[Map] Umm Qasr (4km) [WIP]

[pr|Zer0]

After a week of test and trial, during which I almost throw my PC off the windows twice, I won the war with 3DS Max on lightmapping.
Old:


New(notice the window shadows)


Old


New(walls have the same brightness, not like the old one )


Old


New(much tougher shadows)



As you can see below, shadows are much more proeminent




Planned to upload another yet improved version of my map today, but *** with it....Im gonna get drunk today

[Rabbit]

did you only adjust the lighting or did you fix the bug s and add improvements. If you didn't fix or add I would wait until you do that.

[pr|Zer0]

you will see ...oh...and dont look after that bloody water spring anymore

[Rhino]

Looking good, do you know what setting(s) where causing your problems in the end?

[pr|Zer0]

I merged you light template with my scene, therefore some settings need adjusting:
_Ambient_Fill_light-ON - decreased multiplier from o.8 to 0.5(+ ambient only)
_GI_Light01 -ON- increased multiplier from 0.05 to 0.06(+ambient only)
_GI_TopLight01-ON - decreased multiplier from 0.02 to 0.01(+ambient only). "From" values are the ones in your template. Also, as per tutorial, the presence of an omni light confused me(think the point pass is pointless??), but meh..its done now. Oh, and the above settings, with BF2 light off, represent the sky pass.

[waldov]

Awesome, looks very good with the lighting.

[Rudd]

much better!

[pr|Zer0]

edited(more important stuff)

New map build is available.

Following GX's and other guys feedback, there are some changes and improvements on this map:

* S docks ( nearly empty ones) have been populated
* city blocks have been tweaked to feel a bit more "alive"
*suburbs have been slightly changed to make more sense placement wise (now houses front door doesn't face the fields anymore)
* removed construction site - was out of place, also bad placed
*added some roads/lanes to improve visual experience
*tweaked bunker complex- now looks better
*fixed some hesco placement issues
*replaced VCP perimeter hesco type- now it has the right one
*fixed OG normal scaling
*fixed OG&UG view distances
*removed out of place OG&UG
*removed out of place statics
*increased top tiling on detail textures that covers large areas (i.e now the desert detail should look much better than before)
*fixed bad alignments and floating statics ops: (still not sure its completely ok, but much better than before)
*tweaked terrain for roads (some roads were really bumpy) - need some feedback on this issue
*decreased viewdistance on INS layer
*Palace and VCP area statics have been lightmapped in 3DS Max for feedback purposes, so get your eyes in there. N.B. Vegitation wasnt LM'ed.
*Due to large number of statics moved/removed/added, terrain is now lightmapped on medium.
*Adjusted flag names position, to be displayed properly
*Fixed some typos in localization file
*altered ambient sound con file. For some reason only muslim prayer could be heard before. Now, ambient sounds and triggers should work properly.

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vwh72xbkvnzhvv8/uq_v4.1.rar
Password: test
(delete/overwrite old map files if/when prompted)

Have fun and feedback is expected.

LE: link removed: terrain needs some tweaking.
LE1: map available

[pr|Zer0]

Sry for posting one after another, but I need some help, and this doesnt fit with the above post:

1. So, anyone has the patience to explain what this setting on fog do?


I think x means the distance from player on which the fog efect begins to take place, Y reprezents the distance on which the fog reaches full effect, but Z and W I think represents some sort of gradients.


2nd. How do I prevent this from happening? Or better yet, why is this happening?


As you can see, the road texture disappears within 100 m or something like that

[Mineral]

Road issue is a problem all maps suffer from

[Rudd]

I think X is where the fog effect starts, Y is where it's completely blocked and the Z and W control the gradient in between. I'd just play with it to find what looks good, or copy another map's that you like.

[Otvaga]

I love this map! Iraq and Afghanistan maps are my favorites in PR!

[Mineral]

Rudd is right took me a good few tries to figure out the fog system. I also noticed that fog in the editor doesn't look like the fog ingame.

[Rabbit]

X is the immediate fog that is around you. Mine is 25
Y is the farthest back, where your fog turns into a solid color 675
Z helps blend Y so it isn't a solid wall of fog .2
W is another to help blend I did .85, if set to high, it bugs up and doesn't show up.

Refs

[Heavy Death]

The city looks absolutely delicious! I hope its detailed up close aswell, the somewhat random position of the buildings is simply epic. Im sick and tired of buldings attached to grids, like Ramiel.

[lucky.BOY]

You can downloading and look for yourself how it looks upclose

Speaking of looking at things, do you still want feedback for this version, or should I wait for next one?

[pr|Zer0]

I do want feedback on this version, as I receive none so far.

[waldov]

Whoa completely forgot about this map is it still in the works? it looks promising so far.

[pr|Zer0]

Yes, map is active, link is still up for dld, waiting for feedback

[waldov]

Downloading if i get the chance ill post feedback.