Darkmod: Inspiration thread

[Destined]

Nice iea for a source of inspiration Too bad there are no 3D scans of the fountain and the altar (or desk?), since it seems that these can be realtively easy be converted to models for TDM.

[esme]

Not architecture but could be good for lighting/sky effects

http://www.spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=117450&PHPSESSID=lbr97uoco8dpnrm8oib68j3or0

 

http://www.spaceweathergallery.com/

[esme]

The Klementium, Prague

 

[VanishedOne]

A selection from The Face of Prague: http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2015/09/17/the-face-of-prague/

[esme]

Having looked at these I think I'd like to visit Prague

[SeriousToni]

Maybe someone wants to recreate a nice new Cradle

Click here for even more sylum photos of the same series: http://www.xing-news.com/reader/news/articles/106832

 

 

Edited September 18, 2015 by SeriousToni

[grayman]

creepy

[Bikerdude]

Young Skacky has been quietly building away....

 

[VanishedOne]

I was wondering what kind of art a 'wealthy citydweller with private pagan sympathies' type might have, and came across http://www.wikiart.org/en/giuseppe-arcimboldo/mode/all-paintings-by-alphabetincluding seasonal and elemental sets.

[nbohr1more]

Hmm... new skybox:

 

[VanishedOne]

Suppose you wanted to make a mission evocative of the Keepers' secret places and buried libraries...

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20130604044818/http://www.russian-moscow.com/the-lost-library-of-ivan-the-terrible-part-1

https://web.archive.org/web/20130305020245/http://www.russian-moscow.com/the-lost-library-of-ivan-the-terrible-part-2

https://web.archive.org/web/20000903064812/http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/exlibris/1997/09/msg00119.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20090906025906/http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/1022.html##10

Relatedly https://web.archive.org/web/20031130231906/http://outside.away.com/magazine/0997/9709under.html

 

http://bldgblog.blogspot.co.uk/2006/03/tokyo-secret-city.html

Edited September 29, 2015 by VanishedOne

[Noordung]

house (old picture and new one)

stairway

 

entrance from outer side

entrance to town from inner side

Edited September 29, 2015 by Noordung

[Paralytik]

A pretty interesting instrument. Looks very steampunk!

[VanishedOne]

This might make an interesting loot item in a museum or lost city:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmetic_palette

[Bikerdude]

DrK posted this awesome map images over on ttlg -

 

 

 

[SeriousToni]

Wow that looks pretty nice! Is that some FM lore?

[demagogue]

DrK's Rocksbourg series is one of the best T2 FM campaigns out there, especially the city parts. You can probably tell from the map. I recommend it.

[Melan]

Yes. It has been an almost painfully long seven years (!) since Ink and Dust, but DrK is determined to finish the series, and the next part - a prologue mission - is to be expected soon.

[VanishedOne]

DrK's Rocksbourg series is one of the best T2 FM campaigns out there, especially the city parts. You can probably tell from the map. I recommend it.

With the caveat that the main quest chain in #1 is a 'read the FMA's mind' keyhunt affair. Don't let it put you off the whole series.

[SeriousToni]

Wow guys, thank you so much for all the advices!!

 

EDIT: Still got a question, so it seems you can only play A night in Rocksbourg 1 & 2 & 3 so far? 0, 4 and 5 are just "preview threads at TTLG" right?

Edited October 6, 2015 by SeriousToni

[Melan]

Look at this corner stairway:

 

 

Relatively simple scene, but the meeting of the lighting and the polished wood is something special. Nothing overdone, just a great balance. You could build it in DarkRadiant, and people would love it.

[demagogue]

Definitely. I've come to appreciate little nooks and crannies like this in the real world after being so conscious of space in game worlds. I really appreciate the little imperfections too, like the little bulges and gaps in wood, the way moss or mold can grow up walls, and the way seemingly-randomly strewed objects can have a hidden composition to them.

[Paralytik]

My mum linked some nice ambient stuff made by Alvin Lucier.

 

 

In his own words (1992): "Music on a Long Thin Wire is constructed as follows: the wire is extended across a large room, clamped to tables at both ends. The ends of the wire are connected to the loudspeaker terminals of a power amplifier placed under one of the tables. A sine wave oscillator is connected to the amplifier. A magnet straddles the wire at one end. Wooden bridges are inserted under the wire at both ends to which contact microphones are imbedded, routed to the stereo sound system. The microphones pick up the vibrations that the wire imparts to the bridges and are sent through the playback system. By varying the frequency and loudness of the oscillator, a rich variety of slides, frequency shifts, audible beats and other sonic phenomena may be produced."

However, Lucier admits a long thin wire is only used to impress, a short thin wire would have worked as well if not better, and he discovered that the best way to produce variation in the sonic phenomena was to pick a setting and leave the setup alone. He praised David Rosenboom for his ability to pick interesting settings. -Wikipedia

[Bikerdude]

Look at this corner stairway:

So....using SVN resources and some experimental engine code I whipped up a facsimile of the above image and expanded the area a bit

 

[Melan]

I knew somebody would build it, but didn't think it would take so little time!