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Sundown over Arazzo.

Note how the Realistic HD Night Sky brings the JPEG process into trouble XD.

@tobjoern and @maczopikczo, I have culled the trees (<console>TT) and the palms are still standing there and have shadows! So, technically, they are no trees, right? :-)

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  1. TesaPlus
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    Ah, now that was an enlightening conversation. I am sitting here, head turning from left to right, occasionally nodding knowingly, hoping nobody would notice my ignorance ... ;-) Thanks! :-)
    1. maczopikczo
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      You forgot: "...looking pretty"

      Oh, and you know the trick - from time to time you just need to use a difficult word like "enigma" or "metropolis". This way you put everyone else to shame ;P
    2. Tobjoern
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    3. TesaPlus
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      8-D
  2. alimal
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    Short lesson of modding for Ubanga fans:

    These palm trees are really not trees. It is not possible to do palm tree visible in game (spt file). Oblivion don't read of so-called "fronds". It can be easy done in Speed Tree, but it will be never visible in game.
    There are two ways to solve this problem.
    First: You can do palm as nif file (ie static object). Palm trees in Ubanga are static.
    Second way: You can avoid using "fronds". Palm trees will have short leaves like Chamaerops humilis (no long like Date palm). I didn't do it yet, but it is possible.
    I will do it later.
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    Maybe it is possible "unblock" visibility of "fronds" in game.
    But it is a task for computer scientists.
    ALAnonim
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    By the way!
    I've made better orange trees, fig trees and new tree (Albizia)
    A lot of work for Macz!
    1. maczopikczo
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      It's very useful information - in my experiments with SpeedTree I used fronds. Now I know that I need to either change that or read a lot of stuff on this subject...
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      Believe it or not, last night I was making a new texture for... weeping fig (ficus benjamina), and was looking at the orange trees, collecting suitable photos
      Albizia looks like a beautiful tree - it will be great pleasure to see it in Ubanga (and possibly to make a large texture for it). Seems quite difficult - lots of tiny details.
  3. Tobjoern
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    Very nice and romantic! When I look at this wonderful sunset I could imagine me sitting in a fishing boat, coming home in the late evening after a hard working day.

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    Technically, I'd guess: yes.
    Tesa, I dunno much (to be honest, nothing^^) about modding the trees. Instead I would refer to macz's modding experiences with grasses, shrubs and (of course) trees, - not to forget alimal's informative reply.
  4. Malachi Delacot
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    nicely done
  5. maczopikczo
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    Mmm, very pretty. Etenera looms over the town like a giant monster.
    I've always liked realistic night sky, although I've been using a different one.
    If the palms are still standing and drop shadow I'd say they are tough sturdy bastards ;P
    1. TesaPlus
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      :-) Thanks, and also for the link, I'll give it a try. I recall a guy, who had surrounded both Americas in a sailboat, alone, and he said that thousands of miles away from the the next human settling the milky-way looks like a band of clouds.