First post, by xjas
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I've been playing a lot of Need for Speed - Hot Pursuit 2010. In it you have some hundreds of km's of roads to explore with some stunning visuals - you can drive from the seaside straight up into snowcapped mountains (which is actually a thing where I live) or just generally go wherever you want. I like to turn off the "cops" and all the opponents and just cruise around.
Let's say I wanted to make my own little world like that, but in lower poly, untextured; targeting a software rendering engine for older systems. Something like Eternam or Test Drive III but more detailed. (TD3 used tiles, I don't want to do that.) How should I go about it? What editor could I use, and how could I structure the data? Should I generate a map with something like Terragen and edit it to suit my needs?
Have any of you made something like this? Love to hear your opinions/suggestions.
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