Boulda said:Kilsin said:Boulda said:The fog really makes an impact. When you are at ground level are you under the fog as the shot looks like it is from a mountain.
Also does it lift during the day cycle to become a clear day???
Yes, but this is a view from the Tower of the Reckless Magician, to get here would involve, well, you dying :D
/agro off :)
BTW wern't you putting in some new forums a few months back or is that done already?
We are having issues getting around a few things with security, account migration and eCommerce and will update everyone as soon as we can jump one or more of those hurdles but we still have a team actively working on it.
Love the dead trees in the foreground, and the mountain fog setting. Those gnarly bare branches reaching all over the place is spot on. The colors look great, the sky looks like it has substance. It all comes together beautifully.
But you triggered me... well actually I think the engine seeds most of them. So it triggered me...
The tree placement just doesn't follow tree rules. Trees are all about water source and elevation. So they will grow right out of a rock face just as well as from flat land, as long as their roots can reach water. And a tree line is almost always a dense carpet right up to max elevation. Then there should always be a few hardy souls defying the majority with their random solitary placements above the line. But that random tree spotting shouldn't happen below the line. And trees certainly shouldn't be restricted to flat ground... or to uniform size. At the edge of a forest is the nursery where tiny trees should be pushing out into free space like soldiers marching to War.
With a couple hours and a steady supply of tea, those trees could be a forest with a treeline that might actually pull enough water out of the ground to create all that fog too.
And the grass should push all the way to the trunk of a dead tree, there is nothing to block the sun. More to the issue of Grass and Trees, these two plant species can be considered mortal enemies. They have been battling for every square inch of available habitat for Eons. Wherever a tree line breaks a grass line advances, and vice versa.
Is this too nitpicky? I kinda feel like I would fixate on this as essential "living world" flavor. I am all about flavors.
I am feeling compelled by otherworldly forces to fix those trees and hand populate those mountains with a forest that would naturally generate clouds of fog during fluxuations in temperature. I feel like some attention to arbitrary and meaningless aspects like this, inspire a level of immersion that cannot otherwise be achieved.
I also sort of feel like a forest can be used as organic (heh) game mechanics. Of course trees are wood, but they are also homes for critters, and hill billy street signs, and fog machines, and lookout towers. Trees that drop roots into mineral deposits often change weird colors and die, they can be used to signal resource locations over great distance.
Living Forests could make a sweet Pie filling, is all I am saying.
Kilsin said:I thought you guys would love the fog screenshot as much as I do, I used GM hacks to fly out of the Tower of the Reckless Magician to take it so it isn't really accessible but it shows just how good the LoD, draw distance and fog/lighting balance is :)
Amazing screenshot. I saw this a few days ago (and commented on Facebook [I think]) and what is really special is I just went up a large mountain in Oregon in the United States. The mountain is called 'Maries Peak' I think, its also called 'Spirit Mountain' by the Native Americans (infact we have a casino in oregon called 'spirit mountain casino') but anyway. I was driving up when finally towards the top after sunset I saw a view much like the one you are talking about with the mists. It looks like somebody had poured some white clouds from a bowl into another bowl. I remembered this screenshot when I saw that breathtaking view.
Good stuff, i'm so excited for all of your work. This is going to be a wonderful game and a 'beautiful' piece of artwork!
-Todd
tehtawd said:Kilsin said:I thought you guys would love the fog screenshot as much as I do, I used GM hacks to fly out of the Tower of the Reckless Magician to take it so it isn't really accessible but it shows just how good the LoD, draw distance and fog/lighting balance is :)
Amazing screenshot. I saw this a few days ago (and commented on Facebook [I think]) and what is really special is I just went up a large mountain in Oregon in the United States. The mountain is called 'Maries Peak' I think, its also called 'Spirit Mountain' by the Native Americans (infact we have a casino in oregon called 'spirit mountain casino') but anyway. I was driving up when finally towards the top after sunset I saw a view much like the one you are talking about with the mists. It looks like somebody had poured some white clouds from a bowl into another bowl. I remembered this screenshot when I saw that breathtaking view.
Good stuff, i'm so excited for all of your work. This is going to be a wonderful game and a 'beautiful' piece of artwork!
-Todd
Nice mate! That would have been quite a sight :)