l4d_yama

i'm working on the 2nd map, and i wanted it to have an early morning setting with light rain, but i can't get the right look with the fog/skybox/sunlight. the first screen below is what it looks like now, the other 2 are previous attempts, and last is some references of the look i'm trying to get. should i go with a single-colour skybox and just turn up the fog and bloom? the only problem i've noticed with the fog in this map is that it washes out the colours when i've got so many vibrant colours in the temples, although i might be able to fix that with colour correction.

at the end of this level you get to the top of kiyomizu temple so i don't really have any choice but to use heavy fog for performance/visuals.

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1st map is done, apart from one storefront prop. i made the 3d skybox and did a lot of optimising, so now i can get on with finishing the temple map. i decided to keep the view from the veranda looking out over the temple complex, i should be able to get away with it using fade distances and the right 3d skybox.

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Quote from m8nkey

1st map is looking great. is this still for l4d 1 or 2?

i swapped to l4d2 earlier this year, just because it has loads of tree props, and the only ones l4d1 has don't have any leaves.

still trying to find some good light settings. it's meant to be early morning (5/6am) during a storm. made it darker so i could do something more interesting with the lanterns, but the next map is full daylight (the brown one) so it needs to transition properly.

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still going, i decided to add a whole new section before the temple like the real life place it's based on, which means lots of new props and textures. i think the lighting looks ok in the temple parts but in this area it just looks off somehow, so it might still change. some of the floors do have spec maps now, but building cubemaps in l4d is too tedious so they're not showing.

i also learned a trick from RDR to add some more detail to the roofs.

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