Friday update and duscussions 2011-02-18

[The Kraken]

Originally Posted by Il2Pongo

I am not sure on the limitations of tiled landscapes, but a line of shrubs or even something green would be way more imersive then the BIG BLUE LINE they currently render when the map says "creek, stream, river, canal"
Even just shutting off 80% of them in the map would be better then where it is.
I hope at least they shut them off at 5000 feet or so. Seeing the bright glare on dozens of "creeks" at once from altitude(like the recent MS screen shot) would be a shame.

Well I can see why it's not possible to line up every river with hedges and shrubs (and then roads and railroads on top of that) without any gaps. And I've certainly seen bright reflective surfaces of even narrow rivers from the air more than once (needs the right lighting conditions though).

What I don't get though is the deep blue colour for water. At best the water appears somewhat transparent from the air, and shows the darker riverbed below. Usually though it's simply some muddy brownish-greenish tone. That would also blend a lot better with the landscape.