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m4rek · Post by **m4rek** » 30 Sep 2006 17:31

ok, any ideas on what i should put on the roof (and how to draw it)?

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 30 Sep 2006 17:44

Not really TBH, but why don't you download TTRS and 'borrow' some ideas?

m4rek · Post by **m4rek** » 30 Sep 2006 17:50

because thats just rude...
why dont you tell me what you expect on the roof of such a building?

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 30 Sep 2006 17:53

M4rek wrote:why dont you tell me what you expect on the roof of such a building?

Because I don't have any idea myself...
I can imagine there's things like aircos on roofs, tho.

m4rek · Post by **m4rek** » 30 Sep 2006 18:44

ok, im trying to do something with the roof. We'll see what happens

do you remember my EMU? i did a quick mockup... only very quick
i didnt have time to take a screenie especially for it, so i just used one i had from earlier which had a straight piece of track...it doesnt even have elrails, but, tell me...

what do you think?

Griff · Post by **Griff** » 30 Sep 2006 19:15

It looks very good.

The front engine looked wrong to me, like the left side stuck out more..i could just be blind...

m4rek · Post by **m4rek** » 30 Sep 2006 19:25

ok, back to my building again.. i stuck a thing on the roof... although i think it may need some noise

Toni Babelony · Post by **Toni Babelony** » 30 Sep 2006 19:43

Whoa! That EMU is just too bright! Make some shadows on it and tone the white more grey-ish. You won't believe it, but it looks more intergurated with the TTD graphics.

As for the buildings. Put airco's, water towers, satelite/tv recievers and such on top. You could also add more noise and distortion to the walls to create a 'concrete' surface.

m4rek · Post by **m4rek** » 30 Sep 2006 21:21

my emu is too bright?? its supposed to be bright. its supposed to be coloured white. a nice shiny white coloured train. do you see where im coming from? its kinda lke the company would want to show it off, turn heads, get attention, it would be 1st class travel. high speed travel for long distances and short hops (better for long distance-ie. perhaps good accelertaion but needs a while to get to full speed)...

i get what you mean, but im not sure if its what im going for...

but if you insist that it would look better, then be my guest and do it yourself or get someone else to do it... may i remind you that it has 30 sprites.

(no offence intended)

Hyronymus · Post by **Hyronymus** » 30 Sep 2006 21:55

Your building, what exactly is it? Is it a single house, an appartment block or an office?

m4rek · Post by **m4rek** » 30 Sep 2006 21:57

i dont actually have a clue, but probably an office (if not then apartments and almost certainly not a single house- but it could be...) ive also done some more work. i fixed a size discrepancy and added clutter to the roof

Toni Babelony · Post by **Toni Babelony** » 30 Sep 2006 22:02

Since I have no intentions to re-draw/edit your train, I'll post a creation of me I did a few weeks ago. The train below is also white, but with green stripes. I made it darker and added grey-tones. It looks much more realistic in this way IMO...

m4rek · Post by **m4rek** » 30 Sep 2006 22:05

now here i can point out "cleanliness" my building is far too uniform and "clean", however, my train IS that clean, in reality it would be kept that clean, shiny, and white (although i guess only the japanese would be able to do that)

Toni Babelony · Post by **Toni Babelony** » 30 Sep 2006 22:07

M4rek wrote:(although i guess only the japanese would be able to do that)

Japanese and Swiss trains are the cleansest trains I've ever rode... Inside and outside... In Japan they even clean the window-sealings at the termini!

m4rek · Post by **m4rek** » 30 Sep 2006 22:11

what i was amazed at was a japanese truck...it was a tanker trailer, chrome finish, and it was SO shiny that you could do your hair in the reflection. the japanese continue to suprise me, i intend to go back there again to be suprised. i didnt ride the shinkansen when i was there so that is one of my goals

EDIT: removed typos

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 30 Sep 2006 23:12

M4rek, consider adding a texture to your buildings. Now they look like made of plastic or paper.
Add kind of dirt or stone texture on the sides, and put some dark-grey material on the rooftop

m4rek · Post by **m4rek** » 01 Oct 2006 02:27

ok, nearing completion... any bright ideas?

(or even any not so bright)
-within reason...dont you dare say that it needs a nuclear explosion...

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 01 Oct 2006 07:52

It still needs some texturing IMO. But it sure is improving

graphics_master · Post by **graphics_master** » 01 Oct 2006 09:05

Looks good as purno said and it could look good at the end. Still lacks A LOT of detail. But good work so far

m4rek · Post by **m4rek** » 01 Oct 2006 20:13

could you be any less specific??

which details are lacking? where? how should i do texture? where?

come on people...help is good, but "needs improvement" doesnt help

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