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What's wrong with this?
Mar 26 2010, 5:31 pm
By: Jesusfreak  

Mar 26 2010, 5:31 pm Jesusfreak Post #1





Specifically, the top area of it, where the cliff is. Something feels wrong about it. Anyone know what it is?



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Mar 26 2010, 6:39 pm CecilSunkure Post #2



Well the top left is different from the rest of the picture. Pull a couple of the orange clouds, and possibly put a couple char sprites on that top left edge to knock it down.

Also, your placement of the swarms is random. Place the swarms in clusters, make everything feel natural. 2-3 swarms on the left of a pathway, 2-3 on the right, intermittent sprites to knock down the monotony of the straight cliffs. Guess and check when you lay something down; lay it down, see if it feels right, if not then guess as to how to fix it, try to fix it, if that made it worse undo (ctr+z), then repeat the process until you are satisfied.



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Mar 26 2010, 6:49 pm Vrael Post #3



Get rid of the sprites and re-post the picture, much easier to say then. Also, something I noticed through the dark swarms is that the left and right edges of the uppermost part just cut off vertically, you can use extended terrain to patch that up.

Edit: Oh, if you were to translate that particular mountain into reality, you'd find it was leaning backwards because the base doesn't extend far enough backwards to complete a smooth transition upwards.



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Mar 26 2010, 6:59 pm Jesusfreak Post #4



I don't mean the sprites, I mean the top cliff area specifically. Something about the cliffs immediately transitioning to dirt, whereas the base of the mountain has several layers. Is there anything wrong with this?



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Mar 26 2010, 7:34 pm payne Post #5

:payne:

You've already posted that same picture a while back, no?



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Mar 26 2010, 9:07 pm Jesusfreak Post #6



Yeah, it's the same as it was before. But the thread was really old, and this is a new discussion topic about it. If you like, I could zoom in on the part I'm talking about specifically, I just didn't want to go to the trouble to save another picture and upload it.



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Mar 27 2010, 12:08 am DavidJCobb Post #7



You could try showing multiple layers of cliff backs. The way you have it right now, it would look like this if viewed from the side:
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If you have multiple layers of cliff backs, it'll look more like a volcano.

Wait, just realized that Vrael already pointed this out.

If you're able, you could use cloaked buildings to create a shadow behind the mountain, I think? You'd need a lot, however. IIRC they still cast shadows...



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Mar 27 2010, 1:42 am Jesusfreak Post #8



Hmm, so is that kind of slope ok, or should I add some layers to the back? I've alread got some stuff put back there in my current version, but I could probably afford to move it.



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