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Title: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Shelldon on August 06, 2014, 11:46:36 am
[media:2hyk53uz]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysXbMC9SLlE[/media:2hyk53uz]

So, I hope you are all guess what about is this topic. Lordaeron, I'm absolutely sure that it is not first topic about this place in this forum, but I believe that mine version is worth to be here too.
My goal was to make Lordaeron in the style of "old days", when it was a capital of huge kingdom. I inspired from wc3 cinematics and fan arts, but it was not all where I took inspiration from. I always been amazed by old works of modcraft's level designers. Eluowind, SinFranc's works and many other things were as a monument in modding for me. So, you here to decide if I caught that spirit of those works and enjoy the screens!

Imgur album (http://imgur.com/a/vNdSo#0)

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In current time most of the level design work is done. Also there is a core mod done special for this place: Housing system (http://imgur.com/a/4gL32).
I'll be glad to hear some critics and advices.  :)
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Filipsons on August 06, 2014, 12:07:09 pm
Really nice job :)
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Simensss on August 06, 2014, 12:48:12 pm
great work!
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Shelldon on August 06, 2014, 03:16:57 pm
Quote from: "Filipsons"
Really nice job :)
Thank you! It could be better if I had some good skills in blender :C

Quote from: "Simensss"
great work!
Russian translite: Spasibo, videl tvoi gori, toje classnaya rabota. Poprobui kak-nibud s alpha-kartoi zatexturit'  :) .
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Shelldon on August 06, 2014, 05:09:51 pm
Little update! Fixed up some things in level design (I think that I did Trade Square too quickly); links should work properly now ;)
Title: question
Post by: Tpiom on August 06, 2014, 07:37:46 pm
Awesome! :D

But shouldn't the water be more blue, instead of... cyan? Perhaps it's a limitation as I realize that's originally from the green slob.

I see that you're covering up the cracks/holes with branches and that's fine. I completely forgot about it until I started to look for them... :lol: That's good: it means you're doing a great job!

But if memory serves, then several buildings are wrecked. How will you deal with them?


Also, I'm going to have a quick glance at the Arthas novel to see if anything specific is mentioned in there. I don't think they described the city, though - but who knows?
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Gurluas on August 07, 2014, 05:25:02 am
It's amazing! You should release it someday.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Kaev on August 07, 2014, 08:30:59 am
this would probably be the town where i want to port with my hearthstone :D
it looks amazing!
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Shelldon on August 07, 2014, 05:17:44 pm
Thank you all for replies, updated 1st post: Added new pictures, few old replaced.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Shelldon on August 10, 2014, 03:15:16 pm
Update 1st post once more. Eventually added a skybox (I hope it looks ok) did some fixes in water color, added a lot of details around the city.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Allifeur on August 10, 2014, 03:21:16 pm
It looks very great with that skybox in my opinion ! The only thing I could say is that It needs another road texture (like one with more grass, or more broken) to make it look less repetitive.
 
 I would enjoy playing in that kind of city.  :D
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Tpiom on August 11, 2014, 09:16:50 pm
All, the magical throne room... :D

I'd suggest adding blue cloaks to the guards to mirror the ones in the Warcraft 3 cinematics.


But my favorite picture has to be this one: http://i.imgur.com/xA6kSWl.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/xA6kSWl.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
Are those statues from Silvermoon? They fit perfectly!
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Shelldon on August 13, 2014, 01:38:37 pm
Updated 1st post with new pics. I hope you like it.
Thank you all, I pretty sure about make new road texture, but before that I have to finish few other things. The same thing about guards (that one you can see on screenshot is just a random npc with "Menethil" or "Lordaeron" in his name) :D
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Simensss on August 13, 2014, 02:15:19 pm
New screen's - Zaebis^_^
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Kaev on August 13, 2014, 07:25:39 pm
I love it.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Zebraka on August 14, 2014, 11:24:39 am
So awesome i loose my words ... Omega good job !
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Post by: MacMillan11 on August 14, 2014, 05:21:04 pm
Looks great!!! Arthas will revive soon and will want to come back home  :D
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Manhattan on August 21, 2014, 09:18:12 am
Давно уже не заходил я в сообщество!
Шикарная работа, наконец-то хоть кто-то это сделал, немного раньше бы такие возможности как сейчас.
Везде просматривается твой индивидуальный стиль (Арки из Ката Штормграда), замечательно!  :!:
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Shelldon on August 28, 2014, 09:52:50 am
Little update: Added new picture with link in 1st post. In WIP album you can find few images of things I've done in  last few days (Include new tilesets for streets and park remake, also added some details around the city).
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: kojak488 on August 30, 2014, 03:08:27 pm
While I love the look of this it concerns me that it may get too laggy with so many polygons in such a small area.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: phucko1 on August 30, 2014, 04:23:48 pm
Lol, Kojak. This is not many polygons :P Compared to Stormwind filled with 1000 players on retail.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: MR. Farrare on September 01, 2014, 07:38:39 am
nicely done Shelldon
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Pinkhair3d on September 05, 2014, 03:43:39 am
You make me very happy with this. We should compare notes^_^

