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Checklist for Mid-Term:
Visual & Verbal Presentation
Content(Textured & Populated):
Height Terrain LODs
Ecosystem LODs
Architecture Module LODs
Sky Dome
I think it looks really great so far. The water (and especially the reflection) both look awesome. The only things I see that could use some work are the textures and (if its possible), slow down the water animation. Other than that, good job so far!
Whether a skybox looks good or not tends to have a lot to do with specific image types. I'm sure its just from lots of experience but the skybox gives a very good feel of distance.
The texture on the castle, however, doesn't show very weel (or doesn't exist) and that combined with the great big bright sun gives me too much of a "Disney Castle" feel. I would suggest a more contrasted brick or stone texture to make it feel as realistic as the water and skybox.
I like the sky and water, they look great and realistic. unfortunately this brings attention to the lower res textures on the terrain and architecture which you might want to work on.
I really love the water material and I think the aesthetic of the scene is very nice. It's simple but very effective.
I only saw two things that bothered me. The first is that the waves seem to start and stop at the beginning and the end of the animation. I would fix this by adding a few surrounding frames at the beginning and end of the render, or animate the noise manually instead of using the "Animate Noise" checkbox.
The other thing is that the scene looks very sparse. It works but the horizon looks like it extends off into nothing. Not a huge deal but it would be cool to see more information on the right side of the frame.
I really like the water and I really love the colors. The texture looks like it is either very small or very stretched (presumably by disproportionate UV's). Either way, more detail should be in the cliff texture. The castle should have a texture as well. Even if it's simple.
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