Playable Forest Terrain

[Lee_Go]

How can i improve this playable terrain, i want to add grass but the grass model I downloaded, which is the only one i found, shows up at white model base. Replace shrubs for grass...

Forest Playable

Just a little bit of the village...

Night Elf Village Playable

I need a lot of help with the Inn, i think its too ugly/plain, how can i get good flooring for it?

Inn Playable

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

The shrubs don't look too bad, though that tree in the top left seems a bit off color to the rest

 

[Lee_Go]

Yeah I know but I'd like it to stay, if you look at it from the game its a grouping of them behind the walls.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Ahh, that makes sense. Looks sweet right now, I don't really have anything to suggest. Maybe you should post up some more pictures of different areas you think you need to work on

 

[Lee_Go]

Well i'm definitely happy to hear that and I have 4 more ill bring up in a new thread. Unless you suggest me to upload it here, otherwise... new thread.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Post wherever you want, though if its more forests then this may be the best thread for it. If its some completely separate topic then yeah, a new thread should be fine.

 

[Lee_Go]

I added more pictures I need help with...

 

[Piwlady]

those places looks lil' flat, work whit that. Then try to add some more groundtexture varitation.

 

[Lee_Go]

Oh right right, I just started reterraining the whole place so I didn't really do much, I forgot to add elevation... Thank you for mentioning.

 

[Deolrin]

The Night Elven village doesn't looks Night Elven enough. Try using more Night Elven style buildings - you know, purple. And also more ancients\trees.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Yeah as it stands now, the Dryad looks way out of place guarding human style buildings.

 

[Lee_Go]

what do u mean by, ancient trees? and ty for letting me know about the houses.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Well if its just elves, you don't really need the Ancients (the Tree/Buildings that the Night Elves have in game), but you do want the buildings to look night elfish.

 

[Lee_Go]

well its not like its the night elf capital just village, but yeah i guess i should change the buildings...

 

[Deolrin]

The architecture and overall look of the buildings fits humans more than Night Elves. You could do the same with purple buildings and fancy decorations and it will look Night Elven. I recommend you use Moon Wells, "Night Elven Fishing Village", Huntress' Hall and Altar of the Elders.

 

[Lee_Go]

Does anyone have any suggestions on the inn? Thats what i need help on, especially cus everyone else already said something on village.

 

[Piwlady]

It's plain. Just look at it. Is that ground there dirt? and why there is fences straight from farm?
You can get good wood flooring from UTM

 

[Lee_Go]

I'm going to totally change the layout of it but I need to know how I can make it a good floor instead of ground, only way I've used before is make the model of a pier big enough so you can't see its lights and thats wooden floors, but I can't find any floor models... except bamboo on hive.

OHASDFKSJKA, you know what, I never look at skins because i'm not fully sure on how to apply skins. But i just looked at them and thats where all the wooden floor terrain tiles are... except I have to look up how to apply them...

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

You may want to remove that double post before a mod takes notice

 

[Lee_Go]

K I did, what did i do?

 

[Deolrin]

The inn is inside a Dwarven town\village, I suppose? Add beer on the tables and near the bartender, make some wooden flooring, get some decoration like plants, make some lamps of sorts up the roof(with a light source), replace a few of the "Adventurers" with a few mountain kings or riflemen, add some barrels(of beer) around, add more tables with chairs.

 

[Lee_Go]

The inn is inside a Dwarven town\village, I suppose? Add beer on the tables and near the bartender, make some wooden flooring, get some decoration like plants, make some lamps of sorts up the roof(with a light source), replace a few of the "Adventurers" with a few mountain kings or riflemen, add some barrels(of beer) around, add more tables with chairs.

Yeah I just downloaded "The Ultimate Terraining Map" so i'll have a lot of models to work with, I'll lay out the inn differently this time with a lot more props. Thanks for saying something on inn...

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Yeah I just downloaded "The Ultimate Terraining Map" so i'll have a lot of models to work with, I'll lay out the inn differently this time with a lot more props. Thanks for saying something on inn...

UTM has a ton of models, but also takes up a ton of space. Don't forget to go back and delete every model you don't need when your done

 

[Lee_Go]

UTM?
Aight, thanks and I was planning to delete the unused models, yes.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

The Ultimate Terraining Map = UTM

 

[Lee_Go]

oh haha, yeah yeah, i just downloaded for first time a couple days ago, and yeah now i have a lot to work with, bit overwhelmed. I have to look up how to make doodads be in the air....

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

oh haha, yeah yeah, i just downloaded for first time a couple days ago, and yeah now i have a lot to work with, bit overwhelmed. I have to look up how to make doodads be in the air....

The categories make it easier to figure out what you need (tree = tree of course, things like Ruins = stuff you would put in ruins). Its actually quite useful.

To make doodads float, select it. Hold Control then hold Page Up to move it up and Page Down to move it down. If you move it again (doesnt count for rotation) it returns to normal height. Its height stays independent of the terrains height so you can raise and lower it under it.

 

[Lee_Go]

I'm on my mac right now, and i tryed it and it didnt work, ill try with PC tho, thats awsome, thanks for letting me know

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

I have no clue on the Mac short cuts, sorry can't help you there