Saga: Wreckage Isle

[Celaquil]

So, finally, I have completed that map I've been bitching on about for so long, and I know you all have been looking forewards to this Here you will get the final shots, together with the full map so you can have a full 3D spectrum of what have taken me so long to create.

If anyone cares, I've got some slight background story about the map:

It's mostly made to have a 3D presentation of how my human race is in Dawn of Life, how untidily makeshift their villages is, and how they seem to not give a damn about anything in life, they are low-life sailors that only survive because their the best at what they do: Being seamen.

In this map is also the human races "other" faction presented, namely a faction of which I've currently beta named "Followers of the Saga." These humans a much more "civil" and much more evil at that, they build large stone structures and monuments in a very gothic and dark fashion, all in the name of their "God," namely the "Storyteller."

So, that's basically it. Hope you like it, and as always:
- Comments and critique is always welcome

Credits go out to:

Red Shift:

- For his bloody great skins and models, most of which has helped me a lot in this terrain.

General Frank (Frankster):

- For being a bloody good friend, doing me some minor modelling editing tweaks.

Born²Modificate:

- For his B2M map which many of the models in the map is taken from.

_oGre_:

- Yet again, for his "Refuge in Ruin" terrain of which I have also borrowed a lot of models.

And last but not by far least, a shoutout to some of my closest user-friends: fladdermasken, Mr.Goblin and M0rbid.

- All of whom has helped me with moral support and pointed advices and judgement.
Most of which I'd like to thank fladder, for his dedicated guidance and pointers,
ta mate; have a napkin.

 

[Bugz]

Finally

 

[Verhalthur]

The terrain is amazingly high detailed for playable terrain.
It is pretty much playable terrain, just minus the pathing.

I'm jealous :T

 

[Maker]

You're my favourite terrainer. Excellent.

 

[Switch33]

library A

globals
    constant real GamePeriod = 0.04
    trigger GameTimer = null
endglobals

    function SetCameraZ takes real z returns nothing
        // Thanks to Toadcop for this function.
        set z = GetCameraField(CAMERA_FIELD_ZOFFSET)+z-GetCameraTargetPositionZ()
        call SetCameraField(CAMERA_FIELD_ZOFFSET,z,- 0.01)
        call SetCameraField(CAMERA_FIELD_ZOFFSET,z,0.01)
    endfunction


function GameUpdate takes nothing returns nothing
        call SetCameraZ(2000) 
//replace 2000 with whatever height u want the camera to stay at
endfunction


function SG takes nothing returns nothing
    set GameTimer = CreateTrigger()
    call TriggerRegisterTimerEvent(GameTimer, GamePeriod, true)
    call TriggerAddAction(GameTimer, function GameUpdate)

    call DestroyTimer(GetExpiredTimer())
endfunction
endlibrary

library S initializer InitTrig uses A
function InitTrig takes nothing returns nothing
    call TimerStart(CreateTimer(), 2, false, function SG)
endfunction
endlibrary

Add these two trigger to fix the in-game terrain height camera issue.

The terrain is nice. The boats are unbelievably well done. And I really like those rocks used in conjunction with the water.

There is no pathing whatsoever so it'd take some work to get the pathing accurate, but the terrain looks pretty good.

Actually just here's the map with the two triggers already in for lazy ppl:
http://www.filesavr.com/D7YIBL

 

[Celaquil]

Add these two trigger to fix the in-game terrain height camera issue.

The terrain is nice. The boats are unbelievably well done. And I really like those rocks used in conjunction with the water.

There is no pathing whatsoever so it'd take some work to get the pathing accurate, but the terrain looks pretty good.

Actually just here's the map with the two triggers already in for lazy ppl:
http://www.filesavr.com/D7YIBL

Thank you, and thanks to you all so far

Though, I never made this map with the intention of it being playable, or at least I never made it with the intention of "making" it playable So I will not be doing any pathing or other fancy things to improve the playability of it, it is, as I stated, simply a 3D viewer of a sort to see the entire map in it's full.
- Though, what you people "do" with it yourselves, I couldn't care less to know.

 

[PROXY]

This is sooooooooo lovely :3

You can really see how much love was put into this. All these small details, just fantastic

 

[M0rbid]

I will make it simple, as I do not think it's necessary to say much:

I take my hat off to you - I do not do that often generally, but I do, actually, for you I did that before, so I take my mask off this time.

