Serenity Isle

[Herio-san]

I also entered the terraining contest for making the best fortress. This is my Nightelf Fortress "Serenity" dedicated to deckboy. Lemme know what you guys think.

 

[Karzvitch]

Nice job, but in the flat areas add a little variation to height

 

[blazing-inferno]

Nice, i really liked the top one but maybe add a little more doodads in it so it doesn't look so empty.

 

[Herio-san]

Thanks for the input. Its still not finished. The blank areas will probably end up having some more foilage in them. Not exactly sure what to do with alot of the empty space. I have some hills through the inner courts and im planning on adding an army of huntresses somewhere in there.

 

[Deep Sea Kraken]

Looks good - I like those catwalks

 

[operator]

add doddads

 

[Rui]

Very nice. However, play a bit more with the ground texture variation. The second one would be much cooler with a bit of variation.

Nice job nonetheless

 

[The_wand_mirror]

Looks like a fine competition for me .. still mines better ( srry i have attitude )

 

[Herio-san]

Updated

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I still have alot to do but heres some of the new screenies:

 

[Chaos]

Druids Hut is brilliant ! Wondeful entry ...

Chaos

EDIT: How did you do this, I tried to copy it, for additional knowlege, I failed ...

Some of your units have shadows, some not ...

 

[Goalduck]

I think it looks great! just that it needs more buildings, not enough to congest it, but enough to give you the feeling that there is a triving metroplis inside it.

 

[Herio-san]

Druids Hut is brilliant ! Wondeful entry ...

Chaos

EDIT: How did you do this, I tried to copy it, for additional knowlege, I failed ...

Basically i just stacked the models ontop eachother by holding the shift key. Then after I got them stacked just right I raised each model until they were ontop eachother. (basically, I built it similar to how you would construct a real log cabin)

Some of your units have shadows, some not ...

Yea, some of the units are actually doodads

Wow, im glad to see the positive comments! Thats a good sign lol.
Anyway, i got 2 more pics (they dont shot alot but i changed a few details), hoping for some more feedback. Thanks alot guys!

 

[Chaos]

Basically i just stacked the models ontop eachother by holding the shift key. Then after I got them stacked just right I raised each model until they were ontop eachother. (basically, I built it similar to how you would construct a real log cabin)

Yea, some of the units are actually doodads

Thanks, and you can't add shadows to doodads

Chaos

 

[Ham Ham]

Very good.
5/5

 

[Herio-san]

Wewt! lol. Well thanks for all the help guys. Imma post my (hopefully) final screenies tomorrow (unless someone thinks i should change something of course)

 

[Rui]

That's very good. The one I referred previously looks better now.

By the way, how was it that you set doodads flying again? I mean, placing them in the air, for example, without having to increase their height? I did that once but I haven't terrained those special stuff for so long that I have forgotten.

 

[burnasfire]

When are the map ready to be played?

 

[Chaos]

When are the map ready to be played?

This map won't be able to play, as I think, cause it's just to show off your Fortress for the Fortress Challenge ...

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@ Rui : I private messaged him for the same question ... and here's the answer:

Easist thing to do is just go into object editor and change pathing maps to none and collision to 0

So my question, are your "flying" stuff all units ? Cause I can not change any parameter in Doodad section called "Collision" ... that's why I asked, and I do not think these are untis ... (sorry for off topic, but I think it would help all terrainer)

Chaos

 

[2-P]

By the way, how was it that you set doodads flying again? I mean, placing them in the air, for example, without having to increase their height?

Ctrl + Page Up/Down

 

[Rui]

Ok thanks alot =)

I would add reputation to you but it is disabled now :-(

 

[Herio-san]

Yes, as they said. Ctrl + Page Up moves a doodad up and down. And its easier to stack them when you remove their pathing. Anyway, new pics soon. Hopefully going to upload the map today, having a little trouble with the cine.

 

[Chaos]

Yes, as they said. Ctrl + Page Up moves a doodad up and down. And its easier to stack them when you remove their pathing. Anyway, new pics soon. Hopefully going to upload the map today, having a little trouble with the cine.

I got it (finally) ... now I am back again ... old style out, new one in !
Something so simple ... CTRL + PAGE UP ... always tried with Shift

I hope I finish my Fortress in the next days ...

Good Luck Herio-san

Chaos

 

[Rui]

Yeah I knew it was something with Page Up and down but I couldn't figure out what.

 

[Herio-san]

All done Ill upload the map as soon as I work out a few bugs (aka. im not happy with the start cine/gameplay)
As far as cosmetics go though, its finished. Lemme know what you guys think.

 

[demonsofdante]

Omg amazing. If only we could use something other than blizzard trees, those are the only bad part about it of course not something that can be helped though. I liked the armory and love the mushrooms growing off the large trees, looks very jungly.

But for the life of me i cant figure out what that flying thing is in the Inner Courts picture, thats gonna really bug me xD

 

[Herio-san]

lol. Its the chimera. His wings are down though and hes kinda far away, I never actually even noticed that you could see him in that pic lol.

 

[Rui]

I think Canopy Trees would fit better in the DotC + Bear + Moonwell.

 

[Herio-san]

I think Canopy Trees would fit better in the DotC + Bear + Moonwell.

Actually I think you may be right. Or maybe if i just made them thinner or something.

 

[Lunatechnick]

woah! these own!

 

[Herio-san]

woah! these own!

Ty I wanted to keep a "natural" look though so I tried not to go toooo crazy with buildings and such. Anyway, I think i've worked out most of the cine. Its not the best but it'll do.

Edit: Kk all done. I just uploaded the map! Enjoy!

 

[unholy_fenix]

hey ppl, sorry to bother you, but i'm a bit of a terraining noob and i would very much like to know how to make doodads float, and how to make them tilt like 90 degrees or 180 degrees so that they are upside down. i have seen it being done, but i have no idea how to do it myself. i would be forever in your debt if you help me ...ok maybe not forever ...

p.s. i really like your work, we warcraft junkies need ppl like you! haha

 

[HappyTauren]

1. Select your doodad and use ctrl+ pg down/up
2. you gotta edit "Maximum Pitch" and "Maximum Roll" in obje data. I dont know real values but try experimenting with them...

 

[Deckboy]

Now back to Herio San's terraining art. . .

@Herio San: You mentioned that you weren't happy with the gameplay/cine. . .are we supposed to have one or was that just an easter egg that you added?

 

[Herio-san]

Just an easter egg

 

[demonsofdante]

@unholy_fenix: Go to Maximum pitch and roll like happycow said and shift click the object data. Then you have to entire a negative number to get it to turn. I've noticed -3.14ish seems to turn an object upside down, and -1.57 to turn it on its side. Pitch and rolll seem to have the same effect when used individually. Sometimes you can combine them to turn it in a new way as well

Note: you might need to have negative values checked in the editor preferences.

Note 2: rotated objects have a tendency to turn when placed on some form of slope, this can be fixed manually however

 

[Chaos]

No offence special for you, but I miss here and at the other challengers a screenshot of the overall Fortress ... out of bird viewing ...

...nothing else... Hero-san knows how I think of him ...

Chaos