Articles by adam

May 19, 2016 0

Terrain texturing, height maps, and geometry

Reference images for this post 4a 5f 5e 5b 5d 5c 5a Issues with terrain rendering in Civ games I first played Civ in 16 colours (EGA), and it was fine albeit a little ugly for the time. Moving to 256 ...more

May 17, 2016 0

First approximation of Fog-of-War graphics

Idea: When tiles go outside the visible range, use my “dynamic temporary replacement-materials” system to give them a black-and-white material Works, but … the downside of using ...more

May 15, 2016 0

Progress video: Days 6 + 7

Progress so far: Latest build adds smooth camera movement, and first approximation of fog-of-war. See ...more

May 15, 2016 0

Tech trees – reference

I don’t want to use these techtrees, I’m making my own. But many Civ players know these by heart (they’ve not changed much since the original in 1992), and you need to know them in ...more