Terraining Contest #9 - Cataclysm

[Koeky]

I think I will join, only thing is I dont know what to make yet.
D:

 

[CoBrA b]

I'm definitely in on this one. I've already got a pretty good idea.

 

[Drakai]

I'm probably in, this will be a good change to improve my terraining skills.

Only thing i want to know is do we have to do the terrain in two different maps? Can we terrain half of the map as before and the other half as after?

 

[Celaquil]

For all I care, and this is how I would do it, you can create one terrain first, save it. Then use them same map and simply alter the SAME PLACE, then simply name the map something else. Like "before" and "after"

One example of this technique can be seen in one of my older terrains; http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/terrain-board-267/re-inventing-terrains-black-sphere-142724/

But sure, you can do as you please, as long as you post two shots displaying one screenie from before and one from after the cataclysm.

 

[Avator]

I'm probably in, this will be a good change to improve my terraining skills.

Only thing i want to know is do we have to do the terrain in two different maps? Can we terrain half of the map as before and the other half as after?

I think you might be misunderstanding Kobas, your not supposed to make two maps, only two terrain shots. The only thing I want is a screenshot of your terrain, hence you use the same map for both shots.

Read before you ask questions that have already been answered...

As for participation: Who knows? I've never specified in terraining, but if I get a nice idea, I might join. Until then, you may assume I'm not in.

 

[DungeonM]

I think I'm in.

It's been too long since I last terrained.

 

[Static]

Ok here is an idea for all
Make a good place maybe say with people and then make them at war with other county ;]

 

[Tleno]

Ok here is an idea for all
Make a good place maybe say with people and then make them at war with other county ;]

I already tough about pre-war and after-war terrains before you...

 

[Avator]

Teamwork is not allowed. So providing a concept (as good or bad as it may be) for a participant is not allowed.


I'm also wondering: Does the terrain also have to show what cataclysmic event happened? Or can you just create 1 normal and 1 destroyed terrain?

 

[Tleno]

I'm also wondering: Does the terrain also have to show what cataclysmic event happened? Or can you just create 1 normal and 1 changed by cataclysm terrain?

It should be like this. And no, you don't have to show that, you just need to show the pre- and after- terrains...

 

[Hero_Lief]

Yeah, don't forget not every place got destroyed.
I am not inferring that you use the same picture slightly altered, either.
You do after all have to show something majorly changed by Cataclysm, no?
(That's a rhetorical question.)

 

[Wardragonkai]

I wanna join as a judge so can i kenji im very interested in judging this contest

 

[Avator]

It should be like this. And no, you don't have to show that, you just need to show the pre- and after- terrains...

Thanks for correcting me.
I actually didn't mean if you should actually be showing it in the terrain, but if the person who sees it has to understand what happened. I mean if I make 2 terrains (1 before and 1 after), should people be able to see that a hurricane passed or that there was a riot? Or is it just 2 terrains and anything could've happened there?

 

[RaidonGod]

We have some weeks to work, so I'm in.
Gonna try NOT to fail that much.

 

[Kingz]

If i get an awesome idea i might make a nice terrain.

1 question:

Does the cataclysm terrain have to be focused on nature?

For example can i have a ruined temple as the main focus or it has to be nature?

 

[Belgarath]

it doesn't have to be focused on nature

as i recall on the helper aftermath terrain contest, one guy did a forest and then a colonized forest, showing that the forest was destroyed and in the aftermath a port was built :- )

 

[Avator]

Any area is allowed. From a rainforest to a metropolis, or from a polluted sea to the inside of a spaceship.

EDIT: Belgarath beat me to it...

 

[Kingz]

Thanks for the replies and fast respond still.

 

[Jacky The turtle]

count me in

 

[Super_Man]

I'm in

 

[Celaquil]

I think I'm in.

It's been too long since I last terrained.

Been some time since I last saw that face.

This might be an interesting contest, I will also inform you all that I do have an idea now, so I will most probably make something for this contest.

 

[Pharaoh_]

What we dont know; we cant disqualify. Lets just leave it there... P)

I didn't really catch that :S
Is it allowed or not? I have been given permission of the model's owner. Come on, just a skin recolor isn't a resource not viewed by the public. I will make gray into green, is that such a big deal?

 

[Nan0]

I"ll take part

Keiji, please ansver PM

 

[Avator]

I actually didn't mean if you should actually be showing it in the terrain, but if the person who sees it has to understand what happened. I mean if I make 2 terrains (1 before and 1 after), should people be able to see that a hurricane passed or that there was a riot? Or is it just 2 terrains and anything could've happened there?

Could somebody please answer my question?

 

[Pharaoh_]

Anything, Avator. It has to do with a catastrophic force, whatever the source is, which destroys something. You need the before and the after combined into one screenshot and once piece of terrain. That's all you need to know
Of course a person doesn't need to know what exactly happened; we don't care about the source of the destruction, we care about the result of the destruction.

