[REL] Zolder Circuit

Thank you

I don't know who put those screens on virtualR, but it is good for motivation I have to admit! (if they only spelled my name correctly )

It would be really nice if I can get you guys a version with all the terrain, buildings and trees in there which is functional to race on and have fun with. It will
still be really rough around the edges but at least it can be used as intended... Don't know if the track specific bumps are going to be added though because that
might be an entire update on its own but I am going to aim for a race ready release.

 

wgueze, don't bother putting together a track right now. Work on it until you are relatively happy with it. If you put out a rough version now, the thread will just be filled with people asking for fixes for things you'd already know about and be working on. Take your time! We'll appreciate the track whether it comes out tomorrow or in a month or two.

The progress updates are all we need for now.

 

Well I just wish I was done with those buildings so I can move on to the track again. It sucks when they're not there but they take some time.

@Montoya
Please don't post too early shots of mine on VirtualR as it is clearly not what people are interested in seeing

 

All it proves is that a number of people on VirtualR are complete idiots.

Ignore them and keep on doing what you're doing. :thumbup:

 

Good ambient occlusion makes the difference between a good looking track and an excellent looking track. The problem is, most people have no idea what this is all about, but they can, if they look at the final result, immediately say what looks realistic and what not. There is a difference between conscious and and unconscious perception.
The screens look great. Please more of this.

 

I'll try to wrap up this one before the end of the weekend so hopefully I can show a picture of it in rF2 itself

 

Yeah, I also value proper AO in scenes. Let's hope we see it in game as well, not just on renders

Keep up the good work

 

Thank you for reporting

I agree with all points needed to be fixed, the pitwalls will be fixed in the next release. The road less likely so, I did increase road noise though but that only
gives you the impression the road is less smooth so I think it is a dirty 'fix'.

 

Quick question, I have a material setup as a decal, using Src Alpha and Inv Src Alpha to make mask out some letters and logo's. Is there a way to
have the specularity respect the alpha channel as well? I think the material is a T1 Specular. (T1 in this case is a 32bit texture with the mask in the alpha channel)

While I'm at it, is there a material which let's you supply a reflection mask and a specular map separately?

There is such a load of materials I'm still having a hard time to look for the one I need even though at first glance their
names seem obvious enough.

 

Thanks, this is part of the confusion sometimes. I mostly assume a specular map is used when an alpha is supplied for some reason.

Actually, I have not tried chroma, but if is cheaper, that is reason enough So in this way, I can do keying in the RGB channels
and supply a specular map in the A channel?

 

Okay that is very confusing, why would you bother with the chroma keying in the first place then?

 

I'll implement it this evening and see if it works

 

Thanks ^^

I'm pushing although the pace at which sucks and isn't going to speed up any time soon even though I wish it would
Hopefully I can show progress on the building this weekend

edit:
Ha, rookie mistake!
The black in the alpha channel wasn't fully black

edit2:
Now included a rushed AO bake, to see how it would look, I like the underside of the stairs although it may
be a bit too dark, but that can be easily adjusted.

no posting on virtualr please



Still needs refinement, but it sure is a step up from the main pitbuilding

No worries about the stairs and all, they are a seperate mesh as a precaution, and will have
atleast 1 LOD Or I can always create the big banner they wrap around it at times and hide the steps from view

I do see some spots which seem like DDS compression:


The shader I use is the Bump Map T1 Mul T2, could that be the problem? I tried using a Bump Specular Map AO map T1
but didn't let me use the second uv set in the AO texture map slot.

 

Looks great to me. Some of the best work in rF2 so far I think.

 

Haha that's one I wouldn't have figured, is that shader used to multiply let's say google earth satellite stuff in there?

Thanks! However, pretty screengrabs don't make a good and fun track