House Exteriors

:) · November 25, 2006, 03:32:02 PM

Ok in this tut you will learn how to make some good looking houses. Most houses I see now a days in games, the person has just selected the house, and simply dropped it in the map like this:

First of all, if you haven't noticed on the RTP house, there is a shadow line, it is impossible that half your house will be light and half dark! When I see that in your mapping, I will immediately know how your mapping skills are.

LETS START!

Layers:

Step 1 Using layer one, lay out grass, and then make the house back/side wall:
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Step 2: Still on layer one copy and drag the tileset of the house onto the map and lay it like this:
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Step 3: Still on layer one, extend the roof:
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Step 4: NOW ON LAYER 2, top the roof off, and overlay the back of the house top like so:
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Step 5: switch back to layer 1 and use the grass tool to erase/cover the while top of the roof that you already overlaid in layer 2 (step 4):
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Step 6: (sorta hardest step)On layer 2: Connect the roof to the side roof, use the tile's shown in the screenshot and work on layer two until it looks like:
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Step 7: go back to layer 1 and fix that house shadow!:
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Step 8: Still on layer one edit the roof and fix the slices, also add a shadow on the back wall near the building, and change the design on the front of the house:
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And your done! your house is finished, now just add items around it, make it look realistic, using mainly the second and third layers to make items overlay and such.

after all that we can make a house like this! : (in game screenshot)
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Please if you liked it or hated it just leave me some feedback. Thanks and also if you liked it take a look around I have more tuts!

Snickers · November 25, 2006, 04:29:22 PM

WOW! nice work. This will really help my houses! haha the first screenshot is an example of my maps.

Yol · November 25, 2006, 06:27:29 PM

nice

but i curently think that there's such esier wey to build a house

:) · November 25, 2006, 06:30:45 PM

well, I posted this after making it in 10mins, easy or not, it was just meant to show people how to make a GOOD house over an average one..

Well anyways thanks for the feedback...and what is your eaiser way? if possible make a tut for it and post it.

Snickers · November 25, 2006, 06:32:17 PM

again, I think you posted in the wrong place.

:) · November 26, 2006, 05:05:09 PM

well, again snickers its blizz's choice if he likes it or not..

subzero · November 30, 2006, 09:51:56 PM

your on fire

Your tut are great, keep up the good work

:) · December 01, 2006, 01:54:43 AM

Quote from: subzero on November 30, 2006, 09:51:56 PM
your on fire
Your tut are great, keep up the good work

Thanks

More to come!

:) · February 25, 2007, 06:13:08 PM

wow...I made this a long time ago xD.

I am bummping this because in many screenshots I still see the missuse of the shadow. Please don't drag and drop the house.

Elistios · February 25, 2007, 06:43:10 PM

Nice there buddy

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That sure is good to help pple increase there mapping skill

Good job!

One day i'll post my project and you'll see a new kind of mapping (SPOILER

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Elistios!

Blizzard · February 25, 2007, 06:49:59 PM

Bug. (>.<)

:) · February 25, 2007, 06:51:29 PM

I hate bugs xD
I'm probally going to update/remake this one in a week or so...my mapping has improved over this time.

Blizzard · February 25, 2007, 06:58:39 PM

Actually there are even more bugs. (>.<)

:) · February 25, 2007, 07:05:06 PM

Quote from: Blizzard on February 25, 2007, 06:58:39 PM
Actually there are even more bugs. (>.<)

true, 2 more on the roof itself, one on the house front, and I think the fence is a wrong color at the end.

Blizzard · February 25, 2007, 07:26:05 PM

But it doesn't matter, since you're gonna fix it.

Decadent Sympozium · February 25, 2007, 07:54:53 PM

The only issue I see is the circled crossing, wrong fence brightness, frontal wodden detail and..that's it. Nevertheless, it is still 100 times better than most of the buildings I've seen.

:) · February 25, 2007, 07:59:15 PM

new tut. =] hopefully better then the old version.

Blizzard · February 25, 2007, 08:02:53 PM

*gives Nouman the secks he has earned himself*

in form of rep++ xD

:) · February 25, 2007, 08:09:11 PM

Quote from: Blizzard on February 25, 2007, 08:02:53 PM
*gives Nouman the secks he has earned himself*

in form of rep++ xD

why thank you. =D Hopefully this helps more people now that I pointed out the tiles to use as well as a screenshot on how to use them. also its like 4 more steps then last time. BRING ON THE VIEWS PEOPLE...lol I never want to see a bad house again.

Elistios · February 25, 2007, 08:29:46 PM

Hip Hip Houray!

7Angels7Plagues · February 28, 2007, 09:21:11 PM

I have a few questions for you about housing.
Here is my sample below:

I don't understand how you can make your house larger. If you add another tile then it will have a line going across your house. There are also no corner pieces for the bottom level and there is no bottom brick trimming. It makes it look like my house is only half completed. Also, the second floor looks like it is floating.

:) · February 28, 2007, 11:35:20 PM

here, I made a quick house. Look at my map and look at yours and the door isnt a tileset. for door making please go to this link:

http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,12541.0.html

7Angels7Plagues · February 28, 2007, 11:51:31 PM

Okay, thank you. I just think it would look better if the houses were larger than 2 tiles...

:) · February 28, 2007, 11:52:48 PM

your welcome...two tiles? xD

7Angels7Plagues · March 01, 2007, 12:07:54 AM

Well like the door...that's two tiles large, so the house looks kind of small. I don't know which tile to use to make my house larger though, because if you do this:

It makes that line go across the house. And i don't think any of the other tiles would work either.