Rural Renewal Project

[Chrisadams3997]

he, he, if I actually pull it off.  Merging it into the terrain is the hard part.

[Pat]

Chris,
 I do know from the earlier comment I made, I guess its soo hard to tell anything online and only one can assume the best   otherwise,

wow!!!!!!!! OK you do got my full attention here and all I can do is sit and watch with excitment here and watch you work with BCP....  All the possiblty's here with this is simply opening up a new world!!!


gaaaaaaaaah I hate taking to long to think and type but anyways Chris I think it shouldnt be too much of a problem to get this to fit in the terrain properly...

[Ennedi]

This is very good idea. If you will have any specific problem with the terrain, we can discuss it, maybe I will be able to help?

Adam

[mightygoose]

that land bridge looks awesome but forgive me i have my acronyms all in a twist, what is TPW?

[Chrisadams3997]

Transparent Ploppable Water

[CasperVg]

Looks great, it will be though to pre-align the terrain for it tho 

[Ennedi]

Looks great, it will be though to pre-align the terrain for it tho 

I think not too much

[klaascornelis]

I think not too much

Since the fences are usable on almost every slope i think it will be fine 

[threestooges]

That's a very interesting approach you are taking there. I know discussion had been had regarding lotted bridges, but I don't recall if anything was actually done or if it was just talk. I do like the idea though, and while it is not a "bridge" in terms of drag and drop roads, this should fit the bill nicely for those short spans over tpw. Good thinking.
-Matt

[Chrisadams3997]

This is very good idea. If you will have any specific problem with the terrain, we can discuss it, maybe I will be able to help?

Adam

Looks great, it will be though to pre-align the terrain for it tho 

Ah, my mistake.  By 'merging with the terrain', I wasn't referring to terraforming the spot in game, that'll be specific, but easy.  It's being built to be placed in a 10m deep depression(compared to the road), no complex terraforming if you've got hole digger lots.  Rather, I was referring to the LOD and modeling work to make it graphically 'cut out' the terrain I want it to, then merge down into the smaller stream at each end.  There is still some testing to see if it will even act as I think it should.

[Pat]

Chris I do hope you can get it done the way you want!!! I will be watching with excitment to see you do it too!!!

[thundercrack83]

You never cease to amaze me, my friend! You are doing some fabulous work here! Keep it up!

[Chrisadams3997]

Thanks guys.  I've got the basic model(still a lot to do on that front) exported and lotted, and for a first draft it works well.  Indeed better than I'd hoped for.





If you're wondering(like I would be) why there aren't any sidewalks, it's because that and the guardrail will be a separate prop(to simplify the LOD issue with them,) so they'll be there.  Just not yet.  The road is of course a real road, just like with many canal set bridges.  The big difference of course is that they are built on level ground...  Here's what's going on underneath:



Note the tile here--there's ground there, but then there's not.  No, it's not magic, just a little illusion.  The LOD's carve out an area of the ground just up to the road.  Here's what's actually underneath.



Finally, a look at the LOD's themselves right now.  Also shown is the outline of the actual terrain being built into.



Chris

[JoeST]

That is seriously ACE!

wow....

Joe

[Pat]

Chris wow!!! Talk about making it look easy to do!!! Are you planning to dirty up the base there at all to give the dirty slimmie look???

[Ennedi]

Very good! But what about water?

[Pat]

Hey Adam I belive Chris is doing this for TPW use as a bridge...

[Pat Riot]

Great, looks like those bridges they have between the gillete stadium parking lot and the actual stadium. 

[Chrisadams3997]

What, there's supposed to be water under bridges?!    It's not going to have a lot of water under it per say, no deep water.  This particular bridge is being made for small, low volume streams.  There'll be a small stream of water in the middle, with some small pools of water besides.  Then there'll a transition piece based on this pic:



The water will broaden out at the end of it to meet up with the TPW,   hopefully.

And Pat:

Are you planning to dirty up the base there at all to give the dirty slimmie look???

Does this answer your question:




The texturing has only just begun...

Chris

[threestooges]

Very good progress so far. I'll look forward to seeing what you do with the textures (something I've always had trouble with). I may have to try this system myself (if you don't mind) for a model or two of my own.
-Matt