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Published: 2011-02-24 00:23:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 1774; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 99
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Two weeks have passed since I've posted any screenshots in relation to my Subway here on DeviantArt. Along with critique from friends and especially the helpful users of Polycount I have worked on the subway an awful lot more and have added dramatic changes:- Structural Meshes to enforce integrity
- Advertisement Boards
- Advertisement Billboards that Scroll
- Decals
- Heavily improved lighting and Post Processing
- Improved materials (Increase of normal maps in Tiled walls)
- An entire Tunnel
- Pipes and wires etc.
Thank you all for your comments so far, as always I do like critique so don't be afraid if you see any problems. And of course your comments are always inspiring and helpful.
- Sythen.
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This is coming along great Sythen! I want to say watching it from it's earliest to now has been a pleasure!
With that said, let's get to the critiquing!
- The textures are painted well, but they are still not 'popping' to me! They are still looking flat. The chairs, walls, pillars, floor, etc; are not showing much depth. More normal/bump map needed on those to make them come alive!
- I can see some dirt and scuff, but not a whole lot; subways in my experience are dirty, not so clean. Dirty them up! random garbage, newspapers, etc will make it look more 'lived in'. Even some sand dirt piles around where you board the subway would be pretty realistic. Even in the summer time, your shoes/etc get pretty dirty and you're going to track that into the subway on a daily basis. 
- lighting is looking niiice! as well as the post processing, love the colours you chose!
- advertisement boards are a really nice touch, and feel very realistic and lived in! Only thing is rights... I've never put subway adds of real stuff in before, so i'm not sure if that's allowed or not. The udk of course as it's a free engine, but i'm not so sure about the avatar.
- Texturing has come along way and is really getting close! the chairs look awesome, and i cant see breaks or seems in anything, good job!
- I am digging the florescent lights! Do you have any of them flicker presently? a random one or two flickering would make it just 'pop' but then, you can't see that in screenshots. If you plan on video recording this for a demo reel let's say, put in some flickering lights! if not, maybe have one or two lights 'turned off' so they look burnt out
really awesome work man! you're getting there!!
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Thank you ever so much for your help Mune.
I knew there was something but couldn't put my finger on it. Things definitely need to be more grimey so I will get to work on redoing those textures and creating some decals too.
As for the advertisement boards. Adverts currently present are simply there to as placeholders till I create some of my own adverts.
And the lights flicker! well two or three of them, but they are controlled by a looping Matinee sequence and change the texture of the bulb along with the light source so they are in sync.
You're advice and help has been totally inspiring Mune, thank you very much for being there. =]
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haha i'm happy to help ya, i'll always be here!
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2 Downloads? It'd be great if you could let me know before hand ^^
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Coming along great.
Looks better with every post.
Job well done my man.
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Thank you! ^^ My next work is this damn subway train. That will take.. a while o.o! xD
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