l4d_yama

[the0rthopaedicsurgeon]

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.

[the0rthopaedicsurgeon]

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.

[DaanO]

Light setting is good but you need some wet ground. Now it kind of looks like you could easily dodge all the drops of rain if you'd try. Needs more rain for a storm, and things need to be WET

[DaanO]

the0rthopaedicsurgeon: by the way, for those japanese city levels i think it'd work really well if you'd make some signs hanging over the streets (given there's not a lot or no vertical gameplay). it'll create some chaos with (if you do it well) very few extra polys

[PhilipK]

Sweet! 3rd shot is killer!

I agree with Daano tho, I think you can work a lot with some overlays/decals with puddles, but also play around with env-cubemapped grounds, roof plates etc. With ground plates like that you can alter "height" a bit and make some plates almost totally flat in the normal + add white spec to simulate those being pushed down a bit, hence totally/partly under water. Usually larger pave stones can be a bit concave, thus forming a puddle towards the middle.

Anyway nice job so far, looking forward to more!

[Bic-B@ll]

is it me or does every screen shot in this thread seem to have the noise filter run on it?

[skdr]

is it me or does every screen shot in this thread seem to have the noise filter run on it?

That's because L4D's postprocess has noise.

[the0rthopaedicsurgeon]

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.

[Skacky]

True the lighting looks a bit bland here, but it is really great nonetheless!

I really like the ambience you're going for.

[D3ads]

Very nice as always, reminds me of the Siren games

[the0rthopaedicsurgeon]

this is taking too long. i decided to just get this map done so i totally finished the temple village in two days. i'm going to try and get the whole campaign finished as soon as i can so i can release this after about 4+ years.

[Grinwhrl]

Well it looks great, so when its out I am looking forward to playing it.

[Corwin]

Truly amazing!

[Jenn0_Bing]

Yes, I look forward to giving this a go. Every update is impressive.

[Froyok]

Very nice !