Ice Cavern BETA Release
Wow, this was so much fun! Kinda sux it's over
Ice Cavern BETA Pack:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/mzowztzwjn2/Ice Cavern.zip
This was by far the most fun and rewarding retexture I've done to date. I also have to consider it my best work too, b/c I accomplished my goals with nearly every texture and even had a few pleasant surprises.
I left the 'spinning ice blade thingy' untouched. Not b/c it can't be retextured, but b/c it's just an absolute mess. Overlapping tiles, stretch zones, etc. Also for the below reasons...
Remember the fiasco with the clear ice above the flowing river? Well, there were more places like that. Here's the scoop: some areas of the ice cavern (usually walls) are made up of 2 and 3 textures that are blended together in-game. Yep, and the spinning ice blade thingy is a component of a few of those walls. There aren't many of them, but they were very frustrating. Frustrating just for the simple fact that I wasn't able to control those specific walls directly. Since they were blends of 2 or more textures, it makes you feel kinda powerless.
But fortunately, with the right base textures, the blend actually looks pretty good!
Overall, I'm happy and very satisfied. Here's a few shots:
The last screenshot is an example of those blends. The walls in the top and right of the screen use 3 textures that the game automatically blends together with some funky equation. Link's standing next to the ice block you have to push around (it's one of my favs!)
Things I didn't touch, and the reason:
1)Spinning Ice Blade thingy - already mentioned reason
2)Red and Blue ice crystal shards - uses very soft gradients, trying to increase rez made it look like crap (tried 6 or 7 dfferent versions; all dookie)
3)Magic Red Ice that you melt with the blue fire - couldn't identify the original texture but I'm sure it would be the same as #2.
I'm going to take a break for a few days before deciding upon what my next area will be. But I'll keep a close eye out for any corrections that may be needed and re-upload what must be done.
BTW Lewa: your icons are turning out great. Have you uploaded a link to all your approved icons yet? If so, I must have missed it.
EDIT: Forgot to mention in the 3rd screenshot - the big blocks covered in ice are actually seamless. However, in that particular area (the blocks you can jump up on) the game doesn't tile them correctly so it looks like an error although it's really not something I can control. The rest of the areas using that texture look awesome.
