Report, edit, etc...Posted by rockz on 2006-12-16 at 06:56:40
But you should be able to see where I am going. The bottom half of the map is unspectactular, with pretty much just a big mountain. To keep the size down a bit, and make it easier to see, I've scaled it down a bit and compressed it, so quality is not up to par (and thus helps me out some 
).
The door will be covered up by some sprites, probably floor traps.
Of particular note are the steps. I'd like to make some of them bigger, but the top/bottom always look messy, and I just gave up. Anyone have any examples?
Big
Closeup
).The door will be covered up by some sprites, probably floor traps.
Of particular note are the steps. I'd like to make some of them bigger, but the top/bottom always look messy, and I just gave up. Anyone have any examples?
Big
Closeup
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Killer_Kow(MM) on 2006-12-16 at 08:13:22
Try putting some effort into making blends... You're sort of just smashing things together...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by rockz on 2006-12-16 at 08:32:03
I'm not doing much for the mountain, since I won't be able to make that look very nice. However, I'm mainly focusing on 1. The grass around the castle and 2. the castle walls.
I don't particularly like the castle walls, but I haven't found any other way to blend them. They don't quite fit together like rock does.
I don't particularly like the castle walls, but I haven't found any other way to blend them. They don't quite fit together like rock does.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Xx.Doom.xX on 2006-12-16 at 09:12:17
Yea, that mountain is bad.
The walls remind me of Rush terrain. Those blendings always remind me of it.
The walls remind me of Rush terrain. Those blendings always remind me of it.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by CheatEnabled on 2006-12-16 at 16:02:53
This looks thrown on. Like everybody says, blend. Also, this doesn't remind me much of the helm's deep from the books or movies, make it more like the real thing.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by rockz on 2006-12-16 at 17:56:46
Maybe I shouldn't have included the mountain in the picture at all, since that's not my primary goal here. And when did rush use the jungle tileset?
It seems all I am lacking is a tower, and some doodads. For playing purposes, I can't have the tower unless I put a whole bunch of sprites in the middle of it so an army can walk behind it.
actual pricture of Helm's Deep
Please help with making the wall look better, I just can't seem to make them look very good with only 5 different tiles. I was thinking I might use ruins, but they don't seem to be very good. I can either use clean walls or walls with vines, but the vines seem to add to the randomness, making it less noticeable that the wall looks like that.
It seems all I am lacking is a tower, and some doodads. For playing purposes, I can't have the tower unless I put a whole bunch of sprites in the middle of it so an army can walk behind it.
actual pricture of Helm's Deep
Please help with making the wall look better, I just can't seem to make them look very good with only 5 different tiles. I was thinking I might use ruins, but they don't seem to be very good. I can either use clean walls or walls with vines, but the vines seem to add to the randomness, making it less noticeable that the wall looks like that.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Xx.Doom.xX on 2006-12-16 at 19:39:59
When I meant Rush terrain, I meant the big castle walls you have. They look like these "buildings" from Rush.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by rockz on 2006-12-17 at 00:26:18
Oh. I don't think I can avoid it. Heres a few other options, but I still think that the top one looks the best.
castles
castles
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Xx.Doom.xX on 2006-12-17 at 11:52:46
I didn't say that you can't use that technique, I just said it reminded me of Rush terrain.
I think the top looks the best too.
I think the top looks the best too.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by rockz on 2006-12-17 at 19:07:12
I think I'm done with terraining this map for now. Here's a look.
rear
mountainbase
entrance
deepingwell
bigmap
backwall
Overall, I have to give my own work a 5/10 on the castle, since I can't do much better, but it still doesn't look good. A 3/10 on the mountains, but I don't really care about those. They look better than any map I've ever played, so I can't say they're too horrible, and I don't want to spend anymore time making them 8/10 when people really aren't going to look at them.
Go ahead and rate it, make suggestions, but for god sakes, don't just tell me to blend. I could also use some more sprites, but I'm not sure where to put them, or what would look good.
rear
mountainbase
entrance
deepingwell
bigmap
backwall
Overall, I have to give my own work a 5/10 on the castle, since I can't do much better, but it still doesn't look good. A 3/10 on the mountains, but I don't really care about those. They look better than any map I've ever played, so I can't say they're too horrible, and I don't want to spend anymore time making them 8/10 when people really aren't going to look at them.
Go ahead and rate it, make suggestions, but for god sakes, don't just tell me to blend. I could also use some more sprites, but I'm not sure where to put them, or what would look good.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Rantent on 2006-12-18 at 05:26:38
Frenzy, quit saying it looks like rush terrain.
Terrain looks like terrain. (gosh.)
Terrain looks like terrain. (gosh.)