[WIP] City of Stuttgart, sometime in WW2

Hey,

after almost a year of work on this project, I suppose it's time for a WIP thread to show what it currently looks like and what's left to be done .

In the beginning, Stuttgart was supposed to be just another DoD:S map and no more than that, but then I came across so many old pictures and tons of information that I decided to make a standalone-/single player-project out of it.

The style originally was (and probably will be again) a fake sepia athmosphere, while right now it's more of a blueish desaturated ambience. Whatever direction I decide to continue in should in the end add the impression of 'age' to the visuals without making the city look all artificial... which turns out to be a tough nut so far.

Also, reproducing parts of the city in authentic scale plus providing a good gameplay PLUS not killing the source engine instantly performance-wise is another really tough piece of work. On the bright side, it forced me to learn how to model, and I actually made my first set of 3ds max models ever,

and they even work quite OK - don't ask me why .

The car you can see in various versions isn't one of them - I only textured it, while the main body was made by

Ashley Kursey ( http://ashleykursey.deviantart.com/ ).

OK, so... here's a set of screenshots. I'm not satisfied yet with the athmosphere, but I've got some ideas that might help getting me there.

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[Blocked Image: http://www.albatros44.de/stuttgart/stgg7k.jpg]

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I'd be glad about some comments and suggestions.

At a later date, I'll explain my idea on that single player project which is already taking shape, yet i'll have to finish the pretty exciting Ham and Jam level I was asked to do before starting the SP project.

Cheers,

Albatros

Hey guys,

thanks for the loads of feedback & sorry for the late reply.

Can't seem to get out of work these days...

FrieChamp: yeah it is I intend to replicate the hills and valleys of the city as good as possible.

PogoP: working on that! DoD:S has more or less been my testing ground for 2 years now and yeah,

it's time for a change .

JonM: sounds like an idea, will see what I can do. Thanks!

And RA7... well, yes.

I need to brainstorm a bit on my own and prepare some stuff I can show around so everybody can get an idea of what I'm thinking of, but as soon as I've got something, I'll make a thread and ask for some helping hands.

Cheers & thanks