Trying something new image - Rise of the Mandalorians mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
The Empire has fallen and a New Republic is born out of the conflict. But in the ashes of civil war, yet another life stirs...
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So...night maps. I love them. EaW has very few of them and of those, the ones they have aren't great. I wanted to try and make a really great night map that has enough light to play well but still feels like a true nighttime experience.
A note on the skybox... Believe it or not, that is a 4k texture. EaW can't render anything higher resolution than that. I have a few other tricks I can try so the pixelation is at a minimum but textures in EaW are just... It's like requiring you to paint the Mona Lisa with watercolors :(
I'm digging it! Don't need 100% perfect skybox, that looks smashing
Jesus, this looks so nice, great idea to add mountains to the skybox, it definatelly improves realism!
Oh come on man! I just put these pants on and you make me ruin them!
Nice!how many night maps do you except make
Also. also will you inculde some of this pictures in your wallpapers
Id like to do several but not in the skirmish release. And yes, land combat will get some wallpapers too eventually
Very good work. You should check in on the moddb mod hub, Byte(aotr), me and some others are redoing skyboxes with background props and high res textures to achieve maximum immersion. You seem like you already got a good bit into your own overhaul, your method may also benefit from what we're trying to create!
Initially I was very critical of your more cartoon-ish drawn artstyle, but you pulled that **** off, and pulled it off well.
Thanks man! Can you...um...link to it? Not sure i have ever visited there. Lol. I dont get out much.
Right. It's not a public server. I'll pm you the link on Discord.
EDIT: Double right, you're already in there mate.
Oh the discord. The way you phrased that, i thought you meant a group on moddb
Now that I read that again, not sure why I said moddb mod hub. That was definitely meant to just say mod hub.
You didn't try, you did. Yoda would be proud!! Amazing work as always Farseer!
Thanks all!
Very nice! I didn't know you could get skyboxes up to 4k in EaW.
Thats apparently up for debate. Vong team is telling me that the game renders 4k textures down to 2k...which is a damn shame. The pixelation makes more sense though.
Very beautiful workmanship, the_Farseer!
Thank you!
Oh I thought that was just the skybox pic, I didn't realize that's the map with the skybox!
Yep. This is taken in-game!
Ah but even with water colors you can make a lovely painting. I'm sure you can find a way to make it look beautiful even with limitations
With professional watercolor, yes. I was thinking the cheap ones that you give to kids LOL
That skybox is the mona lisa 1:1 with watercolors, it looks amazing, and its actually a shame because its something we will really only see in cinematic mode because it looks great!
Oh no, I've edited camera controls so you can pivot on all axes in land mode, just like in space. You'll be able to see this and all the lovely skyboxes during regular gameplay.
Thats awesome, I cannot wait to see the culmination of all these years of work. I know you still have a ton of work left on this mod and will most likely support it with fixes for years to come, but what are you planning on working on next? I remember that sweet halo mod you made, or are you going to move on to a different game all together?
The Halo mod needs to be finished. Idealy I would actually love to convert that mod for Company of Heroes. CoH is a far superior game...it just lacks the space component. Even so, I think a Halo mod for that game would be a dream come true.
The ability to have infantry take cover, garrison, take gunner positions when garrisoned in a vehicle, pick up dropped weapons, etc... It all just fits with Halo so well.
Oh yeah company of heros would be perfect for a halo RTS, I think it fits better than the style of Halo Wars. Halo is all about the ground combat anyway, space battles were basically always one sided ship to ship.