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laurence000

01-25-2004, 07:43 PM

For some reason I found it more difficult to texture big buildings. Ii'm making a city and I can't texture the building so they will look good all together.. the textures look cheap when I apply them.... I can't get it right... I need tips... and yes I know how to texture, I mean, I don't only use Diffuse... but still it won't look as good as I want it to look. thansk for the help

laurence000

01-26-2004, 01:54 PM

PLease Please... I really need help... what is thebest techniwue to texture building.... should I unwrap stuff, use uvwmap... my scene can not be too big cause it's for an animation, so it can't be too heavy and it can't take 5 hours per frames....

EricChadwick

01-26-2004, 02:30 PM

Post an example of what you have so far.

Have you tried tiling textures?

laurence000

01-26-2004, 03:13 PM

This is how I would like to texture my buildings... without making them too heavy, but I want them to look like that,
Example1 (http://img15.photobucket.com/albums/v46/laurence000/?action=view&current=gon45b.jpg)
Example2 (http://img15.photobucket.com/albums/v46/laurence000/?action=view&current=sla37.jpg)

How would you texture so it would look something like that... what technique would you use... Thanks!!!

EricChadwick

01-26-2004, 03:43 PM

Without modeling much, I would use tiled "windows" textures, with masks to control where the windows are revealed. Then bump maps for all the bevels. Might also help to add a "shell" over some buildings, with an opacity map, to get that girder-shell look.

Then for the generic flat parts, I would add the generic space-ship-hull-plating texture.

Here's a tutorial that can get you started.
http://www.scifi-meshes.com/tut_manage/index.php?lang=0&CODE=02&id=19

laurence000

01-26-2004, 04:01 PM

thanks... that's good.. if you have anymore... feel free to tip me... Thanks for the time you took to help me out!!!!!!!!!

laurence000

01-27-2004, 11:42 PM

I made this so far... I made the whole texture and everything in photoshop using mostly brushes.. what do you think, what more could be done.. I find it hard to be objective right now!!!
What I've made (http://img15.photobucket.com/albums/v46/laurence000/?action=view&current=building_text_2.jpg)

what do you think... do they look like buildings??????

EricChadwick

01-28-2004, 02:24 PM

It's a good start!

It needs details to give it a sense of scale. I see no windows. The geometry needs to be more interesting too, look again at your reference. Antennas help.

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