First Terrain

[DarkDenizen]

Just did this for fun in some spare time. Anyone care to comment? This is my first.

I personally like version 2 better.

 

[Belgarath]

Looks quite cool, just 2 major flaws:
-the beach is rather dirt than sand, try making it sand
-you can see the "edge of the world", this makes it look cut off
Other than that, nothing uber awesome, but cool, +rep for a first try

 

[DarkDenizen]

Thanks for the rep =). Actually, the beach IS sand, although I admit it doesn't look very sandy. I agree with you about the end of the world. How would you recommend fixing that?

 

[Belgarath]

Let's see... Try putting a ship or some spires, and for the beach .. hmm .. try putting in a bit of rough dirt and some shells.

 

[madman9800]

very nice, very clean and fresh looking.

 

[Craka_J]

The first looks worse because the lack of tile variation is more noticable. Thus, my favorite is the second since the atmosphere looks nicer.
~Craka_J

 

[Gilles]

Here goes:

-Add a fog
-Use another dirt tile that matches the sand and mix it with the sand
-Get a better angle, for some reason this just isn't a very good angle
-I suggest not using those canopy trees, I think the other sunken ruins trees are much better looking
-add some seashells

That's an awesome start though! Well done.

 

[DarkDenizen]

K, just uploaded a third try. I tried using rough dirt along with sand as per Belgarath's advice, along with some seashells. Not sure why the white fog is visible on the sea. I need to fix that. I think I will probably take out the ship also. I don't like the rock spires much either, but I need something to break up the sharp edge of the world.

 

[Craka_J]

Well done on the improvement!
+Rep!
~Craka_J

 

[DarkDenizen]

Take 4. I cleaned up the horizon, got rid of that funny fog, and used Gilles's suggestion to replace the canopy trees with normal ones. Not sure if I like the way the trees on the horizon look, but we'll see.

 

[Belgarath]

I think Gilles meant as in using the fog to block out the edge, like in my example:

I was a bit sneaky using Outland Heavy Wind, but the effect's the same

 

[Oziris]

Its cool i like them all.

 

[DarkDenizen]

How did you do that fog, Belgarath?

 

[Gilles]

That's an awesome example belgarath! Also very good improvement DarkDenizen! Someone took my advice! +rep

 

[Belgarath]

I used Outland Heavy Wind, and white fog z start 0 and z end something like 7500-5000.

 

[DarkDenizen]

Here's the island at a different angle. I also played with fog. Unfortunately there's no good night time equivalent to the wind effects, or I would have used that.

 

[Belgarath]

Look great, except there's a bit too much black in the screen

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Not too impressed, DarkDenizen, but a somewhat decent start. You could do better with tile variation, just mix a few sand tiles and such together.

Like Belgarath, add a good fog and perhaps make something far away that you can only barely see, that adds to the atmosphere, like a ship in the distant or perhaps another island.

 

[DarkDenizen]

I can't seem to find anything that looks like sand other than the sunken ruins sand tile. Anyone have any reccomendations?

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Barrens also has sand tiles.

 

[DarkDenizen]

I tried them and they really didn't work out, way too red.

 

[seruk]

I like the second and third, they've got pretty neat athmosphere. It's kinda Shipwrecked-like. I don't however approve of the last screenshot, that doesn't look as good. Might be because of the camera angle but whatever.

 

[Gilles]

I suggest keep using the rough dirt tile you have used a tiny bit, it looks fine. Or use a normal dirt tile. Why is your water black? It looks really bad.

 

[DarkDenizen]

Not supposed to be black, it's supposed to be a dark blue-grey.

 

[Gilles]

Ahh, well I would suggest trying to get it a better color.