Is This Good ?

[Ghost-]

I just started terrain'ing some weeks ago 1-2, and I wanted to know if I were doing any good with it. Heh

 

[Nudl9]

Would be ok for a map, but for terraining purposes i wouldnt right call it really good...
Looks a bit plain and nothing like special about it...

 

[Naze]

Look, it is exactly as Nudl9 said.

Well, the only things you must do is:

1) The terrain is too charged, if you understand me. Much elements close one to another and the pathing is small. You can "push" the doodads a bit far one from another, until they look better. It will be better for the gameplay and for the terrain. And more shrubs are welcome!

2) The tile variation is good, but it is not that good. Well, add dark grass under the trees and rough dirt at the lake.

Thats it! Keep terraining, one day you'll get it! =]


[Edit]

I forgot to talk about the fog! Go to

Scenario>Map Options

And check the "Use Terrain Fog" box.

Then use your wanted color.
If you want to choose the density of the fog, you must change the "Z start". Smaller number, denser fog.



And the most important: With the Map Options closed, press "v" to see the game view.But you already know this lol


Thats it!

 

[Mor)L(unE]

Its okay for a playable map, but it defenitly needs to grow before you can call it a showcase map.

 

[seruk]

You've worked your height variation really nice, and to me it looks way better than most stuff posted here. It's as good as Warcraft III can look if you want the original wc3 look, if you get what I mean. You could fill the place up with some more doodads and maybe fix the beach up a bit but otherwise nice job.

 

[Ghost-]

Thx for all the comments, and I'm gonna try to improve it Its always nice to know what to do xD

 

[Nudl9]

U know what? i just feel like theres something nice about it...
Even though its really plain, but it feels kinda cosy! (or how u spell it).
Simpleness can be sometimes be nice once in awhile, and not those mass SFX terrains...

 

[Jetherit]

If you're interested in terraining, this is definitely a good beginning. You have a good knack for spatial structure, unlike me who can't accept nonsymmetry...

I think what other people are mistaking for blandness is the fact that the environment in your pictures is essentially very bland. It is the skill with which one portrays this, however, that we judge you on. Good job, I say. Not perfect, but a good start.

 

[Craka_J]

I like the first and fourth one most. But your terrain overall seems plain due to the lack of environmental doodads. Go wild with them!

~Craka_J

 

[Gilles]

Tile variation would help a lot!

I suggest making it night and letting those lanterns glow for a nice effect.

 

[busterkomo]

Could use some more doodad variety.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

It's nice but teh fences are not good placed there...

 

[seruk]

It's nice but teh fences are not good placed there...

Actually teh fences gives the shot a really nice touch, and frames the road sorta.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

He could place them much better IMO.

 

[seruk]

He could place them much better IMO.

Now that's constructive critism folks.

Seriously, tell him how.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Now that's constructive critism folks.

Seriously, tell him how.

-_- what did that mean?

 

[seruk]

-_- what did that mean?

"He could place them much better IMO."

HOW could he place them better? You just said they were badly placed, but not how and why.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

He could connect them together.

 

[seruk]

He could connect them together.

There we go, if you just would've said that from the beginning it would've saved us a large amount of posts. I don't agree with you though, it wouldn't look any better. I know no one irl would make fences like that but it looks nice.

 

[Oziris]

It is to simple add fog, and u can download the
UTM-Ultimate terrian map!!!

 

[Gilles]

I agree with UchihaSasuke.gr. The fences are too random. It looks as if they were just randomly thrown down. Don't connect them all, but make them parallel with the road.

Also as Oziris said, you may want to start using the UTM. It is probably one of the greatest weapons in a terrainers arsenal.

 

[Ghost-]

Well I just made some new, would someone please critism and comment And I dont like so much my self ..

 

[Vkm]FoL[Dx]

grass doesn't look good and there are 2 kinds of them just add bushes and shrubbery things and some grass

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Well the grass up there is too dark and the other is too light.This makes it bad.You can change its color.

 

[Gilles]

As both previous posts stated, the grass clash too much. I would go with the light green one. Maybe tint the other to a lighter color. Take different grass models, tint them a matching color (not the exact same) and mix them. Don't have them perfectly separate like you have done. Blend them.

 

[Craka_J]

I'd say tint the grass doodads near the shore a lot darker and perhaps tint the palm tree slightly darker as well. The terrain overall is decent. Nothing great though.

~Craka_J

 

[seruk]

Well I just made some new, would someone please critism and comment And I dont like so much my self ..

A great step backwards. :| The doodads mix extremly bad, especially the grass. You need to find some sort of balance in the way you place your doodadz so that it melts together sort of into just environment, and then find something else to catch the eye.
I'd say start over on something new, because this is not worth saving.

 

[Direfury]

The first few pictures I liked, good if you want them to have that sort've feeling you'd get from the old campaign around Lordaeron. Now if you just cover a village with trees as if you were making a map for Ashenvale,THEN you should go wild with shrubs & bushes.

The island picture I didn't really go for,I personally RARELY use trees on small islands like that,maybe some dirt and vegetation around the middle of the island with coral and seaweed under the water (use Ctrl+PageDown with these selected).