32bit Extra Zoom Graphics Works In Progress

[brupje]

omg I really like those busses well done Teemes

[DeletedUser5]

I like it. Really looks good. If everyone first post was like that...

[Teemes]

Thanks guys for your kind replys and suggestions. And an extra Thank You to GeekToo for his extra zoom levels patch that makes these high detail graphics possible!
About the overexposition: the sprites were rendered using the standard lighting setup as found on the wiki. But maybe the reflectivitiy of the metal is set too high, I'll fiddle with the correponding sliders and see what I can come up with.
About the alignment Ben_Robbins_: I tried aligning the sprites by stopping this bus and a 8bpp one at a railway crossing, then comparing the results. But your method might work even better (actually, hats off to you for your train.tar! Rendering and aligning all thoese sprites must have been a tremendous effort!). Then again, as Mr. Worfs sprite generator looks very promising, I might just wait for that one to be released .

I'm off to spend easter with my family for the next few days, so don't expect any improvements for the bus in the next few days. A happy easter to everyone who's celebrating it!

[GeekToo]

Teemes, I've added your bus to the wiki: http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/32bpp ... oom_Levels

[Teemes]

Cheers for that, GeekToo. And thumbs up for your continuous effort to make the extra zoom levels patch even better. Actually, progress was too fast for me , as I've been working on a stumpy version of the Kirby Paul Tank engine (a.k.a. GWR Class 5700 Pannier Tank)...
Unfortunately, the prototype is some 9 meters long, so with the tendency of OTTD to shorten all vehicles (12.5 m oil tankers, anyone?), it doesn't look right when stretched to tile length. So it's more suitable for v9, until vehicles of variable length are possible
This time, the engine sports company colours (made to fit ben_robbins wagons) and is aligned correctly (well, hopefully...). And as the default steam plumes don't fit, I also made new steam.
Again, change whatever you like, licence is included in the .tar files

BTW, a to brupje for his python script, which makes rendering much faster and easier!

[Teemes]

um, yeah, double post again because of 3 attachments limit... new steam, license included.

Now that I got that company colour thing figured out, maybe I'll update the bus next.

[athanasios]

I like the steam. Maybe a little bit more transparent?

[Teemes]

Like this, athanasios? Now up to 20% more transparent, at absolutely no extra cost !

[peter1138]

http://rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~menius ... -steam.jpg

Steam is not all that transparent...

[Teemes]

Point well taken, peter. I'll just leave both versions here on the forums and let the download counter decide which one is more popular... however, these sprites have just been a quick one-hour GIMP job anyway, so I'll gladly remove them from my own data folder as soon as someone comes up with something that looks more like the real thing. Hmm, directional steam would be a nice thing to have...

[athanasios]

Well Peter, I prefer realism too, but a non transparent steam will block the view. Now I can see that both options have their merits.

[Teemes]

I updated my Regal Bus. Now the offsets are fixed (thanks to GeekToo for pointing out how they work and to brupje for his blender_convert.exe in some other thread ) and it has full company colour... I'll update the wiki accordingly.

Edit: CC bug fixed for bus facing "North" (ID#3284)

[zombie]

Hi.

You all are really great artist. With the extra zoom levels and your lovely 32bpp sprites OpenTTD looks so cool. But I have two questions:

1. In your screenshots the bus and truck stations are completely drawn in 32bpp. I downloaded sprites for these stations from the blender thread (Busstation and truck station). The buildings for these stations are painted properly but the tarmac of the bus and truck stations are still painted from 8bpp sprites. Where can I find these tarmac sprites? I use the road tiles without lines by Ben.

2. I like the temeprate grass sprites by Alltaken more than those by Ben but I can't find 32bpp road sprites with the grass by Alltaken. Has these been created yet or will they be created?

Please keep up the the good work.

Kind regards

Zombie

[DeletedUser5]

Answer on second question:

They're done, but actually I haven't got any time yet for them. I just need to copy road sprite, put it in the right place on tile and then code it. But I'll try to do them in this week.

[GeekToo]

I updated my Regal Bus.

Sorry for the late response (job has been quite demanding last weeks) but I really like those buses! Personally I like the red and yellow ones, but of course that's a matter of taste. It sure does look like you managed to master the company colours very well. Keep up the good work.

[LordAzamath]

These busses are great. And I mean GREAT. Only one thing bothers me a bit.. You see the thin highlighted line in SW.. It's best seen in the red but.. It goes around the windows.. But all else than that - great

[Teemes]

Frankly, I don't see what you mean. Here's a screenshot of the SW view. Can you please specify where the glitch is?

Keep up the good work.

Thanks, I'll try!

[LordOfThePigs]

I think he means the thin Yellow line that runs all along the length of the bus on top of the windows, and on the front of the bus under the destination sign.

However, I think this line is intentional. But I guess it doesn't hurt to make it slightly wider just to make it a little more obvious.

[Roujin]

Isn't that the second company color?

[Teemes]

Yup, that line is intentional. It's part of the Transport of London livery, which I based my first version on (that's why it's originally red, too...). If you want to see the prototype, have a look here (external link).

Isn't that the second company color?

Second company colour is not possible at the moment, AFAIK. The reason it looks different in the blue version of the bus is that it is included in the mask for the first company colour.