UT3 - DM-Cove

The buildings i have already dirtied up they were on my to do list...Also all the trees are bending as they are all the same mesh (!), i plan on adding variety though later on dont worry about that...the water isnt affected by lighting as much as the materials i am currently using for the fountain and see are unedited Epic ones, i've yet to look into editing them to include my own cubemaps and whatnot. All part of it being WIP As for the buildings not looking tropical, my intention was to make them look piratey, not tropical as such, which is what i've done. The lighting on them will be because i haven't put smoothing groups on some of the items, something that was just pointed out to me. Thanks for the comments Yokai.

I retextured the houses to make them look older and dirtier, added rock bases for foundation support, added rock/dirt textures to the terrain (so now whatever sand there is is sitting on top of the dirt - its not pure sand anymore). I also added smoothing groups to the meshes to fix those lighting bugs:

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Thanks Meo, what are particle boards though? I was thinking of modelling the doors for the houses as i agree, the textures i managed to find dont look right or stand out enough. I'll also have a look into messing up the rooftops as you suggested Freak, thanks guys.

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Caves!

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(The dust in the picture is from an emitter and falls from the ceiling occasionally)

Made a network of caves behind the waterfall that takes the player all around the back of the level..still WIP as always

Maps about 60% complete, aiming to have it ready at the end of the month (well i say aiming, i mean i have to otherwise i will fail this uni module )

Few more shots to show how it's progressing, still lots to do and the town section still isnt in there:

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Thanks! it's UED4 though It's for UT3...

Im not sure, i'm confused, I think it's referred to as UnrealED4, maybe Unreal Engine 3...UnrealED3 was used for Unreal Tournament 2004 as far as i know...as long as we all dont think this is a UT2004 map then we're ok The water is a bit dark yes, i've tried adding a slight blue tint to its emmisive property but it ends up looking less realistic. It looks fine in game though once its animated and the sun is reflecting off it.

EDIT: It is UE3, im just confusing myself

Its more of a portfolio piece and a university project, so the emphasis is on how it looks rather than plays. I have however tried to work a decent enough layout into it and will optimise it to run as smoothly as possible once i add bots/weapons.

I see what you mean yeah, i think that's because i'm standing back from the house so the whole texture streaming thing is in effect, meaning the wood looks a bit faded and washed out from that spot. Looks better up close...unless you were referring to the picture of just the house on its own, in which case i wouldn't be too sure how to define the edges more :\

Ah you could be right, especially given my track record with smoothing groups :roll: Thanks, will fix them up