[WIP] Presidio

He he, more props, ok

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I'm working on my bigscaled battlefield2 map and hl2's map's feels small/cramped and the terrain is not perfect.. Haha.. forget it it's just how i feel.

Yes I know, I like a lot big landscapes and engines that supports that, it's nice how BF2 or far cry rescales the geometry for example. I tried to make something similar, at least for low end systems. My main mountains are a model and has a second LOD with much lower poly count, so people that select low models will see it in game:

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Source wasn't created for such terrains, but we can push much more. If this map wasn't meant for multiplayer you could bet the 3dskybox would have x2 or x3 more detail.

About lighting, maybe my LCD monitor has not enought bright so it looks good to me, but I'll check that thx.

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But still want colored lights in caves

I added some fake lights, but just white-boring color

Added a normal map from HL2, and voilá

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100 times better at least. Even I'd say that normal map didn't look so good in HL2

That's playing area too, but you are right, 3dskybox took me some time.

One more update, maybe the last, or maybe not

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I replaced the 3dskybox mountains with a far superior (for me) model, more real thanks to a high poly model erosionated. I used world machine for that. The texture also could be improved, I have some ideas.

Here's an updated skin for the mountains

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i liked that you colored the skybox to match the ground texture as closely as you can, it's very important that there is not contrast between the two becuase it looks terrible if there is.

Yes, the objective was that, made smoothest possible transition between the two, it's going to be very present. It's strange, but looks better looking closely than from medium distance (angle), I'm also using a bigger texture scale outside to prevent excesive tiling

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This map is not the best example, because I'm only using a very simple displacement+custom mountains model to simulate a big canyon. I can't spend much more resources, but it's starting to look credible.

There are lots of shortcomings, but none that can't stop large terrains with a decent amount of detail. The tools are also behind other editors, that means more effort for the mapper, Hammer is only for brave guys!

I'm actually designing a map for Empires, based on my mvalley scene (check portfolio). This terrain will use the full Hammer grid for playing area, and also a large 3dskybox to magnify open range sensation.

Quite a few time without working on this one. I've been replacing some stock textures with custom ones. Here is the result: stucco with dirt and wall whitewhased with some cracks, both are photos retouched.

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