Dantooine Jedi Enclave Landscaping

[ebmar 893]

36 minutes ago, DarthParametric said:

Yes, that's an upscaled and recoloured leaf texture with a new clean alpha.

That's what I thought. Dang, you nailed it!

Anyway, did you convert the texture to TPC? And if you don't mind me asking; what's the alpha-blending value that comes with it?

Many thanks on considering.

[DarthParametric 3,782]

It's an upscaled version of LDA_leaf01 (LDA_leaf02 and LDA_leaf04 use the exact same alpha mask, they are just lower res and have different diffuse). The vanilla texture has no TXI data, if that is what you are asking. However I am using

downsamplemax 0
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Currently they are still TGAs, as I have encountered some rendering issues with TPCs with alpha masks that will need @ndix UR's input to resolve.

[ebmar 893]

4 minutes ago, DarthParametric said:

It's an upscaled version of LDA_leaf01 (LDA_leaf02 and LDA_leaf04 use the exact same alpha mask, they are just lower res and have different diffuse).... However I am using

downsamplemax 0
blending punchthrough

Currently they are still TGAs, as I have encountered some rendering issues with TPCs with alpha masks that will need ndix UR's input to resolve.

Many thanks for the details! Appreciate it a lot.

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The vanilla texture has no TXI data, if that is what you are asking.

Pretty close, but I'm more curious about those sleek and clean transition you nailed- particularly when the texture is on top of another. I assumed that was something to do with the alpha-blending value of the TPC, but seems it wasn't- looking you had that result using a TGA/TXI.

[DarthParametric 3,782]

Here are some other parts of Dantooine with everything greened up:

         

I also decided to address one of the long time minor annoyances I've had. In the Grove, in the cutscene where Juhani freezes your party members the grass planes get extremely stretched. This is exacerbated when you replace the grass plane textures with something a little taller. So I decided the best solution was to extend the stone slabs out a little further and remove the grass from that section.

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[ebmar 893]

2 hours ago, DarthParametric said:

Here are some other parts of Dantooine with everything greened up:

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Dang, some amazing view there... Definitely a new magical experience of Dantooine's with those greenies on. 😮

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In the Grove, in the cutscene where Juhani freezes your party members the grass planes get extremely stretched.

Lol glad I encountered that only recently as in the earlier playthrough I always go facing Juhani alone. 😁

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So I decided the best solution was to extend the stone slabs out a little further and remove the grass from that section.

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Interesting workaround. Although, it kind of changing the vibe of that temple. Can't really tell if not seeing that in an actual gameplay though.

Looking forwards for further updates!

[DarthParametric 3,782]

I was thinking of something like this for the empty troughs on the sides of the landing bay:

Although currently the lightmaps are really flat. Need to fiddle around with them some more.

[ebmar 893]

3 hours ago, DarthParametric said:

I was thinking of something like this for the empty troughs on the sides of the landing bay:

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Nice! Would it be laborious to scale down that tree in the middle? Perhaps 75% of its original size? Just to adds more variety and dynamism in the landscaping. 🤔

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Although currently the lightmaps are really flat. Need to fiddle around with them some more.

Definitely! Looking forwards to the result.

[KnifeMaster 33]

The changes made to Juhani's area of the grove are a big improvement, IMO. I would consider removing the other stones off to the left, but maybe that's just my obsessive desire for symmetry getting the best of me lol. On the subject of Dantooine landscaping, one of the hilltop-things near the murder investigation part of the grove always looked incorrect to me. As you can see, the lighting looks quite blocky and unnatural.

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Edited January 26, 2019 by KnifeMaster

[Mellowtron11 180]

On 12/5/2018 at 2:02 AM, DarthParametric said:

   

I also decided to address one of the long time minor annoyances I've had. In the Grove, in the cutscene where Juhani freezes your party members the grass planes get extremely stretched. This is exacerbated when you replace the grass plane textures with something a little taller. So I decided the best solution was to extend the stone slabs out a little further and remove the grass from that section.

Before:

         

         

Honestly, the first time I saw that stretch happening,  I genuinely thought it was an intended effect to show that there was a dark power concentrated on your character. After all, we hear the Jedi Masters tell us that the ancient grove has been perverted and tainted from the dark side.

 

Really loving how green Dantooine looks now, Darth Parametric! Keep up the good work. While I still like the vanilla autumn textures of the base game for nostalgic purposes, these greener textures look way better. 

[JasonRyder 50]

This is looking great! And there's already an option for green grass in the "High-Quality Skyboxes" mod. Looking forward to downloading this. 

On 2/8/2019 at 9:26 AM, Mellowtron11 said:

Honestly, the first time I saw that stretch happening,  I genuinely thought it was an intended effect to show that there was a dark power concentrated on your character. After all, we hear the Jedi Masters tell us that the ancient grove has been perverted and tainted from the dark side.

Same here! 

[Salk 373]

DP,  in case you believe this won't ever become a published modification, I was wondering if you could share the room model with the TSL ponds but without the additional trees, if you still have those files somewhere.