Stan` Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 1 hour ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said: No offense to bigtiger. He has some awesome stuff in his mod. He's done some pretty cool things with decals, for instance, which should be merged with core game, and I like the dead trees and fallen trees, which should also be merged. But LordGood's trees are actually better. At least, from what I see so far! Oh, and BigTiger's bushes should be merged too. Very nice. I think LordGood's oaks there finally have the "layering" effect right, to cast some nice self-shadowing and give that fullness expected from a mature set of trees. It's one of the things I like about the "old" Carobs. They will be committed. I'm waiting for his last map 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 19 minutes ago, Bigtiger said: Oh man, these look a lot nicer than some of your others! They fit quite well with LordGood's. My main critique of some of your other deciduous trees is that their foliage is very thin. I imagine you partially do that for performance, but the fact still remains. I do like how tall some of your trees are. Sometimes 0 A.D.'s trees seem a tad too small. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtiger Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said: Oh man, these look a lot nicer than some of your others! They fit quite well with LordGood's. My main critique of some of your other deciduous trees is that their foliage is very thin. I imagine you partially do that for performance, but the fact still remains. I do like how tall some of your trees are. Sometimes 0 A.D.'s trees seem a tad too small. I appreciate the critique as it helps me to improve. 12 minutes ago, Stan` said: They will be committed. I'm waiting for his last map Hopefully you don't have to wait to long! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyserious Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 3 hours ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said: Oh man, these look a lot nicer than some of your others! They fit quite well with LordGood's. My main critique of some of your other deciduous trees is that their foliage is very thin. I imagine you partially do that for performance, but the fact still remains. I do like how tall some of your trees are. Sometimes 0 A.D.'s trees seem a tad too small. I agree Tall trees look great. The Rome 2: TW used similar designs for trees. The taller the trees are, the more room for height variety 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyserious Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 Awesome output from both Lordgood and BigTiger as expected. I think we should do a consolidated move for the terrain texturess next, after the flora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGood Posted June 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 lol what are the odds we'd be making the same tree at the same time Thinner foliage in the texture does make it easier to avoid visual issues with leaf planes intersecting all ugly-like, or forming impenetrable domes and such, but the trade off is well... thinner foliage lol. I am becoming increasingly convinced there is no right way to do this, everything's a balancing act between performance and visual quality 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaxandridas ho Skandiates Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) . Edited April 8, 2021 by Anaxandridas ho Skandiates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 On 6/16/2019 at 3:05 AM, LordGood said: lol what are the odds we'd be making the same tree at the same time Thinner foliage in the texture does make it easier to avoid visual issues with leaf planes intersecting all ugly-like, or forming impenetrable domes and such, but the trade off is well... thinner foliage lol. I am becoming increasingly convinced there is no right way to do this, everything's a balancing act between performance and visual quality I am the odds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 This brother still be killin it, y'all. @Sundiata Acacias and African huts all up IN this bish. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said: This brother still be killin it, y'all. @Sundiata [...] Looking great, maybe the the spec map is too shiny on the roofs? How big is a typical acacia leaf ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundiata Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 21 minutes ago, Stan` said: How big is a typical acacia leaf ? Apparently there's like 160 to 1350 different varieties of "Acacia" depending on who you ask... I was getting confused looking at different types, including the more greener broader leafed types I see around my neighbourhood. I should have stuck with "umbrella thorn acacia" or "Vachellia Nilotica" or "Senegalia Senegal" (gum arabic tree) or something like that. Anyway, the leaves are exaggerated in size and they look more messy/angular in real life... I was thinking they look too minuscule if I make them any smaller, but I might want to revisit that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, Sundiata said: I should have stuck with "umbrella thorn acacia" or "Vachellia Nilotica" or "Senegalia Senegal" (gum arabic tree) or something like that. Well more variety is okay 10 minutes ago, Sundiata said: Anyway, the leaves are exaggerated in size and they look more messy/angular in real life... I was thinking they look too minuscule if I make them any smaller, but I might want to revisit that. Just wanted to make sure cause indeed they look very big. Maybe if the texture had more dense branches and leaves that would work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGood Posted June 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 9 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 NOTE TO SELF: Use the white ground for forum integration. @LordGood Though palms look kinda edgy though, don't they ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundiata Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 Oooh, @wackyserious, I remember you asking for bananas... