~AOF's Paint Bucket~ : III - Morrowind

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:41 am

AOF: looking good I like that you use the same color tones as Bethesda in your textures.

I think the original had a bit more of a reddish tint and maybe a bit more desaturated. However I am trying to keep with the original color scheme to some extent.

I greatly enjoyed looking at your wall textures. Very effective layering technique. :-)

Did you do the ground textures too? I thought the size of the overgrown stones in Balmora made them stand out a bit too much. (I used the same image for one of the textures in my Daedric retex and eventually shrunk the stones to approximately 50% of their original size).

Thanks, I have learned some really cool new tricks in photoshop while doing these textures.

No I haven't ever made any ground textures, I am just doing architecture at the moment. I agree with your opinion however.

Heh, maybe you should give it a try someday, it's a quite good game...

Haha, I didn't say I haven't ever played it.

So, on to an update.....

I redid the textures a bit, but pretty much look the same I suppose.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu1.jpg

A few more things to do and the Hlaalu should be done I think.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:05 am

just wanted to say I used them this weekend, very happy "customer"

and it is without mge or anything of the fancy stuff.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:32 am

So, on to an update.....

I redid the textures a bit, but pretty much look the same I suppose.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu1.jpg

A few more things to do and the Hlaalu should be done I think.

I like the distressed look - though I was wondering if you might possibly think about doing another variant as well - the rundown look seems perfect for Labor Town however would High Town and possibly the commercial district have a slightly better render on their walls? I know this would require a mod to change the mesh id's of those particular buildings so as to have a seperate texture but it could look quite unique to have a better differentation between hightown and labor town

The texture looks great by the way - full of character

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:57 am

I cant seem to stay happy with the Hlaalu textures..... I have redone them 5 times now, 2 versions of which I haven't shown.

Here is what I have for the latest.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu9.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu10.jpg

Maybe this will be the final.... not sure yet.

Edit:

@Illuminiel~ I am not so sure I want replace certain buildings, but it might be a possibility. Right now I am just trying to come up with a texture that I will be happy with in the end.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:11 am

Release it! Damn,awesome!

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:11 am

You could release each version and let people chose which one to use...

I like the last one, but the previous was fine too...

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:30 am

You could release each version and let people chose which one to use...

I like the last one, but the previous was fine too...

Hmm I think I will release what I have going now. I don't wanna upload a bunch of junk for people to have to look through. :S

Anyway.....Another update. This time I have new interior shots along with slightly modified exterior textures.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu16.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu14.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu11.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu12.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu15.jpg

Any opinions/critiques, artistically speaking, are more then welcome.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:22 pm

Looks great imo, the colors blends in together nicely. Looking forward to try it

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:38 am

These look great, I love the weathered look of the textures

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:55 am

Any opinions/critiques, artistically speaking, are more then welcome.

Too many splits inside and outside, rock jointing is too big. IMHO, maybe you can make not many splits?

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:44 am

Hmm I think I will release what I have going now. I don't wanna upload a bunch of junk for people to have to look through. :S

Any opinions/critiques, artistically speaking, are more then welcome.

the first in the post before was too bright for me, on the other hand balmora high town and down town could be different all considered.

the last ones I like, also it play a part if/what lighning mod you use,and if you mucked with the settings your self and how much.
but keep the "cracks" ,I like them,specially in down town.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:42 am

=o AOF your Hlaalu retexts look amazing. =o

I prefer the ones in http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu9.jpg better though.

I really like your interiors.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:02 pm

Stop making all these crap textures and release some instead

haha, JK man.

You know I love your work.

Oh I'm also up for testing anything ingame you throw at me.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:15 am

Updated first post with download link for Hlaalu textures.

Next up will be Imperial, I have a pretty nice idea for them I think if I can pull it off the way I envision it.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:17 am

Updated first post with download link for Hlaalu textures.

