In Progress Andrast [Stage 3 - Vegetation]

[mattlego]

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Project Leader: mattlego
Co-Leader: N/A
Project Staff: N/A

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Introduction
Andrast is moving into Stage 3 where Stage 1 was terraforming (sandrast) and Stage 2 was materials. I have split the project up into 12 sections which are outlined further below. These sections are at varying levels of completion with some being fully complete and others still needing a little more materials to be added before adding vegetation. As different sections are started, more thorough plans will be posted here such as a map of the different vegetation types as well as some concepts for these types. For this stage of the project, I would love some help from the community whether that’s designers or artists joining the project staff or help through jobs.

Map(s)

Spoiler: Vegetation Map and Section Map

The vegetation will be based mostly on Jace’s old map but some modifications will likely occur

Status
Overall: 74%
Section 1: 100%
Section 2: 100%
Section 3: 100%
Section 4: 68%
Section 5: 57%
Section 6: 50%
Section 7: 97%
Section 8: 97%
Section 9: 50%
Section 10: 40%
Section 11: 42%
Section 12: 83%

Detailed description

Spoiler: Section 1

Terrain: [100%]
Materials: [100%]
Vegetation: [100%]

Spoiler: Section 2

Terrain: [100%]
Materials: [100%]
Vegetation: [100%]

Spoiler: Section 3

Terrain: [100%]
Materials: [100%]
Vegetation: [100%]

Spoiler: Section 4

Terrain: [100%]
Materials: [80%]

• Some more materials will likely be needed in conjunction with vegetation to make it look good and blend seamlessly with the existing terrain

Vegetation: [25%]

• Forest needs to be added
• Shrublands needs to be added
• Some more heatherlands need to be added
• Some final details to transition everything together nicely

Spoiler: Section 5

Terrain: [95%]

• Some small streams need to be added

Materials: [75%]

• Materials need to be added for the vegetation

Vegetation: [0%]

• Likely will have some shrublands and forests

Spoiler: Section 6

Terrain: [95%]

• Small streams to be added

Materials: [45%]

• Mountains could use some additional strata lines and whatnot
• Materials for vegetation need to be done

Vegetation: [10%]

• Area will likely be mostly forest

Spoiler: Section 7

Terrain: [100%]
Materials: [100%]
Vegetation: [90%]

• Mainly just adding grass to empty parts with some small trees and other details here and there

Spoiler: Section 8

Terrain: [100%]
Materials: [95%]

• Some strata lines need to be added

Vegetation: [95%]

• Just need to add some grass to empty bits

Spoiler: Section 9

Terrain: [95%]

• Some small mountain streams

Materials: [50%]

• Mountains need a lot of materials to be added

Vegetation: [5%]

• Most likely will be all grass with some trees here and there

Spoiler: Section 10

Terrain: [90%]

• Likely some streams need to be added

Materials: [30%]

• Mountains/cliffs need some more detail
• Materials for vegetation need to be done

Vegetation: [0%]

• Mostly a mix of grass and forest

Spoiler: Section 11

Terrain: [90%]

• Streams need to be added

Materials: [30%]

• Some more details on the mountains/cliffs needed
• Materials for vegetation need to be added/redone

Vegetation: [5%]

• Will be mostly forest

Spoiler: Section 12

Terrain: [90%]

• Some more streams should probably be added

Materials: [90%]

• Some more materials might be needed when updating the vegetation

Vegetation: [70%]

• Just a matter of updating some sections of grass most likely

 

[mattlego]

Ok so here are some inspiration images, I will likely update this post with more inspirations photos if I find more. I'm also planning on posting several more posts in the future which will outline different concepts for each of these different vegetation types as well as any necessary information about replicating them such as through the brushes used.

Aspen Groves

Spoiler: Aspen Groves

Beech Forests

Spoiler: Beech Forests

Grasslands

Spoiler: Grasslands

Heatherlands

Spoiler: Heatherlands

Mature Scots Pines

Spoiler: Mature Scots Pines

Silver Fir Forests

Spoiler: Silver Fir Forests

Tide Pools

Spoiler: Tide Pools

Willow Groves

Spoiler: Willow Groves

 

[mattlego]

Update:
I am happy to announce that I was able to finish section 3 (the delta) today. This brings 2 sections to being complete with several others quite close to being done as well. The only thing left for this section could perhaps be a tree fix job to fix any messed up trunks but otherwise, I'm happy to call it done. Have fun taking screenshots of the new terrain media team

P.S. I will be on vacation for the next week so there likely won't be any progress in Andrast

 

[mattlego]

Update:
I decided it would be nice to add some half slabs to the delta and the river and I think this would be a great opportunity for some jobs. If any foreman are interested in running these jobs just message me on discord and I can give you some more details. I have already laid out some sections in red wool and there are some complete areas that you can base it on.

Example:

Also, after seeing some sneak peeks of the future vegetation update, I will likely redo a lot of the vegetation in the river and the delta so there will likely be even more jobs for that in the future.

 

[mattlego]

Yet again another update...
I just ran a job on the delta and thanks to everyone's hard work involved the delta was able to be finished. This marks something like the 3rd revamp/completion of the delta (I think a 4th may be imminent with improved vegetation textures though). There will be some more jobs in the future though for completing the Lefnui.

 

[mattlego]

Small Update:
Thanks to some help from @Rogue_Scholar today, I was able to finish up my tide pools. You can check them out at /warp Tide Pools. Some small details may be added later down the road especially when the section is worked on but for now I'm quite happy with them.