Elmigo
13th Feb 2012, 02:16 PM
Hello guys,
I've created an awesome highway exit and I'd love to share it with you. So there's this
nice highway exit right here:
http://i39.tinypic.com/wgxnd1.png
...and we would like to have a closer look at how it's built.
First of all, some of the stuff is from an expansion pack, I don't know which one, but I'm
pretty sure you can replace it by a base game or other expansion pack item.
Alright, let's get started. The first thing we do is creating a new road with the same
texture for the street, sidewalk and corner so it'll look close to this:
http://i43.tinypic.com/m9bvus.png
Also make sure you use the right transparency map for the sidewalk. It's called
dirt_street_opacity.dds and it should be available as a default map into your CAW
textures folder. I've chosen to add custom made stripes for the road and a custom made
sidewalk which actually shows no sidewalk. I think that's more realistic because this is a
highway.
Good, now we've created a new road, we can start creating a highway. This requires a little more attention, because one mistake can mess the whole thing up. It's VERY IMPORTANT you put the pieces of road in the right order.
1) First, create four curved pieces of road as in the image below.
2) Then create two straight pieces of road fitting the length of two curved pieces.
3) Now create two intersections and six shorter straight pieces of road.
(see the image below and check if you have all the pieces + make sure you have them in the right direction)
http://i42.tinypic.com/fyefiq.png
Alright, now connect all the pieces of road as in the image below! Make sure you connect them in the right direction, else cars won't be able to leave or enter the highway.
http://i42.tinypic.com/2ep2eqs.png
Now you should have something that looks like this:
http://i41.tinypic.com/orpi7c.png
Looks pretty cool already, but now we're going to finish it! Just drag the two long straight pieces of road all over the curved pieces.
Now we've got some ugly intersection pieces that look totally unreal! Just paint the ugly pieces away with the same texture as the road and sidewalk:
http://i44.tinypic.com/r0cv84.png
To finish the highway exit, I've found some cool objects (in the image below). Now all you have to do is put them on the right places and it'll look really cool!
http://i43.tinypic.com/2w4yxrt.png
THE RESULT
http://i41.tinypic.com/11jt768.png
http://i44.tinypic.com/10qjg4g.png
I hope I helped you guys!
~Elmigo
I've created an awesome highway exit and I'd love to share it with you. So there's this
nice highway exit right here:
http://i39.tinypic.com/wgxnd1.png
...and we would like to have a closer look at how it's built.
First of all, some of the stuff is from an expansion pack, I don't know which one, but I'm
pretty sure you can replace it by a base game or other expansion pack item.
Alright, let's get started. The first thing we do is creating a new road with the same
texture for the street, sidewalk and corner so it'll look close to this:
http://i43.tinypic.com/m9bvus.png
Also make sure you use the right transparency map for the sidewalk. It's called
dirt_street_opacity.dds and it should be available as a default map into your CAW
textures folder. I've chosen to add custom made stripes for the road and a custom made
sidewalk which actually shows no sidewalk. I think that's more realistic because this is a
highway.
Good, now we've created a new road, we can start creating a highway. This requires a little more attention, because one mistake can mess the whole thing up. It's VERY IMPORTANT you put the pieces of road in the right order.
1) First, create four curved pieces of road as in the image below.
2) Then create two straight pieces of road fitting the length of two curved pieces.
3) Now create two intersections and six shorter straight pieces of road.
(see the image below and check if you have all the pieces + make sure you have them in the right direction)
http://i42.tinypic.com/fyefiq.png
Alright, now connect all the pieces of road as in the image below! Make sure you connect them in the right direction, else cars won't be able to leave or enter the highway.
http://i42.tinypic.com/2ep2eqs.png
Now you should have something that looks like this:
http://i41.tinypic.com/orpi7c.png
Looks pretty cool already, but now we're going to finish it! Just drag the two long straight pieces of road all over the curved pieces.
Now we've got some ugly intersection pieces that look totally unreal! Just paint the ugly pieces away with the same texture as the road and sidewalk:
http://i44.tinypic.com/r0cv84.png
To finish the highway exit, I've found some cool objects (in the image below). Now all you have to do is put them on the right places and it'll look really cool!
http://i43.tinypic.com/2w4yxrt.png
THE RESULT
http://i41.tinypic.com/11jt768.png
http://i44.tinypic.com/10qjg4g.png
I hope I helped you guys!
~Elmigo