control panel called Catalyst Control Center.

Nah Im too lazy to crop it ...

He means in the actual editor. Just hover your mouse over the side of the interface till you get this, ↔, then pull it to your left.

Compare to

 

[Strydhaizer]

Did it

Test

Thanks Flad!

 

[fladdermasken]

No effect so far, the edges of the polygons are still not antialiased. Look at the mountains in the distance, they are jagged and pixelated. MSAA would smooth that out for you. I guess you might have to restart the editor for the changes to take effect or something.

 

[Strydhaizer]

Maybe theres something wrong in my settings.

 

[fladdermasken]

No that looks good to me. Are you manually resizing your images after you capture them?

 

[Strydhaizer]

No that looks good to me. Are you manually resizing your images after you capture them?

No im just cropping them from the Screenshot , i crop the .tga file then export it as .png .

 

[chobibo]

The World Editor has a graphics quality settings too, try checking that.

 

[Strydhaizer]

 

[chobibo]

Must be the editors limitation (rendering) then.

 

[Strydhaizer]

Made lil fixes on my terrain

WIP 2 - Leaving:Terrain by SZ

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[marko9]

That sky man... damn...

 

[Strydhaizer]

Sad only few are bumping the TC15 Thread so ill update my WIPS here. And i think ill make this thread as my WIP thread.

WIP 3 - Leaving:Terrain by SZ

 

[marko9]

May I ask where did you find this tree model?

 

[Strydhaizer]

Its from WoW , As i remember , i found it in Orcnets Resources.

Does the tree fit to my terrain?

WIP 4 - Leaving:Terrain by SZ

Reupdated ...

 

[tobyfat50]

Beautiful! You are starting to become my favorite terrainer here.
If you already have max'ed out the settings then it must be the world editor. Try making the screenshot in game, Wc3 exe and the editor display differently. That might solve the problem.

 

[Strydhaizer]

Beautiful! You are starting to become my favorite terrainer here.
If you already have max'ed out the settings then it must be the world editor. Try making the screenshot in game, Wc3 exe and the editor display differently. That might solve the problem.

Screenshot ingame's more worst than d' Editor.

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Reupdated the WIP 4 Image

 

[tobyfat50]

Strange, that's not the case for me. It works perfectly at all resolutions even at 1024 px, I get no jagged edges. What graphics card do you use?
It can't be worse than mine:

• AMD Sempron Processor LE-1620 2.40GH
• RAM 2GB
• NVIDIA GeForce9500GT

 

[fladdermasken]

The rendering issue is really bugging me. It should work.

Are your drivers up to date?

 

[tobyfat50]

Maybe it's the drivers or maybe his graphics card doesn't support anti antialiasing?

 

[Strydhaizer]

The rendering issue is really bugging me. It should work.

Are your drivers up to date?

Its in Auto Update so probably yes...

Maybe it's the drivers or maybe his graphics card doesn't support anti antialiasing?

Dunno , High resolution screen is enough for me , maybe the editor and the extensions that ive added mixed up and ruined the game graphics. Some of my games were improved though.

Oh and i should really turn into NVIDIA GeForce 9500 , gonna buy one later.

 

[fladdermasken]

Oh and i should really turn into NVIDIA GeForce 9500 , gonna buy one later.

9500 GT is a really old card and couldn't even really handle gaming well for its time.

I don't know what kind of budget you have, but I would at least look into the GTX 700 series.

 

[Strydhaizer]

Move on , its just a graphics improvements , i have no time for that.

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WIP 5 - Leaving:Terrain by SZ

 

[tobyfat50]

9500 GT is a really old card and couldn't even really handle gaming well for its time.

I don't know what kind of budget you have, but I would at least look into the GTX 700 series.

