Valley of Narra (Template)

[Moderator]

23:39, 12th Sep 2015
Shadow Fury: Template set to needs fix. Read my review.

 

[Ardenian]

Please improve the description.

It is highly recommended to add screenshots for template maps, as well telling about it.
What is its stories, what are its features, its environment ?

 

[Eldin HawkWing]

Please improve the description.

It is highly recommended to add screenshots for template maps, as well telling about it.
What is its stories, what are its features, its environment ?

Edit: Done!

 

[Eldin Gunslinger]

Rating

I Rate this Map 3/5
Why?
You Put your effort a lot on Making Houses
But not on Tree's

 

[Ardenian]

Hm, it is better, but please take a look here: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/rules-information-710/map-submission-rules-228244/#post2271079

There you see what a description should include, as well as some help with the BB-Code.

Also, please add hidden tags to the images
-> [hidden=Screenshots] YOUR IMAGES [/hidden]

 

[Eldin HawkWing]

Edit: Done Again.. Sorry for The Wait

 

[Shadow Fury]

Is it only me or some models are green/black cubes both in the World Editor and in-game? I thought that in the World Editor it could be normal but when I tested the map the cubes didn't display any model. Are you sure they work?

 

[Eldin HawkWing]

Is it only me or some models are green/black cubes both in the World Editor and in-game? I thought that in the World Editor it could be normal but when I tested the map the cubes didn't display any model. Are you sure they work?

Im Really Sure its Working..Even in Warcraft III

 

[IcemanBo]

The green cubes also exist in my matrix!

 

[Eldin HawkWing]

I Update it!

Sorry Guys. I just Missed Some Textures
Because the Textures in UTM map are Saved in my War3.mpq
Try It Again

 

[Ardenian]

Works for me now.

It would be good if you also place pathing blockers at obvious places, like the water borders and cliffs.

About the credits, did you only use UTM ?

 

[Heinvers]

Proper credits should be morpheus(House pack) and Born2Modificate a.k.a B2M(Pine models).
UTM is just a compiled terraining map.

 

[Eldin HawkWing]

Proper credits should be morpheus(House pack) and Born2Modificate a.k.a B2M(Pine models).
UTM is just a compiled terraining map.

Thanks Man!

 

[Remixer]

The texture quality don't blend together at all. I don't think it looks so good to be honest.

 

[Shadow Fury]

A template of medium quality. You certainly did an excellent job with those buildings. They are well-constructed, realistic and, most important, varying. Every building is unique and not a simple copy-paste of another. The usage of tile variation was doubtlessly efficient as a lot of tiles have been utilized from different tilesets. However, the grass trim doesn't really seem to blend well with the rest of the tiles since it is regular-shaped and of a deep dark green colour, giving a weird overall look and creating a terrible contrast with the colours of other tiles. I would recommend using stone and cobble path in a regular way for these areas. In addition, I don't really get what's the purpose of the white marble below buildings. It is invisible to the eye and honestly, even if it was visible, it would mix horribly with the darker colours of the structures. You could've replaced the white marble with a better tile like black marble. Last point about the tiles is the abyss tile. I noticed that you used it to create a dark entrance for the mine yet you didn't convey that exact feeling. A dark entrance like that one doesn't immediately get totally black as you enter. There is a spark of light that still illuminates the entrance. Since you're familiar with the UTM, try playing with the clouds/glow model; they usually give a nice effect.

Having a few words about doodads, I'm pretty unsure that the dense forestation was a good idea. I estimated that they take about 30% of the template. Those parts cannot be used for playable purposes because the view is obstructed, offering less space than there could really be. By zooming a little bit on those forests, I noticed two things: there are unnatural raisings that are pointed and you merely used tree for the forests. Where are the plants, the shrubbery, the bushes etc...? A forest isn't simply done with myriads of trees and nothing else. Additionally you have to use the smooth tool in the Terrain Palette to give the raisings a more natural aspect rather than a pyramid-like one.

One final recommendation I'd like to drop is adding pathing blockers. Players can do that by themselves but they would blatanly prefer to have them pre-placed around, for example, the structures and the cliffs you created by raising the ground.

Based on my review, I'd say that the template still requires a few refinements before being approved therefore it is set to needs fix with a rating of 3/5.

 

[Eldin HawkWing]

A template of medium quality. You certainly did an excellent job with those buildings. They are well-constructed, realistic and, most important, varying. Every building is unique and not a simple copy-paste of another. The usage of tile variation was doubtlessly efficient as a lot of tiles have been utilized from different tilesets. However, the grass trim doesn't really seem to blend well with the rest of the tiles since it is regular-shaped and of a deep dark green colour, giving a weird overall look and creating a terrible contrast with the colours of other tiles. I would recommend using stone and cobble path in a regular way for these areas. In addition, I don't really get what's the purpose of the white marble below buildings. It is invisible to the eye and honestly, even if it was visible, it would mix horribly with the darker colours of the structures. You could've replaced the white marble with a better tile like black marble. Last point about the tiles is the abyss tile. I noticed that you used it to create a dark entrance for the mine yet you didn't convey that exact feeling. A dark entrance like that one doesn't immediately get totally black as you enter. There is a spark of light that still illuminates the entrance. Since you're familiar with the UTM, try playing with the clouds/glow model; they usually give a nice effect.

Having a few words about doodads, I'm pretty unsure that the dense forestation was a good idea. I estimated that they take about 30% of the template. Those parts cannot be used for playable purposes because the view is obstructed, offering less space than there could really be. By zooming a little bit on those forests, I noticed two things: there are unnatural raisings that are pointed and you merely used tree for the forests. Where are the plants, the shrubbery, the bushes etc...? A forest isn't simply done with myriads of trees and nothing else. Additionally you have to use the smooth tool in the Terrain Palette to give the raisings a more natural aspect rather than a pyramid-like one.

One final recommendation I'd like to drop is adding pathing blockers. Players can do that by themselves but they would blatanly prefer to have them pre-placed around, for example, the structures and the cliffs you created by raising the ground.

Based on my review, I'd say that the template still requires a few refinements before being approved therefore it is set to needs fix with a rating of 3/5.

Thank You!. But still i have one question how to fix the Error ! MAIN MAP FILE COULD NOT BE FOUND

 

[Shadow Fury]

Thank You!. But still i have one question how to fix the Error ! MAIN MAP FILE COULD NOT BE FOUND

I am not experienced with that kind of stuff. Open a thread in the WEHZ (World Editor Help Zone) and ask your question there but give more details.