Level 1: RTJP~Helipad Development
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:34 am
RTJP~HELIPAD
Diane Forman has arrived at Isla Nublar as part of the HELIX Private Military Company with her superior, Robert Armstrong, and their pilot, Diego Cardoso, with one objective in mind: find and obtain dinosaur embryos - something she is strongly skeptical of, but their employer seems insistent is real. Cardoso spots an old, worn-down helicopter pad at the base of a waterfall and drops Diane off here while he and Armstrong continue to explore the island from the air. Putting on her sunglasses and cocking her pistol, Diane sets off into the ruins of Jurassic Park...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The title says it all. This thread is for discussion and development of the first level of the "final" RTJP, RTJP~Helipad. I will upload appropriate screenshots and other information here so that the other topics from the older version can be less crowded. The other levels will receive a similar treatment from this point on.
With that out of the way, I'll say that RTJP's heightmap is completely finished and imported, and I have begun development of RTJP~Helipad. So far I have completed the helipad and its accompanying canyon and am beginning to build up the area in the southern mountains that will be explored immediately at the start of the game, which includes a new location that I don't think I have mentioned before and will keep secret until later. The great thing about all of the levels using a single large heightmap is that you can continuously modify it and these changes will remain consistent through all levels.
The helipad itself looks almost exactly as I had intended it to, with a bit more accuracy than the past incarnations - I might do a comparison screenshot one day once it's 100% finalized. The fact that I'm no longer as worried about object limits has allowed me to add higher levels of detail to the level as well, so that now every easily noticeable plant in the actual movie plant is able to be included rather than just a very small number of the largest ones.
In addition, I have selected a completely new set of plants to use in the level, which I believe are the most accurate possible selections for the Isla Nublar environment. Some of these are still from JPDS, but I have added a number of them from both the vanilla game and my MegaJungle level to keep things feeling fresh. There are also some brand new plants in addition to these, most notably some super low-poly distant bushes to cover the hills of the island - something I have never been able to get right until now. I have also made a number of new ground textures as I felt that some of the older ones were too dark and were not befitting of the brighter colors that are present in RTJP - not too different as I kept the same palette, but still a bit more colorful.
At the moment I am currently busy moving again, but come this Sunday or Monday I should be back in business full-swing and I hope to have a screenshot of the helipad area at some point soon (yes, I know I said I wouldn't show many screenshots, but you guys all know what the waterfall looks like anyway so no surprises here).
Diane Forman has arrived at Isla Nublar as part of the HELIX Private Military Company with her superior, Robert Armstrong, and their pilot, Diego Cardoso, with one objective in mind: find and obtain dinosaur embryos - something she is strongly skeptical of, but their employer seems insistent is real. Cardoso spots an old, worn-down helicopter pad at the base of a waterfall and drops Diane off here while he and Armstrong continue to explore the island from the air. Putting on her sunglasses and cocking her pistol, Diane sets off into the ruins of Jurassic Park...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The title says it all. This thread is for discussion and development of the first level of the "final" RTJP, RTJP~Helipad. I will upload appropriate screenshots and other information here so that the other topics from the older version can be less crowded. The other levels will receive a similar treatment from this point on.
With that out of the way, I'll say that RTJP's heightmap is completely finished and imported, and I have begun development of RTJP~Helipad. So far I have completed the helipad and its accompanying canyon and am beginning to build up the area in the southern mountains that will be explored immediately at the start of the game, which includes a new location that I don't think I have mentioned before and will keep secret until later. The great thing about all of the levels using a single large heightmap is that you can continuously modify it and these changes will remain consistent through all levels.
The helipad itself looks almost exactly as I had intended it to, with a bit more accuracy than the past incarnations - I might do a comparison screenshot one day once it's 100% finalized. The fact that I'm no longer as worried about object limits has allowed me to add higher levels of detail to the level as well, so that now every easily noticeable plant in the actual movie plant is able to be included rather than just a very small number of the largest ones.
In addition, I have selected a completely new set of plants to use in the level, which I believe are the most accurate possible selections for the Isla Nublar environment. Some of these are still from JPDS, but I have added a number of them from both the vanilla game and my MegaJungle level to keep things feeling fresh. There are also some brand new plants in addition to these, most notably some super low-poly distant bushes to cover the hills of the island - something I have never been able to get right until now. I have also made a number of new ground textures as I felt that some of the older ones were too dark and were not befitting of the brighter colors that are present in RTJP - not too different as I kept the same palette, but still a bit more colorful.
At the moment I am currently busy moving again, but come this Sunday or Monday I should be back in business full-swing and I hope to have a screenshot of the helipad area at some point soon (yes, I know I said I wouldn't show many screenshots, but you guys all know what the waterfall looks like anyway so no surprises here).