Saturday, August 16, 2003
Well, I got sick of seeing tris and vertex counts in the 20-30k range... so I decided to do something about it.
Basically, when I made the tunnes through the mountains, I didn't bother with making the caulk hull as I went. I did have walls, but I just lefted them for the tunnels and figured I'd get to it later... well, now is later... or... later is now... or whatever. So, I spent all day creating fun angles with caulk brushes, making sure that the caulk was tight around the three tunnels I have going.
So, now, in the highest area, I found 17k, but most areas hover around 10k verts/tris or less. This is pretty good considering the detail I have added so far. I could probably caulk-off the allied spawn, where a lot of tris are being drawn, and I might depending on how much more I decide to add.
I was a bit worried to be honest, but laying the map out with vising in mind seems to have payed off a great deal.
I've also added more detail to the village... a few other places... the tombs, etc. Also playing with lighting the tomb. Shield turned in a draft of the sub area and is making revisions also. Hopefully we'll have an alpha soon. I'd like some playtesting :/
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Sunday, August 10, 2003
This temple was basically made from my head, then put onto paper. I started the initial brush work and let Garage run with it. He did most of the interior and texturing... I only changed a few things here and there, added a few touches, etc.
I just added in the light beam to his the staff, and some basic lights. This was the result:
There's still some textuting fixes to be done, but the brush work is 95% done in this area I think.
