taaa daa (exterior showcase)

wollibeebee · Post by **wollibeebee** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:18 pm

try to stay away from the shores, i never finished 60% of the shore line. the castle and forest is the "main attraction"

Sir Dave · Post by **Sir Dave** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:36 am

Hey Wollibeebee

First of all, Welcome to TR!

I took a quick look at your showcase and found a few issues:

- one of our exterior showcase guidelines states that you must not make an island, we'll need at least six all-land cells to properly review this showcase.

- you have quite a few rough vertices in your terrain. Be sure to use the smoothing tool to soften the landscape a bit.

- I see some visible texture seems. make sure you either fix them or hide them with statics.

I like the general feeling of your landscape and your castle's layout is original.

My advice for now is:

Make a showcase with at least 6 all-land cells. you can do that by either expanding on you current one or making a new one. Also make sure that all cells are properly detailed. a cell should have +- 200 references. And don't forget to smooth your landscape and fix any texture seems.

Good luck!

wollibeebee · Post by **wollibeebee** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:53 am

- one of our exterior showcase guidelines states that you must not make an island, we'll need at least six all-land cells to properly review this showcase.

sorry, this as originally made for scamp over at P:C and he was fine with just 4 cells because i was busy on my moesring mountains mod.

-you have quite a few rough vertices in your terrain. Be sure to use the smoothing tool to soften the landscape a bit.

know all about it.

- I see some visible texture seems. make sure you either fix them or hide them with statics.

scamp pointed those out, i never fixed it cause he let me on the team anyway, i'll fix them for TR though..

My advice for now is:

Make a showcase with at least 6 all-land cells. you can do that by either expanding on you current one or making a new one. Also make sure that all cells are properly detailed. a cell should have +- 200 references. And don't forget to smooth your landscape and fix any texture seems.

i'll probably expand it a bit more then, and fix those 2 mistakes.

Nemon · Post by **Nemon** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:21 am

When adding the two extra cells, try adding some elevated parts as well - I'd like to see how you handle that stuff. Cell borders may cut off as you like as long as the showcased ones are detailed.

Edit: Now that I got home and actually had a look at the file I see you had plenty of elevation already . Nvm then...

Scamp · Post by **Scamp** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:10 pm

Hi Wolli!

Yes, please fix the silly seams and rough terrain. And what Nemon said.
I promoted you at P:C because I know what you can do in the CS

You will still need to convince the big guys at TR though, keep working on it!

Nemon · Post by **Nemon** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:24 pm

If Scamp promoted you for P:C I'd reckon you'd fit well in here in a short while

.

wollibeebee · Post by **wollibeebee** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:46 pm

haha, thanks nemon and scamp.

i'll fix the seams and rough-ness today.
i don't often do it, my mod barely has any
http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=9187

fix it up tonight.

wollibeebee · Post by **wollibeebee** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:05 am

here you go TF.

tell me if you want any edits

nvm.

Katze · Post by **Katze** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:20 am

Just had a look at the file, and the model looks pretty good, liking the rock texture, and the version with the hole drilled through it.

Now for the criticism: The waystones were supposed to have nordic script on them, like they are supposed to be distance markers or signs for the nords but unreadable to the player.

Also, the vandalism is a bit clean-cut looking. I'd recommend using a more dried blood-like colour, or adding some paint runs along the bottom, and messying up the design so it looks like a drunken yob did it

You're doing a good job, keep it up!

wollibeebee · Post by **wollibeebee** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:43 am

think you'll like it cat!

it says "windhelm ahead" in skyrim fonts.

cant upload it to it's (un)-claimed thread cause i'm not promoted enough.

wollibeebee · Post by **wollibeebee** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:55 pm

feed back?

Knots · Post by **Knots** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:10 pm

Hi, Wollibeebee!

I like the rock. One small thing I think could be improved:

The "figure" part of the markings looks much lower res than the text which doesn't look quite right. I assume you are dealing with low res source material for the figure; if you find yourself unable to improve the figure itself, it may actually be better to use slightly lower res text to avoid the disjointedness that comes with using varying texture resolutions on the same model, particularly when they are overlayed like that.

wollibeebee · Post by **wollibeebee** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 8:03 am

Late Reply../

knots, the rock and the figure were both the same sizes to begin with, but i could blur the rock.

though.. some feed back from TR modelers would be nice.

exteriors almost done, just finish up a couple of cells at P:C and making all the plants XD.

Nemon · Post by **Nemon** » Wed May 01, 2013 8:27 am

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/236 ... terior.esp

WIP showcase. Based on knowledge of wollibeebee's work at SHOTN and P:C ( http://www.wollibeebee.com/cyrodiil.html ) I promote you for exterior modding already. For future reference we should add that P:C and Shotn ext modders just be promoted, they know the drill.

Not · Post by **Not** » Wed May 01, 2013 10:46 pm

Congrats on the long overdue promotion

Welcome aboard!

wollibeebee · Post by **wollibeebee** » Wed May 01, 2013 10:49 pm

Time to do things and stuff!

Bero · Post by **Bero** » Wed May 01, 2013 11:28 pm

Congrats,
my showcase took a year to get me promoted

but that was due to my lack of skill.