Yeah it's a SUCKY Graphics card in a SUCKY Computer, real antique stuff. I had a supercomputer two years ago but I had to give it away. Sadly this is the only good computer I have. The graphics card is old but it's a good model compared to other versions so I can do my stuff. I can at least play Starcraft 2 decently a little bit over medium settings. Stryderzero, You should really consider buying a new card if your computer is not so ancient and if you're probably using a incorporated one, It makes a huge difference.

Gotta get me a new satellite (monster comp) in the near future! Hopefully, This one is a old man on the dying bed.

The picture, waiting to see more...

 

[Strydhaizer]

The next week , ill buy the latest graphic card. My computer is not so old , purchased last Nov 3 2012 so its 1 year old now.

WIP 6 - Leaving:Terrain by SZ

 

[fladdermasken]

I don't know, it is starting to look really messy. I can't really see where you are going with it.

Also there should be a trillion times better lantern models than that one.

 

[Strydhaizer]

I don't know, it is starting to look really messy. I can't really see where you are going with it.

Also there should be a trillion times better lantern models than that one.

I better wait for other submission of entries so that i can get some idea.

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I shall use B2M trees since bamboos really dont look good ... at your eyes. :<

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WIP 7

I still dont have idea on the middle part.
Ive also changed the trees that is just suggested. So i replaced them in B2M trees.
Ive also improved the lightings
Added some props and units.
Mountains are more detailed.

Oh and the lanterns...

 

[Celaquil]

I honestly don't see what there's not to understand, you are supposed to base your terrain on an emotion, like "happiness," "sadness," "madness" etc...

I'd say you're doing it wrong, because you're halfway through the process of making this terrain and you still don't know what the theme is about, in that sense,
you should have chosen an emotion BEFORE you started doing the terrain and THEN make a concept based on that emotion. However, you might "bypass" this by
going for an emotion now and then tweak the atmosphere to suit the theme, in that way you can claim that you're terrain is following the theme, chances are,
though, that doing this you might not come off with the best score in relation to the theme.

And if all that didn't make things clear about the theme, here's a simpler way of explaining it:

"Make me a terrain about happiness, or sadness, or madness, or whatever other emotion you can think of."

 

[fladdermasken]

It shouldn't be that hard.

Loneliness

Happiness

Sadness

Or if you want it in terraining terms, these could, if you wish, represent something along the lines of grief, fear and loneliness, respectively.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...248348230-destructora-s-terrain-terrain10.jpg
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...880d1312998316-elredirs-terrains-all-gone.png
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...ddermasken-user133407_pic62216_1351090333.png

 

[Deleted member 212788]

Hmmm, I think I'm going to go with emptiness for my entry. Or my rendition of Fear, both work. Anyway, I personally feel that the terrain is becoming a bit too complicated. There are too many objects that require attention and that takes away from the initial impact most other pieces of terrainwork have.

 

[Strydhaizer]

The image is showing sadness where the red guy is going to leave his hometown.
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I shall leave this terrain and make another one... Thanks for the ideas flad , that clearly explains everything that i need to know about the theme.

 

[tobyfat50]

There are too many lights and effects that draw your attention in all places plus the background structures are starting to get even more confusing. I liked the sky at the beginning, maybe you should lighten the load a little, also a dark contrast between the foreground and background structures will fix some visual issues. I like the idea, maybe you will still work at this as one of your terrains. Good luck on finding a theme for the contest!

 

[Strydhaizer]

Aaaaaannnd , tadaah! Another WIP ...

 

[Heinvers]

The sky man How did you do it? What models have you used? I looks great

 

[fladdermasken]

So far the focal point is a birch tree. I would probably remove that and leave the horizon open for something more appropriate.

 

[Heinvers]

Hey boss! What's you thought about this?

 

[Strydhaizer]

The sky man How did you do it? What models have you used? I looks great

Uberclouds , Cloud (By B2M) and Glows...

For the Night Skies , im using Glows , CloudStars , Nebula , Ubercloud and the Moon (By Tobyfat)

So far the focal point is a birch tree. I would probably remove that and leave the horizon open for something more appropriate.

(*_*)b