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General Forums => Terrain Editor => Topic started by: artik on February 11, 2017, 03:13:17 PM
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Hi,
I upgraded my isrv1 terrain from AH2 to 3 and I have several issues:
1. HQ object had become a giant ketchup or whatever bottle? Should I just remove one and put HQ there or I miss something?
2. Skins - I had embedded skins in the AH2 terrain I moved them to new one but they seems to be extremely reflective, the way they shouldn't be.
(http://cppcms.com/files/ah/moss.jpg)
The texture folder contains only basic diffuse texture - I didn't included specular Map - so it should use default... Shouldn't it?
What am I doing wrong?
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This is what the game does for skins without the specular maps. It sucks for sure. What you can do, is create spec maps for the skin and reload the whole skin to your new terrain.
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Hi,
I upgraded my isrv1 terrain from AH2 to 3 and I have several issues:
1. HQ object had become a giant ketchup or whatever bottle? Should I just remove one and put HQ there or I miss something?
The beer bottle indicates the AH2 object name doesn't match the AH3 named object. For instance, there are no 1 mile x 1 mile city0 or mega cities in AH3, only 4 mile x 4 mile cities so each of them is replaced by a bottle.
If you used the AH3 TE to convert the terrain so you'd have the AH3 .oba file, most of the conversion is automatic, including replacing your HQs and 1 mile square Cities.
If you do it by hand or want a quick comparison
old new
aaafac0 aafac1m00
amofac0 amfact1m00
bacfac0 trptm1m00
battery bah0
city0 city4m00
fth0 fth2
fulfac0 ref2m00
hq0 hq1m00
lafld0 laf1m00
mafld0 maf1m00
port0 port1m00
rdr0 rdr2
rdr1 rdr2
rdr2 rdr2
rdrfac0 rdfct1m00
safld0 saf1m00
town0 town1m
vfld0 vb1m00
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Thanks! Now it is clear
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For the skins, do I need both _S and _E or _S is enough?
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You can try it and see how that will look but I'd be inclined to follow Greebo's tutorial.
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,378949.msg5045819.html#msg5045819
As you will see, that thread is still very active today and the skinview is very good.
It's the Normal map that throws most folks off but it's definitely needed if you make any changes to the diffuse map, for panel lines etc.
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For the skins, do I need both _S and _E or _S is enough?
If you want the skin to look correct you need all 3 spec maps, _E, _P, and _S. On my skins featuring painted surfaces, _P and _S are identical. _E should be almost black for paint as it handles environmental reflections.
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Thank you, it helped me a lot - also it seems that I need only _S - as by default many come without _E
Some preview:
IAF S-199 (109G6) Over Sea of Galilee
(http://cppcms.com/files/ah/1948/ah3/avia-over-sea-of-gallely.jpg)
IAF S-199 (109G6) Over Makhtesh Ramon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhtesh_Ramon)
(http://cppcms.com/files/ah/1948/ah3/ramon1.jpg)
(http://cppcms.com/files/ah/1948/ah3/ramon2.jpg)
IAF Spit
(http://cppcms.com/files/ah/1948/ah3/iaf-spit.jpg)
P-51D - need some work on _S map - old one too bright
(http://cppcms.com/files/ah/1948/ah3/p51d.jpg)
Bozon - especially for you Mosquito VI
(http://cppcms.com/files/ah/1948/ah3/mosquito.jpg)
Royal Egyptian Air Force C-205 over Suez Channel
(http://cppcms.com/files/ah/1948/ah3/205-over-suez.jpg)
(http://cppcms.com/files/ah/1948/ah3/suez2.jpg)
Royal Egyptian Air Force Spitfire in Delta's Country Side:
(http://cppcms.com/files/ah/1948/ah3/reaf-spit-country.jpg)
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Very nice!
:aok
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Where to get this fine terrain
quite nice
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Where to get this fine terrain
quite nice
I didn't continue to working on it due to lack of time. Actually my PC is now down and needs repairs but if you want to I can send you the sources/kinda-working terrain
And mostly the terrain was created with makeahmap + skins
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Thank you kindly artik
not sure if id be any help with terrains
though would be honored to fly under Zion colors
if you have a link