Quote from kitu_gudu :

The rocks look good, but the trees are way to small compared to the size of the "LFS mountain".

It isn't a tree, really. It is a bush.

I'm looking if there are a way to improve the texture. But is difficult.

Quote from The Very End :

Looks mint
Really like the way you created diversity to the rock, it looks much more realistic now.

Thanks!!

Quote from Gougoodthing :

wow!!! I just wanted to see a comparison to the default one.

Default is attached. (Huge pic. :P)

Soon.

Thanks for the interest. I'll post it when I'm sure isn't posible improve the texture.

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Bigger on the Blog.

I still working on it.

Quote from smove :

One more update I nearly forgot: The shadow on the garage screen now is a bit darker as suggested by luchian, and the setup screen received a bit more depth in the track section - I hope you can spot it.

+1.

Anyway, the two new screenies are amazing. The update is fantastic.

Quote from smove :

That's not an easy one. I must admit the title screen was the first I worked on and it may be conclusive if the later screens improved and developed further. But in my opinion the exact needed amount of what the title "promises" can be seen on the screen: speed! I'm not sure which elements could amplify the "meaning" of this screen: Every car is mentioned with its abbreviation, there is the silhouette of one of the most famous cars depicted, "LFS" is encrypted in a barcode, nearly all of the screen seems to be in motion. I think the essence of LFS is covered - unless you have a specific idea? Maybe you can help me.

Further, I worked on the exit screen, but I'm not entirely sure about it yet. I think it's a bit inconsequent regarding the rest of the screens and I feel like I should abstract the lens flare a bit more, but I have to admit I like the atmospheric look of it ... thoughts?

I know, the main screen is not easy to work on it due your words. What is expected? Hehehehe. I believe in you, I'm sure you can make it more original. More exclusive. I think you don't need my opinion for the main screen. You have a lot of talent and I like your style.

I don't like the lens flare but I agree with you that increase the good taste of the screen. As in videos, the lens flare, changes almost everything in a video, transforming into a musical clip and immersing to the espectator on the atmosphere of the video.

Your screen means the atmosphere of Live for Speed resulting in a total immersion in a race or championship and when you leave the game you become to real life, such a dream.

Sorry for my english, I hope you can understand me.

Keep up the good work.

Quote from Gougoodthing :

There is one thing that I have noticed in the dirt track trees, why are there rocks in the middle of the road? They normally are not there in real life.

Have a look at this pic. See what I mean?

Because the texture is a real life photo.

Quote from lfsrm :

amazing job, very professional .
but lfs need Moore propre shadow and light effect.

Oh! Thanks! I'm glad to read it from you.

Quote from Bose321 :

Live for Speed has never looked this real.

Thanks!!

Quote from Frunze118 :

lfsrm,

I said about this some before. It's editing .raw file with adding very,very bright sun and clear sky.

Now I'm working on the Rocks. I hope it can be more real than the latest work.

Cheers.

Quote from Bose321 :

They look cool, but very pixelated around the edges. Is this something you can fix or just LFS' weird texture mapping problem?

+1. The texture mapping make it.

@lfsrm A very fantastic work. Keep up the good work. I want to see more works from you.

Cheers.

This guy is a very talented man. Sorry but I love your work a lot really.

Undoubtly when this work it is available I will download it.

This is just a suggestion, smove. In my humble opinion, of course:

I think there are a difference on the level between the main menu and the rest. I'm totally sure you can improve that screen to make it more original with elements such the rest of screens. The rest of screens are just perfect.

Cheers, my friend.

Quote from Omar1 :

Great stuff Lynce!
I hope Scawen has seen this...

Quote from kitu_gudu :

Looks great. You are making good progres. Keep up the good work.

Quote from Jadran :

Lynce this is awesome!!!!
Congrats!!!

Quote from N I K I :

woho dat rally.

Quote from FireMike15 :

Great work!

Quote from The Very End :

:faint:

Quote from Velocity. :

OMG :bigeyes2: That looks amazing!

Quote from Hahmo :

Mm yeah.. I've a feeling that fern bay will be my favourite track after this is released Keep up the good work man!

Quote from Frunze118 :

Lynce i can't understand what material mean devs. But for me second variant looks better. And ofsure great work man :thumb3d:

Thanks, guys!!!

Quote from Gougoodthing :

Nice! But, what are those lines near the top of the wall in the second pic?

Thanks. The texture is a real photo so I think it is an ornament. In architecture, this gives more stability to the construction.

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More photos and brief words on the RP's Blog.