 

[PROXY]

I will make it simple, as I do not think it's necessary to say much:

I take my hat off to you - I do not do that often generally, but I do, actually, for you I did that before, so I take my mask off this time.

That was quite... unsimple, but it hit the point :3

 

[Belgarath]

ahhh soo.. it's not playable then?

well i have to say that the textures do bother me. in the second picture, you've used those high res plants as well as the normal plants and the fauna just doesn't look quite right. especially when the ground tiles are partially high and low res. Mainly what's wrong with the plants is that the ferns have that dark green colour that fits well with any ashenvale or whatever; the high res ferns or whatever you have there just have an entirely different colour scheme that only fits with high res things imo. they're just so bleached. Others of the high res fauna are better, some of the grasses/plants (i think?) are very nice and fitting.
but it is quite nice overall. i like the general atmosphere

 

[Dr. House]

L-o-v-e-l-y

(Woot 2000th post yaaay)

 

[vuongkkk]

Love the style: detailed work and realism
Incredible man, thank ya

I will spend a whole day for walking around your map

 

[PROXY]

ahhh soo.. it's not playable then?

well i have to say that the textures do bother me. in the second picture, you've used those high res plants as well as the normal plants and the fauna just doesn't look quite right. especially when the ground tiles are partially high and low res. Mainly what's wrong with the plants is that the ferns have that dark green colour that fits well with any ashenvale or whatever; the high res ferns or whatever you have there just have an entirely different colour scheme that only fits with high res things imo. they're just so bleached. Others of the high res fauna are better, some of the grasses/plants (i think?) are very nice and fitting.
but it is quite nice overall. i like the general atmosphere

The thing with the fauna isn't seeable at all at night IMO. It bothered me too, at the time I was first looking at it, but if you turn on the ingame view, everything looks fine. Maybe, it also is just my pc, so I don't know ^^

 

[Celaquil]

ahhh soo.. it's not playable then?

well i have to say that the textures do bother me. in the second picture, you've used those high res plants as well as the normal plants and the fauna just doesn't look quite right. especially when the ground tiles are partially high and low res. Mainly what's wrong with the plants is that the ferns have that dark green colour that fits well with any ashenvale or whatever; the high res ferns or whatever you have there just have an entirely different colour scheme that only fits with high res things imo. they're just so bleached. Others of the high res fauna are better, some of the grasses/plants (i think?) are very nice and fitting.
but it is quite nice overall. i like the general atmosphere

I'll admit I can see your point, but I like it as is, so nothing of the sort will be changed. And I'd also have to agree with Proxy, it's not that visible a difference when you have game-mode set on, which is should be throughout the entirety of the "experience" anyways >.>

 

[Belgarath]

oh there's a map attached. i was just basing that off the second screenshot (mainly) but i'll have a look at the map too : )

 

[fladdermasken]

Most of which I'd like to thank fladder, for his dedicated guidance and pointers,
ta mate; have a napkin.

That'll come in handy, I quite unbastardly used my previous ones to slap my adversaries. Now I can wipe the blood off their noses.

 

[Celaquil]

Slight update on this one, I added a new small bit of landmass with an elven expanse on it, and I added a rope lift thing close to the main harbour city.

 

[Belgarath]

i just discovered that cubby-hole place with all the scrolls in it. incredibly cool i have to say especially since every scroll is separate!
IMO you should think about making a little cinematic/campaign just for terrain, the campaign would just be a quick kinda thing that's entirely for the views and that (or just a single map, campaigns just give variety if you desire). That way you can really just show that stuff to people, or even make a little game with side areas with this kind of detail in them. anything that's playable in some way just enhances this kind of thing extremely

 

[Mgeterno11]

Nice and amazing terrain!It must have been a lot of time to make it, i really like it.
I will test the map, too, when i have time.

 

[Nan0]

Sorry, i dont read previously replies
The main problem, i think, that models have too different textures (in quality).
I think you may remake some of them, and it will be more beatiful

Btw, it is nicely done

 

[2-P]

Woah good job, that's really cool! Love how you managed to show the difference between two factions of the same race just with the terrain.