Popular Post Vishanka 236 Posted July 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2022 And done. Four different grass textures, no one will notice but does not matter I also waited another day-night cycle and have now chosen these colors because I think they look good all day long. Sorry for the Screenshot spam though Anyway, from night to day! 2 Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Looks really good. The difference is -ahem- like night and day. If you want to avoid blasting a thread with lots of big screenshots you can CTRL+Right Click on them to create thumbnails that will enlarge to full size when clicked. Link to comment
xInquisitor1961x 49 Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Is it worth taking Sacred 2 in 2022.? I would like to play but I got addicted to Sacred gold Item editor, is there an item editor for Sacred 2 :) https://www.nexusmods.com/sacred/mods/1 Link to comment
Popular Post Vishanka 236 Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 I fear there is not much I will be able to do for them but I will try. Maybe if I replace the whole image... I tried to replace the mane as well but that's tricky and will need a lot of more work. There's actually a mane pattern on the model and that will create shadows so I need to follow the pattern if it's supposed to look like anything... and following the pattern is a lot of trial and error... 1 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 15 hours ago, Vishanka said: I fear there is not much I will be able to do for them but I will try. Maybe if I replace the whole image... I tried to replace the mane as well but that's tricky and will need a lot of more work. There's actually a mane pattern on the model and that will create shadows so I need to follow the pattern if it's supposed to look like anything... and following the pattern is a lot of trial and error... I cant get enough of seeing the swirls and eddies that are coming into your environment. We take for granted how much there is in simple views of our own lives, but artists help us refresh our rosy lenses. and the details... deciphering the patterns of a mane's shadow... gogo 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Vishanka 236 Posted August 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) On 7/30/2022 at 2:21 PM, gogoblender said: and the details... deciphering the patterns of a mane's shadow... I removed the color from the model and the model itself is actually not that bad... if it just was possible to draw on the model directly... --- Reverting Jungle to Savannah... I hope that will turn out well for other regions. Not sure if there were problems with human or elven region, we'll see. Jungle has the most amazing mood colors and I want to work with that. Naah.. it's just... I turned it into a Savannah... but it all feels like the region with the lions, and I think that's enough Savannah. The jungle needs to be a jungle... I think it still has much mood in green but the standard grass does not fit. will try to draw something new. Edited August 1, 2022 by Vishanka 2 Link to comment
Vishanka 236 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I didn't like any of the things I created. And it annoyed me that there is that spot in Thylysium slums that just would not fit with the jungle grass. But I got inspired by one of the grass textures and drew a new one based on that. I drew one and duplicated it 8 times so no variation yet, colors/contrast and so on also not final but I think it's the grass base I was looking for reminds me of lank savannah grass. Since the lower part is green grass blades it also fits Thylysium slums. The problem there was a ground patch which is green and not brown like jungle. Didn't catch it with nice ambient lighting but it will do: 1 Link to comment
Lindor 438 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Vishanka said: Haha one can see the shader at work, that's peak specular on the tree left. At the risk of embarrassing myself because I don't know which of these pictures is Vanilla and which is your work: I like the upper picture more. 1 hour ago, Vishanka said: Link to comment
Vishanka 236 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 17 minutes ago, Lindor said: Haha one can see the shader at work, that's peak specular on the tree left. That are actually flowers on the tree 18 minutes ago, Lindor said: I like the upper picture more. There is no change between them, it's just night time that settled in Link to comment
Popular Post Vishanka 236 Posted August 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2022 Jungle is really strange. It changes so much throughout the day, it was almost impossible to work with that, but I think I'm nearly done (there's always something). I would loved to make the jungle grass less green and more beige-colored, but as you can see in the screenshot of the slums it's actually already desaturated... and it does fit slums well now, phew In Jungle, the same grass has this yellowish green color Daytime, sunny So there's nothing to do about that due to ambient lighting, it's actually pretty close to the original colors. Daytime, Rain Evening, rain, gets really dark, I love it Nighttime rain, is actually lighter than evening... And nighttime, I like that much, it looks so damp... I won't say it's pretty because jungle just is not pretty, but I'm satisfied it's back close to the original now and different from both bashade plains and dryad island... I just would not have called that a 'jungle'. 3 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Vishanka 236 Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 Minor adjustments 2 Link to comment
Popular Post Lindor 438 Posted August 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2022 I love the third picture! Looks like taken directly from an expensive painting 2 Link to comment
Popular Post Hooyaah 2,823 Posted August 3, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2022 Aesthetically, I like each of the screenshots. They each have a point or points of interest, a defined foreground, a middle ground and a background. They have rich colors and impressive lighting as well. Works of art, are they! 1 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Second's my favorite. Always loved how Sacred's designers put in so much wildlife just...chilling. Skulking black panthers will do it for me anytime nice screen capture of vivid jungle gogo Link to comment
Vishanka 236 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) I headed back to jungle today and think I did a good job there, I really like it. Can't wait until you see it live with the weather effects and so on, looks great. Still, after I completed the jungle I knew that elven region needed another revamp, and elven region can't change without human region so basically I had to redo half of the mod. old new I used to use the same filter profile for the earth and grass textures resulting in earth getting too dark and desaturated. On the downside with lighter grass colors flowers will not pop as they used to. Nighttime is still pleasent with lighter grass, the shader handles that pretty well -- What do you think? Is it better or worse? I could also use some grass color in between but any darker shade will make it appear less warm. Edited August 7, 2022 by Vishanka Link to comment