Next up will be Imperial, I have a pretty nice idea for them I think if I can pull it off the way I envision it.

cool stuff

downloading! Looking forward to see your imperial retexture.. something i've been thinking of doing myself too

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:44 am

Updated first post with download link for Hlaalu textures.

Excellent! :foodndrink:

Next up will be Imperial, I have a pretty nice idea for them I think if I can pull it off the way I envision it.

Here is a quick teaser for the imperial...

I like it! :thumbsup: The ivy will work well for regions like Ascadian Isles, West Gash, and Grazelands - I'll probably stick with non-ivy textures for arid / cold regions tho.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:07 am

Its been a while since I have updated this thread, but I finally have an update. I decided to work on the imperial housing rather then on the imperial castle. I have also done some other random objects which I will release seperately.

So here are some progress screens.

Exterior:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Imp_housing5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Imp_housing4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Imp_housing1.jpg

Interior:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Imp_housing6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Imp_housing3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Imp_housing2.jpg

A couple more textures need doing and the first portion of what is shown on the screens will be released. I will release the misc. objects when I am done with those.

Edit: New screenshots added due to the gift of the knowledge of Fraps which better shows how I intend the textures to be displayed. :foodndrink:

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:18 am

Really nice job on the imperial housing textures. Possibly the best I've ever seen. :goodjob:

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:52 am

I have a paint bucket. :deal:

I have decided I wanted to paint Morrowind again.

I will be posting all my latest paintings in this thread along with some download links whenever I think my paintings are done or "done enough." :whisper:

First upon the easle is Vivec. I have redone nearly every texture associated with the city of Vivec. The following is the results.....

Vivec Retextured

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/MGEScreenshot5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/MGEScreenshot3-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/MGEScreenshot20.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/MGEScreenshot2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/MGEScreenshot17.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/MGEScreenshot13-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/MGEScreenshot1.jpg

Downlaod:

http://rapidshare.com/files/299131744/AOF_Viv_Textures.rar

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=27905

Hlaalu Retextured

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu14.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/AnOldFriend/Hlaalu15.jpg

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/303230565/AOF_Hlaalu_Textures.rar

http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28061

If there are any issues, please let me know.

Enjoy.

bliviongate:

I think I will move onto Hlaalu architecture next. I will have updates with that as it progresses. :stare:

When i went to nexus it says something like being a premium member, why is this?

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:24 am

These textures look really impressive, now there are even more great options for textures (so hard to choose...)

Basically what I'm saying is that your work is most impressive.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:46 pm

When i went to nexus it says something like being a premium member, why is this?

If you like, you can donate to TESNexus and become a Premium Member, which gives you faster downloads and less advertisemants.
Anyone can download any file as a Normal member, although most downloads do require that you log in. Registering is free, just like with PES.

Back on topic, these are looking great AOF. I'm loving the amount of detail with the cracked plaster and bricks.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:53 am

Looks incredible good!

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:39 am

Eh. What a Hack! :biglaugh:

Just kidding. Looks really nice. As Syrcanus said, probably the best I've seen as well. (Too bad they don't look like that on my POS comp). Maybe I'll steal them and throw them on my tower.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:33 am

Wow, AOF, looks very cool! Nice shots.

» Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:57 am

To the author. It is my strong opinion you need more mipmaps. Yes, I have read the thread and your comments on that, so bear with me.

Illustration: try and set "mipmap bias" to -3 (or beyond) in MGE. It will undoubtedly look horrifying - especially in motion. That is aliasing. What, in effect, you are doing by limiting the number of mipmaps to 3 is very similar. It could be described as a negative mipmap bias, which starts at certain distance and increases with it.

To prevent the 'soft look', you need (1) to sharpen the lower mipmaps, (2) enable AF, and if it's not enough, (3) apply a bit of negative bias. My preference is -1 with 16AF.

Having said all that, the textures themselves are simply brilliant, very detailed, and have a certain feel which is close to the original, but is a bit more sinister and rough - just as I like it.