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 27 minutes ago, Sundiata said: Oooh, @wackyserious, I remember you asking for bananas... I have doubts about what today's fruits and vegetables look like against their original counterparts. https://www.sciencealert.com/fruits-vegetables-before-domestication-photos-genetically-modified-food-natural 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraitii Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 There is a need to be able to differentiate berry trees from other trees, though These trees look incredible guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, LordGood said: Question Ficus are very prominent in Tropical zones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_climate https://www.civilsdaily.com/natural-vegetation-of-india-tropical-evergreen-epiphytes-buttress-roots-tropical-deciduous-tropical-thorny-xerophytic-adaptations/ http://www.biologydiscussion.com/forest/5-types-of-forests-found-in-india-explained/6940 @Sundiata you live in a tropical are you've seen what it's like? Edited June 17, 2019 by Lion.Kanzen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGood Posted June 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 Banyan trees are ficuses, council trees/ strangler figs could be a taller variant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, LordGood said: Banyan trees are ficuses, council trees/ strangler figs could be a taller variant. I'm not botany expert, isn't my area but I was investigated about Tropical areas like Mesoamerica and Asia (Tropical area). my point is this kind of fig. and those are more different than we have, or already exist. Ficus Elastica. other tree speciments from Tropical areas. no necessary coastal land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperior Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 All images added from 0ad in this topic are the new changes to maps for a24? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, Emperior said: All images added from 0ad in this topic are the new changes to maps for a24? Incidentally yes, but the maps won't really change much aside from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperior Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 Just now, Stan` said: Incidentally yes, but the maps won't really change much aside from that. It changes a lot for eys. Current maps aren't too nice looking. I really like the images added to this topic, hopefully performance will be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 29 minutes ago, Emperior said: It changes a lot for eys. Current maps aren't too nice looking. I really like the images added to this topic, hopefully performance will be good. the terrain is the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundiata Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) @Lion.Kanzen Yeah, we have similar looking trees over here... One of our more common forest giants is the Silk Cotton Tree. It's absolutely humongous! Varieties of these are apparently also native to Latin America. Spoiler 6 hours ago, Lion.Kanzen said: @Sundiata you live in a tropical are you've seen what it's like? It's dense... Here's a collection of personal pictures I took of the nature scenes in my surroundings and other places in Ghana: Spoiler My town is surrounded by the gardens of Eden... Sadly people don't realize it's value, and the forest are all being cut down at a terrifying rate, nationwide Our government is useless... Fields lying fallow. Some plantains growing on the edge. Behind them are enormous bamboo bushes. If there is no path, there is no way to pass, unless you cut a path yourself, which is very tedious work. All paths look the same. You can easily lose your way. Vines are a thing... Oil palms are everywhere. Either growing naturally, scattered across the forest, or bunched together in old abandoned groves. Little streams at the bases of hills. Cassava fields intersperse the bush. Boti Falls, different place, same region. We also have mangroves at the coasts. I had a lovely swim there Rainforests aren't complete without some monkeys The villagers in this area of the Volta region have a taboo against killing/eating monkeys, which has caused the monkeys from the surrounding forest to lose their fear of humans... They're very friendly, as long as you don't run out of bananas. The North is very different. A wooded Savannah which can get pretty hot and dry during the Harmattan (dry season, when sand from the Sahara blows south). Pictures from Mole National Park, a huge nature reserve in the Northern Region. There are hundreds of free roaming elephants there As you can see, the trees are smaller. and it can get totally parched over there as well. A few streams and watering holes keep the place alive Almost bumped into an elephant more than once over there. The elephants at Mole are pretty laid-back... He just sort of growled at me and moved on. lilies! Mostly scrubland with low bushes and medium sized trees interspersing open areas with large amounts of antelopes and gazelles sometimes grouped in sizable herds. This is baobab country... We actually have baobabs in the southern forests as well, but you hardly notice them under all the foliage from creeping plants using them as scaffolds. And baboons and warthogs were even common on the motel grounds... Warthogs are pretty indifferent to everything, but baboons are not friendly creatures... Not friendly at all... They were literally stealing people's breakfast from their plates, right under their noses, and 2 of them even invaded my room when I was there! Scary moment to realize that their canines are three times the size of the average dog's canines o.0 Just look at his face! Clearly thinking about mugging me, or throwing faeces at my face or something... Edited June 17, 2019 by Sundiata 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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