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Outerra Engine => Ideas & Suggestions & Questions => Topic started by: Player1 on July 21, 2016, 08:08:26 am

Title: Vegetation biomes
Post by: Player1 on July 21, 2016, 08:08:26 am

Hey guys,

This might be a dumb question, but I would really like to know. I am not able to play Outerra at the moment and I am quite curious about the vegetation biomes, which came with 16.7057. How many different biomes are there at all and which ones? :D

Title: Re: Vegetation biomes
Post by: 2eyed on July 21, 2016, 10:05:23 am

If I counted right, there are now 35 species (with size variations) all in all. Some look quite ok, some look like hand drawn. No seasonal variations like snow covered trees yet (but 3 ones without leaves). Resolution is still lacking; we need 3d trees.

Title: Re: Vegetation biomes
Post by: Player1 on July 26, 2016, 06:43:01 am

Hi 2eyed,

thanks for your reply. I can play Outerra again and I can fully agree with you. Many trees do not look good at all. For example, there is one in the tropical climate, which just looks like one picture (even with a very low resolution) turning aroung when you pass by. I hope they will replace those trees by realistic-looking ones in the future. :)

Title: Re: Vegetation biomes
Post by: KW71 on July 26, 2016, 10:25:56 am

Yes, the resolution is a limitation. All the trees must fit in the same shape (which is high and narrow), so when we have a wide tree, it end up being too small inside the texture, and, thus, with low resolution.

Title: Re: Vegetation biomes
Post by: John514 on July 26, 2016, 10:49:07 am

Quote from: Player1 on July 26, 2016, 06:43:01 am

For example, there is one in the tropical climate, which just looks like one picture (even with a very low resolution) turning aroung when you pass by.

That's how all trees in Outerra currently work. (Except maybe some 3D trees imported as placeable objects). There is a 3D tree generator in the works but there is no ETA for it.