 

[Avator]

Now that's a clear answer. Thanks

 

[M0rbid]

And what about my question?

 

[Sephalo]

Cataclysm hmm.
The first thing that I can think of is the 2 things that can happen after my exams.
1) I graduate
2) I won't graduate and the earth will go down.
Might be cool to get this in terrain lol

 

[Pharaoh_]

And what about my question?

I'm afraid your question

would it be possible to submit more than two screenshots of the same scene, too show different states of cataclysm?

refers to this rule:

• You're only allowed 1 submission.

which is not displayed in this contest, but applies on every contest. You can't have a judge choose between your variations of the terrain, it was never applied and never will be.

 

[M0rbid]

No, you might get me wrong!
I don't want to make different terrains, but more than two screenshots of the same, to show a development of the cataclysm. For example from forest to desert to ocean!

Would that be possible?

 

[Avator]

Yes, that's allowed.

 

[Pharaoh_]

So that you actually have a screenshot of the destruction's force into a series? Hm, make a movie
Kidding, I don't think that 3 terrains is fair enough versus 2 terrains (just a single before & after), because you add more drifts to your submission and you spice it up much enough, to stop calling it even from that point.

 

[Hero_Lief]

What if you did two terrains, but took multiple shots from different angles?

 

[M0rbid]

So now we have two different opinions here
Now Keji has to say something, I assume!

What if you did two terrains, but took multiple shots from different angles?

That's not allowed because of the rule of only one submission!
(look above)

 

[Hero_Lief]

Didn't avator say it's allowed? Someone else said it wasn't.

We'll need Keiji's final say on this, though.

 

[Wanarax]

hmm... nice contest but i am not good at it need some pratice. Gl all

 

[Avator]

M0rbid, it IS 1 submission. Just multiple screenshots.

To clarify this: This is a terrain contest, not a screenshot of a terrain contest. That means that 1 submission is 1 terrain about the contest's theme. Any amount of screenshots may be made. Take a look at the previous terraining contests and you'll see they took multiple screenshots as well.

Since this theme is sort of a split theme (1 before, 1 after), you may take as many screenshots as you want as long as there's at least 1 before and 1 after the cataclysm.


@Wanarax:
Contest are actually a very good way to improve your skills at something. You'll be trying to push your limits and at the end, you'll see how others did something and why. So if you want to improve, a contest is never a bad idea if you're devoted.

 

[Midnighters]

I have thought about this, I am entering, Azurot talked me into it.

 

[M0rbid]

Ah, okay, I didn't know this, but then only screenshots from "two" maps, one before and one after?
Or would be allowed one before, one after, and one after after?!

 

[Avator]

It's multiple screenshots in only one map. Both before and after must be made in 1 map. I don't quite fully understand what you mean with "after after" though.

 

[M0rbid]

I mean showing more than two levels of cataclysm, for example: forest - desert - ocean...


EDIT: btw, it's time for a first very early WiP.
It's very early and I just started working, so please don't be too harsh! comments are appreciated!

 

[Aspard]

I mean showing more than two levels of cataclysm, for example: forest - desert - ocean...


EDIT: btw, it's time for a first very early WiP.
It's very early and I just started working, so please don't be too harsh! comments are appreciated!

I dunno but looks like you've forgotten somehting important, but I can't definetily say - what...

Btw. The contest has already started, but there is not any judjung criterias... Maybe you should add some at last?

 

[knight26]

i might just join this contest!

 

[Racziel]

Cataclysm terrain? sounds cool, i'll give it a try.
I only have one question: How hard should the Cataclysm change the landscape? is it still ok if u just could imagine, that both screenshot belong together cause u just have one point (eg. a mountain in the background which is nearly not to see) that is similiar in both screenshots?

 

[Celaquil]

Yes, that's allowed.

Now then Avator, I would like it if you dont go about and give out wrong information >.>

The rules clearly state that one is to submit two screenshots, to submit more than two is a matter that needs to be discussed.

And now I am REALLY getting tired of these questions; there is no limit to how much or how little it should be changed, as long as there is a significant change, a noticable one, in other words.

 

[Azurot]

I shall join, with a WIP of what i have done.

 

[Avator]

AzurotL: The riverflow looks unnatural. It's way too blocky. I assume you're going to fill those empty spaces, so I'll just leave it with the river comment.

 

[Azurot]

I wasn't really going for the "natural" look in the canals, i was hoping to make them look more man-made then natural.

 

[Furby]

Well, that is really a lot of time.. almost two months.. and how am I supposed to ask if model I choose is approved to be implemented? Can I here? Or PM?

 

[Azurot]

If it is in the UTM or on this site or Wc3c. So no need to get a model approved if its not from these sources, because you won't be allowed to use it.

"Map may be based on the Ultimate Terraining Map. Or any other models taken from either Hiveworkshop or Wc3 Campaigns register."