24.04.2010, 07:19
A long while back I once tried my hand at making new 3D tree textures... it never worked out though and I never got anything made. I was trying to make a 3D tree that would look somewhat more like a palm tree, for use on PTO maps or as palm tree groves in Middle Eastern areas.
I've found that 3D trees look very European or northern hemispheric, no matter what color they have, be they winter or summer, or let's say they certainly don't look tropical. That made PTO maps feel like places with European type forests, no matter where they were supposed to be located. But that's just something one has to accept as part of the game's inherent limitations ...
It's also a reason why I wanted to try making a PTO map without 3D trees, to see if perchance and hope beyond hope, if it didn't give a somewhat different and reasonably believable approximation of tropical jungle and vegetation ...
I've found that 3D trees look very European or northern hemispheric, no matter what color they have, be they winter or summer, or let's say they certainly don't look tropical. That made PTO maps feel like places with European type forests, no matter where they were supposed to be located. But that's just something one has to accept as part of the game's inherent limitations ...
It's also a reason why I wanted to try making a PTO map without 3D trees, to see if perchance and hope beyond hope, if it didn't give a somewhat different and reasonably believable approximation of tropical jungle and vegetation ...