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05-15-2007, 04:25 AM#1
Earth-Fury
Some screenshots of a 64/64 winter terrain i made today.
Comments & criticisms welcomed and appreciated.
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Shot in World Edit with gameview and letterbox mode. No custom art assets.

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05-15-2007, 08:39 AM#2
xXm0rpH3usXx
all in all good, but i dislike the use of the blizz trees...

but i do like your mountain and the waterfall!
05-15-2007, 07:04 PM#3
Mordiggian
Looking good.. Blizz trees don't bother me since I respect those who make their terrain look good with original models and not making it depend on custom models. Good job!

EDIT However, you could add some grass and stones beneath the trees, making them look more alive. Now they look kinda they're dropped from skies :)
05-16-2007, 12:34 AM#4
Juliano
I like it, the faded trees along that mountain+light effects are nice...
But you could add a hero in the waterfall, a paladin, or something like
Just to complete an obviously nice terrain
05-16-2007, 01:20 AM#5
Whitehorn
Generally pretty good. Some minor problems if you look into detail.

There wouldn't be snow around the base of that pillar when its melted everywhere else. It should do the reverse.

The river seems a bit artificial. Water cuts into the earth, but yuo have rocks ONLY around the edges, which extrude higher than the normal ground level. That's pretty much how lava flows would end up, not icy waters.
05-16-2007, 05:00 AM#6
Earth-Fury
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Originally Posted by xXm0rpH3usXx
all in all good, but i dislike the use of the blizz trees...
I really never saw what was so bad about blizzard trees...
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Originally Posted by xXm0rpH3usXx
but i do like your mountain and the waterfall!
Thank you verry much :)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordiggian
Looking good.. Blizz trees don't bother me since I respect those who make their terrain look good with original models and not making it depend on custom models. Good job!
Thank you, too :)
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Originally Posted by Mordiggian
EDIT However, you could add some grass and stones beneath the trees, making them look more alive. Now they look kinda they're dropped from skies :)
Looking back on it, i should have included the northrend grass tile... and yeah, i did kinda ignore the area under the trees =X

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Originally Posted by Whitehorn
Generally pretty good. Some minor problems if you look into detail.

There wouldn't be snow around the base of that pillar when its melted everywhere else. It should do the reverse.
Point taken. Still a pretty small nitpick ;)
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Originally Posted by Whitehorn
The river seems a bit artificial. Water cuts into the earth, but yuo have rocks ONLY around the edges, which extrude higher than the normal ground level. That's pretty much how lava flows would end up, not icy waters.
True... I need to work on how i do the edjes of rivers. Its quite hard to get a nice effect with waterfall rivers x.x
05-17-2007, 12:19 AM#7
PurgeandFire111
Screenshot 1: I like the waterfall that you made, it looks quite nice. The things I dislike are the flat terrain, the emptiness of the area, and the doodad height, you should lower them so it doesn't seem like it is floating.

Screenshot 2: Pretty flat terrain, and I prefer "Blue Fire" over red in wintery terrain because it matches the terrain feel much better.

Screenshot 3: Nice use of the dead trees, it makes it look more death-like. I think that the angle of the rocks on the side of the hill looks odd, though. The trees are also "Floating".

Screenshot 4: I think this looks a little good, and I like the poison clouds, but the trees are floating and the terrain at that point doesn't match the enviroment.

Screenshot 5: It looks good, just fix the tree height and add a couple of doodads.

Screenshot 6: Double-attach... lol

Screenshot 7: It looks great, just fix the tree height.

Overall, these are nice pics, but more better for Playable Terrain or Non-Import Terrain. To get a good effect with waterfall rivers, cover the ugly edges with doodads and "Lower" the doodads.

Basically, select every doodads in the whole map and lower it. :D

Good luck on more of your terrains!