Thanks, Sektor
Wow Cuban-Pete, I really like number 5,6 and 2, especially how you modified the original images. That was quick
Maybe I'll play a bit with the 256 colors and HSV filter too, seems like a good hint (I'm also using GIMP anyway).
I don't really know where all of these can be used, but if you want to, keep creating more and we'll pick the best ones and find a matching screen in the menu.
(Just to clarify, I'm not planning to replace the existing images).
I'm planning a cheat menu for example, which could use one of them maybe. (It will work like this: You type in GOURANGA as name, and then you'll get to the "secret" cheat screen, where you can just toggle all cheats conviniently. And maybe we could even add new, custom cheats, too. This is a lot faster than typing in all the cheats - and they aren't secret anymore anyway).
Cuban-Pete wrote:It's fun to make these so if someone got perhaps some subject/locations as ideas I can try those also?
Flickr is a good source for images under CC-BY.
I've got these two on my "list" of candidates for creating backgrounds, maybe they are helpful (either directly as source or as inspiration):
Some subjects: gansters, guns, traffic, drugs, money, slightly-futuristic-as-seen-from-'99, ...
basically anything that fits in the GTA2 world and makes a good picture
Cuban-Pete wrote:For map rendering I might need some more info. I don't know if a large overview of the map looks good in 3D blender render. I presume there are also gonna be a lot of maps and previews so I need to make sure I can get a consistent look. Perhaps some sort of automation. Could you give some example maps?
Which maps:
- all original GTA2 multiplayer maps (3 districts, tiny town etc.)
- all community maps that will be shipped with the mod (there could be some in the future)
Yeah, having a consistent look is really important, so it doesn't look strange when cycling through the maps.
I guess the preview images doesn't really need to show the whole map, but rather its most characteristic part in a cool angle, if that is possible. Maybe you try to create one for tiny town and we'll see how that goes? I've seen your screenshots in the
epic map editor from T.M. thread (seems to be a really awesome program btw) and I really like when you can do with the lighting. To fit in with the other menu images, they should look as realistic as possible.
Oh and one thing about the menu images: please keep a copy of the image with the full colors and without the GTA2 logo added, so it is possible to make changes there without re-making the whole image
EDIT: Added the HSV filter to the image I've posted and now it feels more 'gta2-ish'