http://pinkhair3d.deviantart.com/art/Lo ... -214524630 (http://pinkhair3d.deviantart.com/art/Lordaeron-Mailbox-Panorama-214524630" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Shelldon on September 27, 2014, 09:44:01 am
Bump! Nearly all pictures in 1st post updated! I wanted to make it much more atmospheric, so I decided to remake central square, then garden, then a lot of other parts of the city. Anyway, you here to decide if it now looking better.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Shelldon on October 01, 2014, 03:48:23 pm
One more update, and I'm happy to say that now most of leveldesign work is done. Enjoy the screens.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Tpiom on October 02, 2014, 05:36:16 pm
You've really done well with the atmosphere!

It really feels like its own city and models really belong where they are... does that make sense? It's hard to explain but it's a good thing! :D
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Milly on October 03, 2014, 01:23:07 am
Looks so good for RP, I hope that's what you're using it for ^_^
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Shelldon on October 04, 2014, 03:59:24 pm
Thank you all for replies, of course, I use it for rp, but for a very specific type of it.
Btw, here is a video about zone, my first work in this direction.
[media:3m16y1e3]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysXbMC9SLlE[/media:3m16y1e3]

 Next step is to make npcs and other things.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Zebraka on October 08, 2014, 07:55:16 pm
Perfect, there's not other word to describe your work.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Pinkhair3d on October 10, 2014, 04:34:37 pm
You have no idea how happy it makes me to see that.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Solarion on October 14, 2014, 08:13:53 pm
This is amazing. Would love to see that in Maruum ( or at least some free private server :P )
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Allifeur on December 16, 2014, 10:12:49 am
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/15537786044 (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/15537786044" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/165 ... -WoD-files (http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1658310-Leaked-Lordaeron-in-WoD-files" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

Is that some kind of publicity of yours ? Or someone decided to do the whole "leaked stuff" video for fun ?  :|
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Shelldon on December 16, 2014, 01:16:08 pm
Lol, that made me a bit confused. Be sure, someone decided to do the whole "leaked stuff" video for fun :D I shared this one only on few russian wow forums and here.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Scootaloo on December 16, 2014, 03:33:22 pm
This is beautiful. One of the best things I've seen on this site. in fact, I could only find one thing to comment on. The flags are sometimes on an angle unrealistically tilting on an impossible angle without draping down.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Eclipse on December 16, 2014, 08:34:09 pm
I actually found it pretty funny. It means it's pretty blizzlike since people thought blizzard themselves did it.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Pinkhair3d on December 17, 2014, 10:05:19 pm
Heh, the same thing happened when I first showed my version, it's a sign that you did a great job =P
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: kojak488 on December 21, 2014, 05:22:44 pm
That's bloody hilarious that it made it around the web and people thought it was a Blizzard project.  Great work.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: Elinora on April 07, 2015, 03:02:28 pm
I like this a lot. I find cities really hard to make because of the structure. Talking about structure, is there a chance that you could give us a overview of the city, showing its structure and what your thoughtprocess was?
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] WIP Capital City
Post by: SMBComix on May 15, 2015, 01:13:49 am
For Lordaeron! For the King!

This is looking tremendous, my friend. Keep it up!