Thanks for the comments, again.

The file of the flag is called JA_flag1.dds



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Bigger shots and more information RP's Blog.

Cheers

Thanks again, guys.

About the flag, yeah. But the flag has been retexturized in the first post of this thread, hehehe.


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RP's Blog

Quote from luchian :

Finally the car & track look from the same game. Great work

Thanks!!

Quote from Bose321 :

Now that's some photo realistic grass!

Your critics was my inspiration for this style of the grass, really. Thank you.

Quote from The Very End :

**** you, I just changed my pants and then I see this and I have to change them again... god damnit!



Ps: Is the gras file same for every track, meaning that it would be possible to have that awesome grass on every track in LFS?

I'm working on two textures for the grass (I think are the 60% of the track).

One has flowers and the second hasn't. Anyway there are two files more to work to made more variety.

In the current work (two files) there are a lot of variety without "repeating style" as I said in the blog. Degraded parts, more greens, less greens, some parts where you can find the sand,etc.

Thanks for your comment, my friend.

Cheers!!

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Bigger on the Blog. This is the first part of the exterior of the track. There are a second part under construction.

Thanks for the comments, again, guys.


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Bigger, comparative shot, relevant information for some aspects and more pics on the blog.

Quote from smove :

I tried to reflect the most important characteristics of a proper background.

It should:

- stay IN the background and not draw too much attention to itself
- guarantee readability of all the menus and texts
- be of a consistent graphic style throughout all screens
- match the content, style and aesthetics of the game/sim
- work at different resolutions and aspect ratios

Totally agree with you. That is the standard.

Anyway, when you say "- stay IN the background and not draw too much attention to itself". Are you serious? Your screenies are amazing.

Cheers!

Quote from DANIEL-CRO :

Looks awesome
Do you plan to release soon some newer version of your work?

I have no plan, hahahahaha.

Just working in it in my free time. Really I don't know how many time I will need the release of this work. The development is extremelly slow because I want make my better work and explore all the limits inside of the "LFS system". I know that it's just textures but I think with some optical effects and working very well in the illumination I can get good results. The proof are the photos, hehehehe.

I want finish this work as soon as possible but the time and quality are bad friends. More quality = more time.

I'm sorry by my poor english.

Quote from Flame CZE :

You never stop surprising me, Lynce :jawdrop:

Thanks as always, brother.

From the 6th page / post number 179 ._

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Cheers.

Quote from Frunze118 :

Great work, Lynce. Still WIP ?

About question about resolution. I think 2048x2048 will looks cool. Just need test with different sootnosheniya like 4/3 and 16/9. For example default interface resolution is 1024x1024, but for me it looks too simple.

Hi, Frunze, how are you?

This work is very old and even the philosophy, concept and design, today are obsolete.

The better option, no doubt, is the smove's Backgrounds when his work is released, of course. His philosophy has better results on all resolutions and the design and concept gives a new fresh air.

Here:

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=80092

Thanks for the comments, agains, guys.


The most dificult file I've worked in this 3 years of the Rev Packs. The grass. The grass is the 80% of the Track and make a lot of tones and to make it varied is the most difficult thing that I made.

The most mportant information on the Blog, as always. Read it with attention, please.

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Bigger on the Blog.


Cheers.

Last edited by Lynce, Mon 10 Sep 2012, 21:24.

Quote from Austbong :

Welcome to S3

p.s - excelent job Lynce

Obrigadinho.


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A fantastic work. Love it. Cheers.

Quote from kiste :

oh lynce i love the rallytrack texture!

Even road is better then before. in very beginnings it was much to bright.

Keep it up mate.

Thanks!!

Quote from Frunze118 :

Lynce, can you tell me what programm do you use to work and resize textures ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2 ... /in/set-72157605764345948

Quote from Whiskey :

If I'm not really wrong he is using Photoshop 7 to make all his works.

+1.

Quote from Flame CZE :

He’s probably using Adobe Photoshop 7 and not CS6. Photoshop 7 is an older version.

Yep, from 2002.



Well, I'm working on the grass now and it is more complex. I have to fit 8 files.

Same saturation, same gamma colors, same color for the sand and same range color for the grass(in nature there are a lot of green colors).

Quote from GT4_PL :

Only Fernbay? but why HD textures(4096 x 4096) so bad! max 2048x2048 enough! please. D: but great work job Textures!

Quote from Frunze118 :

spotty1 thanks don't know it =)

Yes, i Lynces textures 4096x4096 loads too long. Maybe when you finish RP 2012 you release 1024 version too ?

