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06-16-2013, 06:43 AM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May-June Lite Entry, OldPort a Working Waterfront in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

Jet pack, Lingon, jet pack. Or maybe from the dockside at low tide? Anyway, I really like it. How did you obtain the cracks on the...

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06-15-2013, 05:06 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

Actually, if you peer at the bow of the bigger ship, and on the pole on the upper left from there, you will notice that the blue-feeted marvels are...

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06-15-2013, 04:10 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

Well, the challenge is ending tomorrow, so normally should be the time for some last minute modifications, but I don't really see how to improve the...

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06-14-2013, 07:05 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

Ok, here is the small balcony finally done... What do you guys think of it? Should I remove Jack's columns? I kinda like them myself, I picture...

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06-13-2013, 05:17 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

I'll see... Maybe I'll get it to work at some point...

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06-13-2013, 05:06 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

I have been working on it a little bit. Part of ,y problem is that the balcony connects at a roughly 45° angle on the right, and don't have the...

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06-11-2013, 05:36 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

Ok, as said, I started working on the balcony. Here is the main one done. I still need to work on the smaller one, which should be easier. It...

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06-11-2013, 05:16 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Mapping Elements, Starting with Preset Tables and Chairs in Mapping Elements

I really like the carpet in the office...

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06-10-2013, 05:46 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

Fancy that, jpeg seem to get through It is still compressed a bit, but it should give you guys an idea.

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06-10-2013, 05:39 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

Ok, I redid the floor, the stairs. Replaced the chairs to scale. I still have to redo the doors (not a big work) and the balcony (much more...

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06-09-2013, 02:36 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

You are right, my building is actually smaller than yours. Crap... It will be a fair bit of work to resize everything... Ok, time to get started...

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06-09-2013, 01:38 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

Oh... Well, I must have screwed something up, then. The picture is 1417x1417 pixel for 20x20 squares. Let me readjust the size... There it...

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06-09-2013, 12:25 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

Ok; I worked on the stairs as well as the balcony and the colour of the seats... What do you think of it?

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06-04-2013, 05:32 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

Well; I'd prefer to make the stairs separately, actually, so that the planks don't go accross multiple steps. Oh, for the chairs, we are going for...

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06-04-2013, 05:00 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

Ok, so I replaces my floor with Meshon and took the opportunity to add the seats and remove the grid... The floor certainly looks much...

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06-03-2013, 05:39 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

Oh, yeah, I hadn't noticed. It looks much better now, thanks!

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06-03-2013, 04:59 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread Theatre Project in Building/Structure Mapping

Seems good. I will try to look over it sometime this week.

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06-03-2013, 02:57 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

They are actually bacon liquor. :P Thanks!

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06-03-2013, 01:26 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

Thank you everybody... I added some objects in the upper left caves, so that it does not look so empty. I also blurred a bit the rightmost...

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05-30-2013, 06:18 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

It is not too ham fisted? I am still not sure I like it...

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05-30-2013, 09:03 AM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

Looking at it again, I am thinking about keeping the leftmost ship intact but cutting through the reflection of the rightmost one.

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05-30-2013, 09:01 AM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

Ok, I tried something... I tried to make up a copy for the hull of the ships and part of the poonton and bump maps it on the water surface; with a...

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05-29-2013, 07:59 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

Ok, there it comes. I subtracted the light gradient from the dropshadows before blurring them... That way, there are no shadows directly under...

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05-29-2013, 01:37 AM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

Good catch. I proceeded buiseness as usual for the wall dropshadows, but it'd make sense for the torch light to affect these too. I think I will have...

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05-28-2013, 02:52 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

Thanks guy. What I tried is to actually create two layers of shadows, just one with bigger "holes" in there (not sure if I am clear) So, instead...

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05-27-2013, 05:56 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

I don't know, does it really make sense, baring actual illumination, for the darkness to be heterogeneous? It'd seem to me that we'd have a base...

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05-27-2013, 05:33 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

What do you guys think? Maybe a bit too dark now, right? It's masking the actual shadows... Although, I guess I could always increase their opacity...

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05-27-2013, 05:31 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

Hurm, weird... But it is a bit funky to me too when I try reloading the page... Never fear; I shall try uploading the picture again... ###...

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05-27-2013, 04:05 PM

Simon33600 replied to a thread May/June 2013 Lite Challenge Entry: The fall of the pirate queen. in Current Lite Mapping Challenge

That can be arranged... I am just worried about getting things too dark. It might have to do with the setting on my monitor but I have done map...

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