raymix Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Video: Spoiler Screenshots: Spoiler http://imgur.com/a/BbI96 Hi folks I've decided to finally publish preview of my terrain on forum. It has been roughly 1.5 years since I started on it. Terrain has gone through many major changes - from size to textures to complete redesign. Current shape has been revamped 3 times already, so this is where I'm settled at. Specs: 270 sqkm - 16.4km x 16.4km Heightmap - 4096x4096 (can't get 8192 to work) Sat/mask/normal maps - 16384x16384 Tools: World Machine - procedural terrain, satmap and normalmap Grome - carving roads into terrain Photoshop - mask editing Current progress: Terrain, carved roads and textures only Story: I wanted a decently sized snow map in Arma but with a hint of green - best of both worlds. So it's not completely white making it too easy for me and it's not yet another summer map either, we have enough of those already. Originally map was designed for Dominion Mod - started by Rimblock and myself about a year ago, idea is not gone as the map will be used to create Epoch Dominion Mode using Epoch as a framework instead. Idea is similar to wasteland - 3 teams fighting for territories, as simple as that. The map is heavily inspired by Namalsk and STALKER game and will keep their aesthetics as much as possible. I'll keep editing this post if I come up with anything else to add, at work atm lol Enjoy He-Man, waynewr, TheVampire and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbawol Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Nice work! raymix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 That satellite image is great quality, really nice work. raymix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He-Man Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Epoch Winter Edition :D Looks good! TheStainlessSteelRat and raymix 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbawol Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Ya, might just have to get around to that advanced climate system. Hope to see some more in progress screen shots as you go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStainlessSteelRat Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 52 minutes ago, He-Man said: Epoch Winter Edition :D Looks good! Not to detract from Raymix's work but you can have that now with Napf Winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymix Posted July 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) Thanks guys, I really appreciate the positive vibe! I wasn't streaming today (I usually do on Saturdays) because I was trying to learn how X-Cam works... anyway here are some screenshots to give you general idea of aesthetic: http://imgur.com/a/BbI96 edit: btw if you're curious where the inspiration comes, here are some links: Spoiler http://unigine.com/articles/procedural-content-generationhttp://unigine.com/articles/procedural-content-generation2Custom caveAlborz mountains 1Alborz mountains 2 Edited July 10, 2016 by raymix vbawol and waynewr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnovan Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Those are very beautifull screen shots! raymix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggro Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Great job man! this is exactly what arma need, it would be awesome if it was to include overgrown feel and sound effects similar to namalsk , we are all tired of the pretty looking maps :D + watching this !!! raymix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggro Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 The only thing from my experience with snow maps is you have to be careful with green, I started similar project but at much smaller scale and stopped, the mix of tropical green and snow looked really strange and with the feedback I was getting I wished I went for mix of dark trees and snowy trees, and rocks similar to that used on Namalsk! I might take another go at it especially with all the new objects Tanoa update brought, Last time I tired to install the tools it kept crashing on my computer for some reason! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymix Posted August 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 19 hours ago, Aggro said: The only thing from my experience with snow maps is you have to be careful with green, I started similar project but at much smaller scale and stopped, the mix of tropical green and snow looked really strange and with the feedback I was getting I wished I went for mix of dark trees and snowy trees, and rocks similar to that used on Namalsk! I might take another go at it especially with all the new objects Tanoa update brought, Last time I tired to install the tools it kept crashing on my computer for some reason! Agreed, the screenshots were from xcam, so not part of TB layer yet. Think I might go slightly different direction. Was on Kiory's stream few days ago, he revealed to me how he did blizzard effect on Boreas map using configs only. I kinda had a hunch that he did it that way, but it just looked too realistic so I thought he uses particles instead. Will try to replicate when I'm back from holidays. Might end up just using pinetrees, piceas, dirt and low grass like in Namalsk, we'll see. one thing for sure - i am planning on using actual snow mesh for clutter (instead of grass or rocks), i've never seen anyone do it and it should add extra realism due to random bumpiness on terrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCorky Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 Beautiful terrain! Looking forward to this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baal_jayjay Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 because you can also skiing or dog sled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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