[Static] East Timor static / hut

[lucky.BOY]

Update, I am now hopefully done with textures, only those bamboo bands that go around the sides have somehow messed up normals, as they are shaded upside down. Although that wont stop me from showing the rest of the thing:

YouTube Video

Also, here are my normal maps:






Any criticsm is greatly apreciated.
-lucky

[Arnoldio]

This, with some texture tweaks here and there is also good for Africa and Vietnam.

[lucky.BOY]

LODs done!


(form left to right)
LOD0 - 343 tris
LOD1 - 245 tris
LOD2 - 104 tris
LOD3 - 18 tris

-now onto... COLs, is it?

-lucky

[[R-COM]LITOralis.nMd]

IF you snuck a few "long straws" from the vertical stem slats at the bottom of this image
http://i.imgur.com/N1bZb.jpg

on to the top of the rock image, as a visual trick breaking up the transition between the exterior vertical rock wall and exterior vertical slat wall, it would go a long way toward softening that harsh transition area.

[lucky.BOY]

Originally Posted by [R-COM]LITOralis.nMd

IF you snuck a few "long straws" from the vertical stem slats at the bottom of this image
http://i.imgur.com/N1bZb.jpg

on to the top of the rock image, as a visual trick breaking up the transition between the exterior vertical rock wall and exterior vertical slat wall, it would go a long way toward softening that harsh transition area.

Better?


Mind you, you linked a detail texture, not a color texture, but the idea is briliant, i just dont know why i didnt think about it . Thank you.

EDIT: Damn, you mean something completely different! I will try to do that too, will see what i can do there. But you already inspired me to make my LOD3 better, thanks for that

[lucky.BOY]

I have some questions:

For my last LOD, LOD3, can/should I not use any crack texture? Cracks wont be visible at such distance, im wondering if its possible/needed to remove them.

About col3, I am wondering about this; the entrance is smaller that a standing man, so you have to crouch to be able to enter. I wonder if bots are able to crouch in order to get inside, so if i should model the inside on col3? If wouldnt need to, it would spare a fair amount of tris on col3.

-lucky

[[R-DEV]Amok@ndy]

be careful with removing crack layer, if it changes the color its noticeable, if its just some posters hanging on the wall you can forget about this but having crack all over the building for some structur or sth like that you cant remove it without making it looks strange if the lods change

[sweedensniiperr]

couldn't you just make the entrance "transparent"?

[[R-COM]LITOralis.nMd]

Sorry if I wasn't clear in my prior message.

As you will see in the video below, the vertical walls of these huts are not usually made of very thin reeds, but of hand hewn plank wood of irregular size.

When they are close to ground, some planks will go in to ground, covering your rock foundation, and some will be several centimeters above the ground, leaving a dark void.

IF you do not plan to vertically stack your rock image, it would be good to create the reed's/timber's uneven transition on the top of the rock image.

I have seen a documentary on Irian Jaya, the island next to Timor, you will like it:

Cannibals and Crampons on Vimeo
Cannibals and Crampons

BBC

1x 60"

In the prototype for BBC Tribe, Bruce Parry and Mark Anstice walk for 77 days through the uncharted jungles of Irian Jaya, to attempt to climb a remote mountain. On the way, they stumble across a tribe of cannibals who have never seen outsiders before.

Winner at Banff Mountain Film Festival, Kendall Mountain Film Festival, the Australian Mountain Film Festival

[[R-CON]Psyrus]

Originally Posted by lucky.BOY

For my last LOD, LOD3, can/should I not use any crack texture? Cracks wont be visible at such distance, im wondering if its possible/needed to remove them

IMO the easiest way to find out is just to do 2 test exports, view them both at a distance and see if it makes any significant difference...