Quote from XCNuse :

also.. hey.. why is the "subaru" on goodriches hehe

good point i forgot to change it

just a movie for fun..

DOWNLOAD
mirror1: http://zt.racenetwork.de/membe ... S.with.wrc.commentary.avi
mirror2: http://www.franknaggies.com/do ... S.with.wrc.commentary.avi
thx orion for hosting
[divx, 720x426@30FPS, 44.5MB, 2m57s]

Last edited by Don, Mon 26 Jun 2006, 13:19.

the same default sky is used on southcity, so i didnt do comparing screens for that

hires sky for blackwood (and southcity) here:
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=143621#post143621

[INFO]
Hello, recently i managed to make two new 2048x2048 skies. I decided to use them on Blackwood and on SouthCity, because i didnt really like the default sky in them. This time it`s done only by me, because KiDCoDEa is busy. You may notice some problems around horizont (sky brightness doesnt match bg mountain), especially in blackwood. This may be upgraded later, when Kid has some more time. You can partially reduce this "effect" by turning off the haze - or just live with it

[OLDER HI-RES UPDATES]
You can also get our older updates - high resolution skies for various tracks & hires sky for Aston & Westhill

[INSTALLATION]
unpack the rar in ../your lfs directory/data/pic/

[DOWNLOAD]
http://members.chello.nl/vvlaa ... thCity.skies.don.2006.rar - thanks vicc for hosting


EDIT:
New sky for autocross sunny conditions - this time its with the usual postwork from nunomaia. 2048 like the other ones.

[DOWNLOAD]
http://don.vn.cz/s2/SKY_semisun-donhemi-kidpost.rar - preview pics attached

Last edited by Don, Sun 9 Jul 2006, 22:29.

Quote from Tweaker :

OT: Is it just me... or do those reflection textures look horrid to anyone else here??? I mean, so bright and cartoony, ughhhh Totally unrealistic and you can hardly even see a skin

agreed, i start to hate them IMHO they may look "cool" from some angles, but not realistic...

:lfs:

good work!
can you please also add our 2nd sky update? thanks
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=6943

Quote from ajp71 :

@ Don which gravel texture have you got @ Blackwood?

default

me and kidcodea are working on a new hires skies for blackwood and southcity. should be released in few days
both skies are still WIP.

well, adding music in movies is a pain. no matter what music you use, there will be always more or less people who wont like it

Quote from overclocked412 :

Why cant one of those pictures be morphed in PS to resemble that? There is a 3d sphere option to transform images - used it a long time ago - very similar.

because what you see on those photos is just one photo of sky which covers (lets say) 20 degrees of whole sky. and imagine you stretch that to 360 degrees in lfs.....

ive done this some time ago but didnt like it so i didnt post it ....but we have some panoramas here in last days, here it goes...

http://www.4ignition.com/download/4ignition.zip

Last edited by Don, Thu 1 Jun 2006, 12:01.

ive done the pic few months ago so i dont really remember, but i think i just flipped over on those curbs

something ooold and weird

i find it funny that you create hires texture pack but dont even use hires textures that are already done for lfs (talking about our hires skies)

well movies pit is down....i only have the slowmotion online
http://don.vn.cz/temp/videos/slowmotion_april.update.avi

i wasnt planning to do something, but while i was cooking and waiting till the dinner is finished, ive done this

i`d add more rules:
- dont use fov above 90 degrees
- try to use some nice skins
- try to take the screenshot at max possible resolution (with AA & AF)

Quote from Becky Rose :

Those backdrops are best generated in a tool like Terragen which I dont have. I know that I downloaded some hi-res versions of some of them though which another 3rd party user had made, but i'm not sure on the link right now.

from the pics i saw on terragen website it looks like its more for generating "mountains" rather than "landscapes" (which is used for example on westhill and blackwood or a city backdrop in southcity). Imho the landscapes would fit lfs better, than just those "boring rocky mountains", but its so hard to get good texture of it you cant really make 360 degree panorama of landscape without having some objects close to your cam...

the onboard cameras are "shaking" like you would hold them in hands...and i think it looks cool

:lfs:

@BWX232: the asphalt on those reallife pictures looks like lfs because its blurred (either by motion blur and/or dof)

most of them should be on movies pit...