City Textures rework

[sdsbolt]

very good!
are the long beaches a facility .mos?

 

[rince33]

are the long beaches a facility .mos?

Yep, 108 global layer entries thus far. I'm busy with beaches from Portsmouth to Selsey Bill, and then I'll tackle the area from Margate to Whitstable. Thereafter it's back to Weymouth where I will finish the stretch of beach there. After this I don't want to see another mos beach facility file for quite a long while.

I know that it seems a bit crazy to tackle something of this scale, but it really is satisfying viewing the results when a stretch is completed, and it makes huge difference to the overall picture. Another plus is that I get to review past work done, and it has highlighted areas that can do with a few more building modules.

The area from Dungeness to beachy head will have to be done at some stage because the gap will be noticable from a distance when flying Luftwaffe or Raf cross channel missions.

THE BLACK LINE IS WHAT I HAVE COMPLETED THUS FAR

 

[Shessi]

More power to your terraforming skills!

S

 

[gecko]

That's a lot of sand! I don't even want to think what a pain it must have been to place it all, but the result is very nice. Any thoughts of doing some cliffs? Beachy Head? The Needles?

 

[rince33]

Any thoughts of doing some cliffs? Beachy Head? The Needles?

Calais?

I did consider extending the existing Dover cliffs model towards the castle in the past, and Shessi posted earlier this week :

The cliffs do actually start just after Folkestone Harbour, if you feel like tweaking.

I will consider adjusting the Dover cliffs model towards the end of this project, and then look at creating the other cliffs mentioned here. I'll add it to the 'list'.

Maybe I should create an actual list, lest I forget.

 

[Shessi]

Ha ha Calais, now you're getting all B of B movie...where do you stop?...next ze verld!

S

 

[rince33]

Ziz verld und ze next, meine freund . (cue dramatic music)Taaa dah dah Taaa dah dah ta te Taaa.......

 

[Pat Pattle]

I have a model of the cliffs to the west of Eastbourne, I'll send it over Glen.

 

[rince33]

That looks awesome Clive, Ill check my messages.

 

[rince33]

Broadstairs added, and beaches from Ramsgate to Whitstable.

 

[rince33]

I decided to replace some of the vivid green bits in some of the terrain textures. I haven't quite decided if it is an improvement yet. If you look at the last image in the previous post you can see the difference at Margate

 

[Shessi]

G,
Yes, without doubt looks more realistic. The variation in colour/texture, both between fields and within a field itself is much better. You do get large fields looking a uniform colour/tex, but usually it's in springtime, when plants are growing with vivid shade of greens, all at the same time.

What I would say is that most early sims seem to make the greens a little yellowy for the UK, whereas they should be a touch deeper green. That's just an observation, these screenies are fantastic and very realistic.

We ALL remember the garish vivid bright green grass and the luminescent blue sea of the original CFS3....argggg!! .....and this is light years away from that.

BTW very pleasing to look at these pics...Britain in Summer....''There'll be Bluebirds over the.....''

Cheers

Shessi

 

[rince33]

BTW very pleasing to look at these pics...Britain in Summer....''There'll be Bluebirds over the.....''

Great! They are conveying the right atmosphere then. I'll keep'em.

My updated beach map. Just a section from Hastings to Dungness to do for now, and then I can continue work at Weymouth.