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Signs and more signs

by wiseman2 · 04/27/2009 (4:07 pm) · 4 comments

Sign textures anyone?

a few weeks ago on a nice cloudy day I took a drive and the stopped all over the place , collecting pics of signs. Well after quite a bit of work I've cropped and corrected most of them.
I've also started work on 512x512 textures each with about 26 street names on them. The idea is to make a fairly simple straight forward system to quickly put up street signs all over a city without using dozens of textures. So now you should be able to make signs quickly in constructor or whatever for hundreds of signs, with just a few textures. i was able to just adjust the offset of a sign in just a few clicks to get a new sign after copying a new one. I've also gotten them set for 4 different color schemes right now, but will have a few more before I'm done. i should end up with more than 300 different street names before I'm through, so we'll have plenty of diversity available.
for more info just check in at my site at www.mapvault.com

www.mapvault.com/mythrealm/images/signs_pre2.jpgwww.mapvault.com/mythrealm/images/street_signspre1.jpg

#1
04/27/2009 (4:55 pm)
for ultimate verisimitude,
don't forget to put the manufactured by unicor federal prison industries, inc sticker on the backs!
#2
04/27/2009 (8:55 pm)
that's awesome....almost fell over laughing.....we don't have those here in Colorado, but I'll include it for all those who want to use it....

I knew prisoners made desks and license plates....never knew about the street signs, but it makes perfect sense....

gotta love the prison system.......
#3
04/27/2009 (10:04 pm)
Looks great! good work!
#4
04/29/2009 (11:47 am)
These are details that make a difference in a city map. Good job!