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City Textures rework
- Thread starter rince33
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Yep, 108 global layer entries thus far. I'm busy with beaches from Portsmouth to Selsey Bill, and then I'll tackle the area from Margate to Whitstable. Thereafter it's back to Weymouth where I will finish the stretch of beach there. After this I don't want to see another mos beach facility file for quite a long while.
I know that it seems a bit crazy to tackle something of this scale, but it really is satisfying viewing the results when a stretch is completed, and it makes huge difference to the overall picture. Another plus is that I get to review past work done, and it has highlighted areas that can do with a few more building modules.
The area from Dungeness to beachy head will have to be done at some stage because the gap will be noticable from a distance when flying Luftwaffe or Raf cross channel missions.
THE BLACK LINE IS WHAT I HAVE COMPLETED THUS FAR
Calais?
I did consider extending the existing Dover cliffs model towards the castle in the past, and Shessi posted earlier this week :
I will consider adjusting the Dover cliffs model towards the end of this project, and then look at creating the other cliffs mentioned here. I'll add it to the 'list'.
Maybe I should create an actual list, lest I forget.
Pat Pattle
SOH-CM-2025
I have a model of the cliffs to the west of Eastbourne, I'll send it over Glen.
G,
Yes, without doubt looks more realistic. The variation in colour/texture, both between fields and within a field itself is much better. You do get large fields looking a uniform colour/tex, but usually it's in springtime, when plants are growing with vivid shade of greens, all at the same time.
What I would say is that most early sims seem to make the greens a little yellowy for the UK, whereas they should be a touch deeper green. That's just an observation, these screenies are fantastic and very realistic.
We ALL remember the garish vivid bright green grass and the luminescent blue sea of the original CFS3....argggg!! .....and this is light years away from that.
BTW very pleasing to look at these pics...Britain in Summer....''There'll be Bluebirds over the.....''
Cheers
Shessi
Yes, without doubt looks more realistic. The variation in colour/texture, both between fields and within a field itself is much better. You do get large fields looking a uniform colour/tex, but usually it's in springtime, when plants are growing with vivid shade of greens, all at the same time.
What I would say is that most early sims seem to make the greens a little yellowy for the UK, whereas they should be a touch deeper green. That's just an observation, these screenies are fantastic and very realistic.
We ALL remember the garish vivid bright green grass and the luminescent blue sea of the original CFS3....argggg!!
.....and this is light years away from that.BTW very pleasing to look at these pics...Britain in Summer....''There'll be Bluebirds over the.....''
Cheers
Shessi
Great! They are conveying the right atmosphere then. I'll keep'em.BTW very pleasing to look at these pics...Britain in Summer....''There'll be Bluebirds over the.....''
My updated beach map. Just a section from Hastings to Dungness to do for now, and then I can continue work at Weymouth.
Back to my flak gun model this week. I'm still using my test model to get the physics sorted out. I used the hierarchy panel and "affect pivot only", then set up the pivot xyz co-ordinates as instructed by the sdk. It works, though the barrels aren't always facing in my aircraft's direction when flak appears.
Thanks again to Frosty and Thudman for their advice.
Here you can see the guns attempting to train and the flak bursts around my aircraft.
Google ai suggests that I use dummies for the main carriage and barrel, and then link all the various parts to the dummies to avoid complications.
I set up my main model in exactly the same way but it is unresponsive in the sim.
With regards to my main flak model, I worked in an existing gmax building file to get the correct scale and then deleted the original building model, leaving just my gun at the correct scale.
This is pretty lazy modeling practice and I suspect that the file is corrupted by left over data from the old building model and my continued experimentation efforts.
My next move is to recreate my 7.51 flak gun model from scratch in a clean new gmax file, a total pain in the arse, but what can you do.
On the beach front I have completed the long stretches of beach along the South eastern coastline. Here you see two long stretches of beach meeting at DUNGENESS. I have also slighly edited the Dungeness texture. Beachy head still awaits Clive's reworking of that cliff model.
Thanks again to Frosty and Thudman for their advice.
Here you can see the guns attempting to train and the flak bursts around my aircraft.
Google ai suggests that I use dummies for the main carriage and barrel, and then link all the various parts to the dummies to avoid complications.
I set up my main model in exactly the same way but it is unresponsive in the sim.
With regards to my main flak model, I worked in an existing gmax building file to get the correct scale and then deleted the original building model, leaving just my gun at the correct scale.
This is pretty lazy modeling practice and I suspect that the file is corrupted by left over data from the old building model and my continued experimentation efforts.
My next move is to recreate my 7.51 flak gun model from scratch in a clean new gmax file, a total pain in the arse, but what can you do.
On the beach front I have completed the long stretches of beach along the South eastern coastline. Here you see two long stretches of beach meeting at DUNGENESS. I have also slighly edited the Dungeness texture. Beachy head still awaits Clive's reworking of that cliff model.
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G,
Nice updates. Gmax has scale function, so you don't need to start with a correct scale file, it's not lazy, just 'practical' I take it they're based on the standard 3.7'' QF AA gun.
Not causing you more work/grief, but while you're in the Dungeness area...maybe the Sound Mirrors at RAF Denge??
Cheers
Shessi
Nice updates. Gmax has scale function, so you don't need to start with a correct scale file, it's not lazy, just 'practical'
I take it they're based on the standard 3.7'' QF AA gun.Not causing you more work/grief, but while you're in the Dungeness area...maybe the Sound Mirrors at RAF Denge??
Cheers
Shessi
Yeah, though the screenies depict a test model, my wip model can be found in post #474.
Wow! that is so bizarre! They have an art deco vibe to them. I had to google these sound mirrors because I knew nothing about them, designed by William Tucker after smoking excessive amounts of weed.
These are seriously amazing though, a real work of functional art. They belong on a Pink Floyd album cover.
Pat Pattle
SOH-CM-2025
I have all 3 mirrors modelled and placed, will get them sorted this week for use.