[changai]

changai, MSDomino - so, you think my Parisian blocks should be exclusively grey/zinc roofed? Lose the terracotta completely?

What about suburbs? Do you have examples of typical suburban houses from the period?

Thanks

Canonuk, the fact is terracota was (still is) very rare within Paris city boundaries, as MSDomino stressed.
Suburbs were far less extended in 1940 than they are today ( http://www.landkartenarchiv.de/michelin95_1940.htm ), mainly individual houses (see http://histoire-sociale.univ-paris1.fr/ ... obigny.jpg ; http://www.amtuir.org/06_htu_bus_100_an ... _tn6c1.htm ), sometimes shags ( http://histoire-sociale.univ-paris1.fr/ ... ixsept.jpg ). Terracota was quite common in Paris suburbs - probably because it was cheaper.

Hope this helps.

Now, you certainly don't have to change your textures if you're happy with them - your job is already far above out-of-the-box city textures. But if your goal is that in-game Paris roofs "feel" like real Paris roofs, then you should use very little or no terracota.

One last thing about Paris: building regulations have for a long time limited the heighth of city building walls to 16 meters (ground to top cornice), total heighth (ground to roof summit) could not exceed 37 meters. This explain why ancient Paris buildings have this very distinct "look-alike" feeling, all sporting the same number of floors. Just have a look there ( http://opccool.blog.lemonde.fr/1-limmeuble-haussmann/ - don't forget to browse through left menu items, you'll find some treasures), you'll see what I mean.