JohnMAXX Posted March 14, 2013 Report Posted March 14, 2013 Hey all, Took a bit of a break to refresh and start focused and motivated. Here is my latest image of WinterMAXX, about 97% done with the Pacific Northwest. Whatcha think? 6 Quote
HPM Posted March 14, 2013 Report Posted March 14, 2013 I think you just got me to click on your sig 1 Quote
Peter T. Posted March 15, 2013 Report Posted March 15, 2013 it looks nice but i don't get the "natural" feeling..... 2 Quote
Ntr09 Posted March 15, 2013 Report Posted March 15, 2013 Looks pretty natural to me. Hope you'll do a Southeast US version without snow, just trees with no leaves on and brown grass/ground textures. -NR 1 Quote
alpilotx Posted March 15, 2013 Report Posted March 15, 2013 For me, the way normal maps are used here looks rather unreal here ... but this is only my opinion, and just a question of taste. 1 Quote
Peter T. Posted March 15, 2013 Report Posted March 15, 2013 Yes..i meant that, it doesnt look right to me.... Quote
JohnMAXX Posted March 15, 2013 Author Report Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) Yeah I agree with the normals also. Thanks for the input guys I think they need to be less intense..... As far as the southeast is concerned, lets see what I can come up with Edited March 15, 2013 by JohnMAXX 1 Quote
whiskeyportal Posted March 15, 2013 Report Posted March 15, 2013 The Glacier package you have looks amazing! I love the real blue hue you've come up with. Can't wait to fly with it tonight. Thanks Quote
JohnMAXX Posted March 15, 2013 Author Report Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) OK here are my latest SS's, I toned the normals down a bunch and integrated GlacierMAXX and BeachMAXX(which will be refined prior to release).... And a shot of the winter beaches.....these will be refined a bunch prior to release, maybe some ice flows or something : Cool thing with using normals is how much better the shadowing is, good example is this pic below look how the mountains seem to have more detail: I am not finished with the refining of this add-on, but I feel I am moving in the right direction, whatca think? Oh almost forgot a pic, this one shows some trees, X-Plane default but prior to release they will be custom: Edited March 15, 2013 by JohnMAXX 1 Quote
whiskeyportal Posted March 17, 2013 Report Posted March 17, 2013 Looking great! Will these textures switch season automatically? Or will we have to swap them out manually? Quote
JohnMAXX Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Posted March 17, 2013 initially will be manual but maybe at some point ill develop a loader..... Quote
Mario Donick Posted March 17, 2013 Report Posted March 17, 2013 Hm, the sky colors and the beach colors do NOT fit the winter season. But the rest of it I like very much and will probably buy! Quote
alpilotx Posted March 18, 2013 Report Posted March 18, 2013 John, I see that you winter trees are not "optimal" ... but did you know, that there is already a winterized texture set, which can replace 1:1 the default (XP10) tree textures? The current XP10 tree texture sets are all taken from my old XP9 forest scenery. And at that time, I once did a winterized (made by hand) version of those textures. You can find them here:http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/old-forest-downloads/ You need to look for:Euro_trees_winter_v9.1.1usa_trees_winter_v9.1.3 There you get 3 textures, which have exactly the same layout as the default tree textures (even the name of the default textures has a little hint at this, by having an "e" for Europe, and "uw" and "ue" for USA West and USA East texture set) 1 Quote
Tom Knudsen Posted March 18, 2013 Report Posted March 18, 2013 Why are snow so grey in many shoots and the glacier so greenish Quote
Ntr09 Posted March 18, 2013 Report Posted March 18, 2013 Looks fine to me, maybe your monitor needs color adjustment? -NR Quote
Colin S Posted March 18, 2013 Report Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) For me, the way normal maps are used here looks rather unreal here ... but this is only my opinion, and just a question of taste.back home in BC, I know that one of most stunning things about the mountains in the winter is actually how smooth they are with the heavy snow blanketing them. Most of the snow here looks like the results of an avalanche because of the bumpiness. This is the sort of "smoothness" that I'm talking about: Hm, the sky colors and the beach colors do NOT fit the winter season. But the rest of it I like very much and will probably buy! Agreed, although the beach colours look like the arctic ice flows, which is REALLY cool and I can't wait to see this in action. On the other hand, it won't look right in the mountains, but there is always that tradeoff. The snow beside the runway in that shot looks nice but snow isn't that bumpy, it's generally a weird smooth white blanket, which I have no clue how you would be able to do that with a large texture and not make it look like a sheet of paper. Edited March 18, 2013 by Colin S Quote
JohnMAXX Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Posted March 18, 2013 Tom I think that green you are seeing may be the trees, they havent been optomized yet and I may just provide a link to alpioltx's trees when all is said and done. Working with normals now, still trying to find a good balance. I will have some SS's to show tonight..... Quote
JohnMAXX Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Posted March 18, 2013 To be fair there are a few textures with a slight green tint. Also Tom I am fixing that greyness to the textures as we speak.... Quote
JohnMAXX Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Posted March 18, 2013 OK I have made some adjustments and used Alpilotx's winter trees to boot. Normal maps have been toned down a bunch and I reworked a bunch of textures. Thanks guys for the input, sometimes I can get a little snow blind hehe.... 4 Quote
JohnMAXX Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Posted March 18, 2013 BTW BOLD(A13) is a cool airport in Alaska to mess around at...... Hey Peter ?!?!?!? Quote
ryancz Posted March 19, 2013 Report Posted March 19, 2013 I think I made a copy of it, but probably undistributable due to copyrights.I'll check. Quote
ryancz Posted March 19, 2013 Report Posted March 19, 2013 Yeah, it's not distributable.I'll see if Peter wants to take a break from KJAC, and do this a bit. 1 Quote
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