Vishanka 236 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Also I was moving forward with the mane texture. Not done of course it will be one base texture for all, when it's done I can update the other horses quickly. I'm also reworking their hooves and want to try giving them horseshoes to upgrade those bulky chunks a bit. I do the white horse first as it's a good base to go into any color from there and I consider it the most terrible texture of them all. If that looks acceptable, nothing can go wrong with the others. 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Timotheus 416 Posted August 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2022 On 8/7/2022 at 1:12 PM, Vishanka said: I headed back to jungle today and think I did a good job there, I really like it. Can't wait until you see it live with the weather effects and so on, looks great. Still, after I completed the jungle I knew that elven region needed another revamp, and elven region can't change without human region so basically I had to redo half of the mod. old new I used to use the same filter profile for the earth and grass textures resulting in earth getting too dark and desaturated. On the downside with lighter grass colors flowers will not pop as they used to. Nighttime is still pleasent with lighter grass, the shader handles that pretty well -- What do you think? Is it better or worse? I could also use some grass color in between but any darker shade will make it appear less warm. Difficult to say, since it also seems to affect the rock formations. I prefer the look of the rocks in the first pic. But I like the brown tone to the path in the second. Maybe try somewhere in between here? Or give it a darker brown hue? 3 Link to comment
Popular Post Lindor 438 Posted August 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2022 On 8/7/2022 at 1:12 PM, Vishanka said: What do you think? Is it better or worse? My opinion: New is better. Warmer colors, individual parts stick out less, grass colors more evenly distributed and all the flowers meld with the environment creating a wonderfully warmth landscape 2 Link to comment
Vishanka 236 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Timotheus said: Difficult to say, since it also seems to affect the rock formations. I prefer the look of the rocks in the first pic. But I like the brown tone to the path in the second. Maybe try somewhere in between here? Or give it a darker brown hue? The path is actually "rock" and not earth, that's why the color of the rocks change with it. However I did only change the rock color that the way uses, there are more files that I used to edit in my first version. I can try to use the same filter on those textures, although they are very susceptible for me missing one Link to comment
Popular Post Sasborg 3 Posted August 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2022 This enhancement is absolutely stunning. Been playing this game for over 10 years, on and off, and seeing it being brought back to life like this feels me with joy! Love the darker theme somehow, it gives the game its gravitas which it always had. Thank you for taking the time to make these! 2 Link to comment
Popular Post Vishanka 236 Posted August 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Sasborg said: This enhancement is absolutely stunning. Been playing this game for over 10 years, on and off, and seeing it being brought back to life like this feels me with joy! Love the darker theme somehow, it gives the game its gravitas which it always had. Thank you for taking the time to make these! Thanks for the appreciation! It's actually taking a lot longer than I thought it would, but I also feel it's worth the time; And I really enjoy the change and also to walk around and say to myself "this could be different, I could try that, I feel like it was meant to look like this" It's a bit like drawing a picture - sometimes you have to put it aside for a while and look at it again later with a new perspective 3 Link to comment
Sasborg 3 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Vishanka said: Thanks for the appreciation! It's actually taking a lot longer than I thought it would, but I also feel it's worth the time; And I really enjoy the change and also to walk around and say to myself "this could be different, I could try that, I feel like it was meant to look like this" It's a bit like drawing a picture - sometimes you have to put it aside for a while and look at it again later with a new perspective Definitely you need second looks to grasp everything. I think it's important to remember that Ancaria is not a unidimensional world where the same tempo and feel is dominating, unlike Westeros or Middle Earth. Here we have happy places like Thylysium and Griffinborough, where you perfectly captured them with the palette, dark places such as Entruag and Hissil'Ta, where more somber tones work, and fantasy places such as Dyr-Laigh and the Dragon Sea archipelago, where sharp contrasts would do wonders to capture the fairytale idea, just like a HOMM classic. And boy it's a big canvas... 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 18 hours ago, Sasborg said: This enhancement is absolutely stunning. Been playing this game for over 10 years, on and off, and seeing it being brought back to life like this feels me with joy! Love the darker theme somehow, it gives the game its gravitas which it always had. Thank you for taking the time to make these! A classy first post and very encouraging! I'm delighted that Vishanka's beautifully designed world has brought you back into the game and want to welcome you to the forums!! Thank for registering and finding our little Sacred Universe gogo 1 Link to comment
desm 329 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Hello Vishanka, I've tried the Beautification Project because it looks lovely but I think one side effect is that the flying leaves are all brown now. Il looks ugly. Have you noticed it and is there a possibility to have them green? Thank you. 1 Link to comment
Vishanka 236 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, desm said: Hello Vishanka, I've tried the Beautification Project because it looks lovely but I think one side effect is that the flying leaves are all brown now. Il looks ugly. Have you noticed it and is there a possibility to have them green? Thank you. Yes, that is no problem, just delete the files in this path called z_leaf-atlas-... Sacred 2\pak\mq\physx Sacred 2\pak\hq\physx and they will return to vanilla on your next start I will have a next release ready soon (holiday finally ) and it will be a bit brighter again in general. It will replace the debris again, if you want a custom color instead of vanilla leaves that you like better then I can create some textures for you to try. The original light green might be a bit too flashy in contrast, but I could for example just make it a little more natural for you and tone the green down slightly. Just ask if you want any custom changes. Edited October 1, 2022 by Vishanka 1 Link to comment
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