Topic: The forum environment project - Project stopped (Read 152647 times)

Joey1 · « **Reply #350 on:** April 16, 2011, 09:38:02 »

Yes that would be great!

As some of you may have seen I am going on holiday for one week, so I won't be able to do anything for this project.

Joey

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #351 on:** April 16, 2011, 15:22:10 »

Any chance of a updated to do list before you go?

Joey1 · « **Reply #352 on:** April 16, 2011, 15:28:50 »

Yes here is the list:

*Main model (all the small islands, without buildings, bridges etc.)
*St Markâ€™s Campanile
*St Markâ€™s Basilica
*Rialto Bridge
*San Giorgio Maggiore (Whole Island)
*Cruise terminal
*Port buildings (depots, ferry terminal)
*Doge's Palace
*Bridge of Sighs
*Piazza San Marco
*Venetian Arsenal
*Repeatable buildings (done 8 / to do approx. 20-40)
*Repeatable bridges (done 1 / to do approx. 20)
*Other bridges (done 1 / to do ?)
*Trees
*Vaporetto stop
*Small marinas
*Other bell towers (done 1 / to do max. 5)
*Santa Maria della Salute (church)

green = done
blue = work in progress
red = to do

Looks quite good so far.
Everyone who wants to do something let it know the others by posting here. As I said above I won't be very active the comeing week.

Joey

Smithacus · « **Reply #353 on:** April 23, 2011, 20:55:27 »

Lake Superior/Lake Huron.

mart · « **Reply #354 on:** April 24, 2011, 14:00:26 »

how can whe vote ??

martnl

Mslb_Eemshoorn · « **Reply #355 on:** April 24, 2011, 16:43:47 »

Voting is over, they have choosen for Venice

mart · « **Reply #356 on:** April 24, 2011, 18:46:07 »

thx, to bad.

Joey1 · « **Reply #357 on:** May 05, 2011, 17:23:52 »

Hi all,

after a long time I am back with some UPDATES to let you see that the project is still alive. I also hope that I can motivate you with this pictures to continue working on the forum environment project

So here are some fresh renders.

TFM's Marina has been textured and placed in the city (I know that the scaling of the trees and buildings needs to be fixed, I only put them there to make it look a bit better.)

The St. Mark's Basilica, the most famous church in Venice.

And finally a progress shot of my latest model, the mainland and some other islands surrounding the city.

I hope you like the pictures

Joey

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #358 on:** May 05, 2011, 17:25:09 »

Its looking good

Joey1 · « **Reply #359 on:** May 05, 2011, 17:28:28 »

Thanks, TFM

I really hope to get more people for this project since so many small details are still missing.

We need everyone for this project

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #360 on:** May 05, 2011, 17:29:10 »

What sort of small details are missing?

Joey1 · « **Reply #361 on:** May 05, 2011, 17:39:47 »

The main "problem" are the small repeatable buildings. But we can also need some simple marker poles, repeatable bridges, some small docks and piers and at least one repeatable church.
This list will get longer as soon as I notice some things.

If you notice anything that you would like to add I will take a look at it.

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #362 on:** May 05, 2011, 17:48:31 »

Well what sort of buildings are you looking for for the repeatable ones?

Joey1 · « **Reply #363 on:** May 05, 2011, 18:05:50 »

The model itself shouldn't be very detailed and isn't that hard to do but it would be nice if you coould do the texture map to.
You don't need to map it on the model just create the model(less than 300 poly) and the texture map(256x256).

For the textures I will upload some typical Venetian windows, doors and at cg textures you can find textures for the color of the backround. (cgtextures>plaster>plaster coloured)

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #364 on:** May 05, 2011, 18:08:00 »

Ahh OK

What do Venetian buildings typically look like?

Joey1 · « **Reply #365 on:** May 05, 2011, 18:13:22 »

Best thing is to look at google earth the whole city is modelled in 3d.

Here are two screenshots from google earth:

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #366 on:** May 05, 2011, 18:14:55 »

they all look different

theres a few "cubes with roofs" i see...

Joey1 · « **Reply #367 on:** May 06, 2011, 22:35:46 »

Quote from: The Ferry Man on May 05, 2011, 18:14:55

they all look different

theres a few "cubes with roofs" i see...

Yes that's true they aren't hard to model, but we need a lot of them. I will post that texture things a bit later, but you will get them as soon as possible.

I got another update: all large and famous buildings have been added to the St Mark's Square:

The ground texture is only there to give you a better contrast and I will replace it with a better, when I find one.

Joey

Joey1 · « **Reply #368 on:** May 07, 2011, 17:53:07 »

I got the first texture pack for the repeatable buildigs - some typical Venetian windows. The scaling of the windows is not the same for all, you will have to correct it here and there. You can edit them if you want but only use them for the forum environment project and not for any other models. You can find most of the other parts for your texture at www.cgtextures.com.

I hope you can use these texture parts to create a lot of different building textures.

Joey

dexter7 · « **Reply #369 on:** May 11, 2011, 02:04:31 »

hey joey is there any this simple i can work on?

Joey1 · « **Reply #370 on:** May 11, 2011, 13:47:15 »

Yes you could try to model some low poly repeatable buildings like the ones I attached and if it is possible it would be very nice if you texture them with a 256x256 texture map, if not it's no problem. When you create such a building don't do to much details - do a few cubes with a roof an it, probably a balcony but windows and doors don't need to be modelled all that you can get with a nice texture.

It would be great if you could do one or more models for this project

Joey

dexter7 · « **Reply #371 on:** May 11, 2011, 21:41:32 »

Alright thanks Joey I'll have it done by Friday. How do i get the textures?

Joey1 · « **Reply #372 on:** May 12, 2011, 17:13:56 »

Hi dexter7,

You can get the textures from google earth by clicking on the house button in the material window (fig.1). Then click right on the texture part you want to save. After this select export texture and save it as .jpg (fig.2).

When you got all textures you need put them on a 256x256 textre sheet and attach them to your post in the files topic.

Joey

PS: The model is not made by me, I just took it from the warehouse.

dexter7 · « **Reply #373 on:** May 12, 2011, 23:21:22 »

I should have said that I posted it in the files topic.

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #374 on:** May 13, 2011, 14:29:39 »

Looks good chaps (though I'm sure that tfk will be along soon to tell me I shouldn't be telling you that)

What's the commercial google licence for doing all this btw?

Poll

Which environment should we model?

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