Underwater Laboratory

[Strydhaizer]

Well, its currently in WIP

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[ngkn92]

This is awesome, your project is awesome too.

 

[Strydhaizer]

I made more improvements and changes.

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[ngkn92]

Is this in the map yet? I really want to try

 

[Celaquil]

I think I recognize a very familiar water-plane technique

That said, there's a lot that can be done here. I don't think the addition of those water-mines really helped at all,
for all I care you should remove them. You might also want to consider having a lesser amount of green and maybe
scale it down a couple notches, the rocks could also be tinted a tad darker and then you could add some "light"
doodads above them to give that effect that they're lighted where the sun hits them.

Apart from that, I think you should consider building the rocks a bit taller, especially the part on the left side.
I'd make a "pillar"-like rock formation there, and then I'd added some silhouetted rock formations in the background,
to give the overall feeling of depth. Hmh, that's really all I've got currently.

 

[Strydhaizer]

My Concepts

I think I recognize a very familiar water-plane technique

Yes yes , i thought you already forgot your old terrains since you're not updating your official terrain gallery thread.

I don't think the addition of those water-mines really helped at all

I'd make a "pillar"-like rock formation there, and then I'd added some silhouetted rock formations in the background,

Hence im doing this terrain with my own style

 

[lord_Turin]

it looks really nice,
but the size of the mines suggest that if they explode they take the structure with it... not really usefull as a defence!

and i'dd like to see something vague in the far background to spice things up

 

[BLazeKraze]

This is very nice . But i have criticism and suggestions.
The rocks are not look like underwater rocks . You may change it like corals etc .
You may put some bubbles .

 

[Strydhaizer]

This is very nice . But i have criticism and suggestions.
The rocks are not look like underwater rocks . You may change it like corals etc .
You may put some bubbles .

>>>> http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/terrain-board-267/mare-mondus-225489/

i'dd like to see something vague in the far background to spice things up

Disagreed , water dont need backgrounds... :<

 

[Rui]

IMO needs lights and... bubbles! I somewhat agree with Keiji about the mines, but perhaps you can make it look cooler if only a black shape of the mine is visible in a second plane of the picture. That'll make it look more devilishly cleverly occluded

 

[tobyfat50]

Wow! Is that the air base you wanted to use instead the Taj Mahal? Could use some starcraft flares or like they used in movies.
I'm really feeling sorry that you had to drop your dead end Project!
As for criticism... what the others said! Just joking! Ad something like a fog or like what Keiji said, it needs something to give it a denser underwater feeling. Oh and more bubbles pleas!

 

[Strydhaizer]

Wow! Is that the air base you wanted to use instead the Taj Mahal? Could use some starcraft flares or like they used in movies.
I'm really feeling sorry that you had to drop your dead end Project!
As for criticism... what the others said! Just joking! Ad something like a fog or like what Keiji said, it needs something to give it a denser underwater feeling. Oh and more bubbles pleas!

No , Tech-Taj-Mahal is still in WIP. (Im too lazy to upload some previews)

There are about spaaammmmeed bubbles but more of them were not really visible because they are so small and dark-tinted
You can still see few small circles(bubbles) in your screens.

 

[Celaquil]

Obviously, the general public of this thread is completely unaware of the horror of the bubble model, just don't... Use it. Really.

Apart from that, I really, really like the lighting now, but ahh... There really DOES seem like there's something missing about the background,
I don't know if it's the angle, or maybe it's the fact that everything that's view-able is so clear, or just that you should add some
silhouettes of some form or another to the background.

Bottom line is; Something looks off about the total experience of this terrain, I just can't pinpoint exactly what it is.

The rocks are not look like underwater rocks .

Wait, there's a separate set of rocks specially designed to be under water?
- Fuck, why didn't anyone tell the ocean? >.>

 

[HOooDy]

adding more underwater mines makes this terrain more detailed.

 

[Strydhaizer]

adding more underwater mines makes this terrain more detailed.

Thats what i exactly really want to say . And i agreed.

 

[Rui]

Bottom line is; Something looks off about the total experience of this terrain, I just can't pinpoint exactly what it is.

IMO it's the lightning. It could be made darker, but then the front would probably not be very visible, unless there's a torch-like ray beam coming from the surface. My other suggestion was filling the background with beams from different gammas of blue and teal (maybe through image effects?) or just add some pocket of rocks behind it.

 

[Celaquil]

IMO it's the lightning.

Must be.

But yeah, no, I don't think it's got anything to do with the actual lighting.
If I'd guess at anything I'd say a tad thicker fog, unless you want to add something
to the background, either way; the lighting is amazing.

 

[fladdermasken]

Me I would add another layer of stuff for emphasis on depth and probably get the grass replaced by something not so pixelated.