I don't understand the context of your question, GT4_PL. Thank you, anyway.

Frunze, people is free to resize of the RP's textures.

Quote from Bose321 :

Maybe because of his weak GPU.

4096x4096 textures are so much better! The comparison Lynce posted about the ground textures is a huge difference. 2048x2048 is fine compared to the default resolution, but after seeing the 4096x4096 you just can't go back.

Lynce is setting the new level here and if I were Lynce I wouldn't downscale on the textures because of some people not liking it because of some performance issues (I assume). I wish the LFS developers would think the same and moved on...

Thank you, Bose. 4096 x 4096 is the new standard, of course. There are textures that does no need to be in that size, of course, because it cover small surfaces.

Quote from Flame CZE :

I think you can enable low-res textures in LFS options - graphics.

Hi, Martin.

Yeah, this is another solution.

Cheers.

Quote from e2mustang :

help me do better edits. gooby pls.

Almost perfect.

I love your work in the rims. Take care with the blur it is a bit strange.

I love your style.

Quote from MonTziK95 :

this didnt rly come out like i wanted to :/

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/36/derpin.jpg

Fantastic!!

Thanks for all the comments. I read them with attention.


@Frunze118. Fern Bay is a Jamaican track.


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This is my method of the work with textures.

All the information on the blog (as always, hehehe).

Last edited by Lynce, Wed 29 Aug 2012, 09:53.

Quote from The Very End :

Wonderfull, I want to have sex with it, my life is complete!

Joke aside, this is one great looking gravvel path, and if you manage to find a good transition between the grass and gravvel this is superb!

Hehehehehe.

Quote from kitu_gudu :

Looking good so far. I can't wait to see the finished work.



I agree. It's very important that the transition is good.

+1. Before the end of this file I have to complete other. This is like a puzzle. The cards must be compatible.

Before I must work on the grass on the hill and rocks. So I can make the transition between the vegetation and the rally area be correct.

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One shot more, more information and bigger on the RP's blog.

Last edited by Lynce, Mon 27 Aug 2012, 22:39.

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Note: This texture has been reworked from scratch using the same texture than the last picture(I mean the picture from the post number 35). I need to remove the rocks on the edge to make a compatibility with the edge of the latest work. Obviously if you see the pic you can see that is the same than the published work but to increase the quality(previous in 2048 x 2048) it needs to be re-worked from scratch.


More information on Rp's Blog and bigger shot.

Quote from Nicce :

roadtextures looks soo damn mutch better imo.

Thank you!! I think is not too much clean such the previous released work.

Quote from Gougoodthing :

I wanna see an original vs revolution pack comparison with the rally x track.

Coming soon. Thanks for the interest.

Quote from The Very End :

Quote from DarknessPainF1 :

You are just amazing, i'm waiting for this more than im actually waiting for S3

I'm glad by your words.

Quote from Frunze118 :

Yeah Lynce you go in right direction. I say about asphalt. And i think texture must look like default, but in bigger resolution and more realistic. Your textures looks like this and it's very nice

This is the line of the work. Thanks for your words.

Quote from luchian :

Welcome back from holidays. It shows . Great work

Nice to see you here, my friend.

Quote from Inouva :

I'm just gona wait for westhill / aston / kyoto pack =P

Keep the good work

Thanks!! I hope to have more time to do all this work in this years. And, the motivation, also. That is the most important here, Motivation.


I can say that in this moment I'm very very very motivated to work in Live for speed in reference to the textures.

Quote from FireMike15 :

Just stunning. Great stuff!

Thank you, brother. ... And I see your signature. Thanks!!!

Quote from Omar1 :

Fantastic!

Quote from Whiskey :

Probably because he restarted some textures from scratch again, doing them even more hi-res and/or with different style.

I can't say it better. Thanks!!

I'm very limited by my english, hehehehe.

Quote from The Very End :

Puts the original work to shame
And please do keep us updated on the grass thingy! I am looking forward to see what you can make out of it

Hahahahaha, well. As always i'll be honest with everybody. I don't know if I can made something interesting. I'll try it and put a lot of effort to get it.

I only made a lot of tests on the rally zone(sand) and the rocks. I think I can make a very realistic rocks for Fern Bay. About the sand I'm not sure at all but I think will follow the same line of the tarmac, more resolution and more realistic. In this thread there are one shot with one example:



Post number 35 of this thread.


I don't know if this texture could be the final file. I will try to improve that shot. I always think if it is possible improve my current work, I recognize I'm extremely perfeccionist.

Cheers.