yeah, camera is my friend
Seriously, it's easier than drawing textures myself(i'm a horrible artist), but way more realistic, so i've chosen this way and satisfied with the results.

Privet! kak dela? Just some questions...

Are the buildings blocks or models?
...and the balconies..blocks or models?
How did the balconies cast their shadows onto the buildings?

That's all I have at the moment... Spasiba, udachi!

- Jason

Privet! znaesh russkiy?
Buildings are models(except for very distant ones, they are sprites), balconies too. Stencil shadows are enabled and all houses have shadow flag set.
thats all. Spasibo

Net, K sozhaleniyu, ya poka ne govoryu po russki...

My girlfriend is from Orel and was here with me this summer... most my Russian language skills come from copy/paste LOL

I know only a few phrases in reality, but enough to greet people

Thanks for the info!

I Love the preview, Don't let the current ground texture worry you too much... my main level in the River Bend Project was a sattelite image too, i just added a detailmap to it and it looked 100% better.

(was I the only person who read "I haven't even touched the ground texture yet and it's still WIP"?? lol seems everyone commented on the ground texture

Keep up the good work!


- Jason

ill admit, I did miss that completely. then again the screens pulled my attention away from the text, such good work.

Some waving grass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVGPegaiD2M

Looking good Shadow

Cheers

Frazzle

Man I allready to you that I love this scene
but the waving graß makes it look even more awesome

thanks guys

Looks really good,but please work at the ground!