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Offline USRanger

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Re: Placing of terrain tiles
« Reply #15 on: January 17, 2012, 09:29:28 PM »
I'm extremely picky, even anal, about placing textures on terrains.  I hand paint every square inch so every texture is right where I want it.  I don't do MA terrains though, which are much larger.  I couldn't imagine doing it all by hand to make it perfect.  The farmland on steep hillsides (even almost-sheer cliffs) thing has always drove me crazy though.

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It's all a matter of how much time the builder wants to spend looking at every sq. mile of his terrain and/or how picky he wants to be.
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Re: Placing of terrain tiles
« Reply #16 on: January 17, 2012, 10:19:13 PM »
Quote from: USRanger on January 17, 2012, 09:29:28 PM
I'm extremely picky, even anal, about placing textures on terrains.  I hand paint every square inch so every texture is right where I want it.  I don't do MA terrains though, which are much larger.  I couldn't imagine doing it all by hand to make it perfect.  The farmland on steep hillsides (even almost-sheer cliffs) thing has always drove me crazy though.

It's all a matter of how much time the builder wants to spend looking at every sq. mile of his terrain and/or how picky he wants to be.

I haven't been in the TE lately to continue my work on a map for the MA, but you just described me quite well; I hand-tune the elevations so they're shaped the way I want and hand-paint each terrain texture so it looks the way I want.

Here's what little I've done with it, which admittedly was many months ago...







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Re: Placing of terrain tiles
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2012, 10:29:02 PM »
Very nice Dot.  Now that looks realistic imo.
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Re: Placing of terrain tiles
« Reply #18 on: January 18, 2012, 01:08:51 AM »
Now we are talking.. :O
Very nice USRanger and Dot!  :aok I just love the looks of that!  :rock
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Re: Placing of terrain tiles
« Reply #19 on: January 18, 2012, 01:13:30 AM »
Quote from: SAJ73 on January 18, 2012, 01:08:51 AM
Very nice USRanger and Dot!  :aok I just love the looks of that!
Really ! beautifull work !!! I look forward to flying with that!
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Re: Placing of terrain tiles
« Reply #20 on: January 18, 2012, 01:18:33 AM »
I'm hoping for a new look in DA also with time, the terrains in there just don't look too great. The high bases should be alot more rocky than they are today, and the canyons should have farms at the bottom only.. To make the canyons perfect they should be rocky in the steepest parts and have a river flowing through the valley also in my opinion..  :aok
Just throwing in ideas in hopes of seeing some changes for the better in future..  :)
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Re: Placing of terrain tiles
« Reply #21 on: January 18, 2012, 03:27:02 AM »
You guys are doing a terrific work with the Terrain Editor.  :salute I only hope the same quality could be seen in MA maps, too.
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