Some Warcraft Screenshots in Sc2

[Turminator8]

Hey guys, so I was playing around with the editor and I decided to make a few screenshots with only WoW models from my Warcraft library. After playing with sizing and light, I think they look presentable. Tell me what you guys think- what can I do to improve on them? Criticism is always welcome as long as it is constructive.

Elwynn Forest

Elwynn Forest

Darkness of Duskwood

Darkness of Duskwood

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Uh... Wow?

Think I just got re--remotivated!!!

*Gets to work*

 

[Dr Super Good]

The shadows at night are wierd. They are very distinctive yet there is low light.

Remember that in reality, shadows dissapear at night as there is no real light source (next to the moon but then the shadows are still not much darker than the ambient).

 

[Turminator8]

Good point, I didn't even think about that

 

[Rui]

I usually use graphics as low as possible so as to not stress my computer, but those tiles... are they custom? I can't figure which tileset is that.

 

[Turminator8]

Nope, they're all Sc2 Tiles. I think I used the haven tileset, but the lighting is what probably makes them unrecognizable.

I haven't imported ground textures in my library yet.. its on my to-do list.

 

[Vengeancekael]

That is beautiful! Although it does look a bit crammed.

 

[Statharas]

I agree with Kael, it's really stuffed with... stuff. But still, i like it.

 

[RiotZ]

You can really see the difference between WoW models and textures and their SC2 counterparts... I think that the lighting system in SC2 really saves them from looking terrible.

 

[tobyfat50]

I don't like the lighting, It looks unnatural, use a bluish lighting for Elwynn Forest and the light source should be coming from above not below!
I see no problem with the wow textures, yes they are blurry, sharpen them and add a bump map, the result should look better. The quality of the models and textures should not matter much if you are a good terrainer.

Think I'l get my hands on sc II and try terraining, might produce better looking terrains and efx than WC3.

 

[Ognjen19]

I don't like the lighting, It looks unnatural

It looks a kind o wierd but else is nice

 

[RiotZ]

WoW models are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too LQ for SC2... You might as well just cnp WC3 models to SC2.

 

[Just_Spectating]

maybe resize some things, because it's not looking very proportional
thus giving it a cramped feeling

 

[tobyfat50]

I see you made changes to the light, try to experiment with the light editor more. It's good that you removed the red light but you can try to use a darker ambient light. I could say you are making some progress but I have to ask you~ Did you add an alpha mask and a bump map to the materials? I noticed that models without the 2 important materials (it seems) in sc2 do not shade correctly and look strange/horrible.

 

[Turminator8]

here's an extra pic with some custom ground textures:

 

[tobyfat50]

This tiles are from wow, right? <probably custom made> The tiles you send me were pretty well made however there are some sharp cuts in the textures that you or hoever made them need fixing. I suppose that they are still whips!

The image looks just like wow, also did you use a custom light on this?

 

[Turminator8]

This tiles are from wow, right? <probably custom made> The tiles you send me were pretty well made however there are some sharp cuts in the textures that you or hoever made them need fixing. I suppose that they are still whips!

The image looks just like wow, also did you use a custom light on this?

Thats what I'm trying to ask if someone who's an artist can help me tile the terrain textures so they don't have the sharp edge blending/tiling problem... so far no one's offered to help though...

 

[gorillabull]

very nice rpg terrain but too many unnecessary objects would be better if it was simpler

 

[tobyfat50]

Thats what I'm trying to ask if someone who's an artist can help me tile the terrain textures so they don't have the sharp edge blending/tiling problem... so far no one's offered to help though...

I can help you!

 

[BlueBerryWizard]

here's an extra pic with some custom ground textures:

Oh where can I get these? I absolutely HATE the SCII textures Blizzard made. What you have there in that screenshot is perfect though. It actually looks like grass not a super-shiny-metallic-foil-plastic photoshop disaster.

 

[Turminator8]

Right now all of the assets are reserved for use by our team only. However, once we release our melee mod, we will open up all our resources so everyone can use and make Warcraft maps

 

[Grey Nightmare]

^As we go we're compiling all the assets we use into organised mod files. Most of them are actually from World of Warcraft, so with time you could obtain them yourself. We will however post release, distribute the mods to the public as Turminator said. Saving you guys all the time and effort of ripping/converting/organising/TCing etc.

 

[tobyfat50]

I really am sorry for the fact that the textures don't worck, they work perfect for me, did you try giving them to a friend, maybe it works for him.

How it should look!

 

[BlueBerryWizard]

You made those textures look real good in SCII.

 

[tobyfat50]

Using a low alfa really counts, blizzard's one is a little more intense so it gives a whiter white, like plastic but it's ok and matches in the game somehow. Keeping a low bump map is also important if it's too match with a wow texture.