Art Revolution mod. Latest release: January, 2015

[Jorzi]

So far we have been managing without alpha for the base plates. Cnceo did a few iterations with alpha but he ended up going back to the traditional format. It does give you more freedom and I actually kinda liked the bases with alpha, but if it complicates rendering, I don't think we need it. Non-square shapes can be made by simply altering the mesh, anyway, and much can already be done with 1-bit alpha.
In fact, what I would like more would be trying to move towards unified lighting of terrain and features.

[cnceo]

I believe I tried to make use of it in order to blend in the baseplates with the underlying terrain. Not sure, if it really improved the look though. If I could wish for it, the base-plates would be proper models with fancy textures and shaders...

[MaNGusT]

Alpha is useful only for the flat base plates which flatten the terrain under it. so, as Jorzi said, in future we can just alter the mesh of it.

[qubodup]

1. https://addons.wz2100.net/292 links directly to an old version
2. I made two higher-quality building sound effects, inspired by this gorgeous mod - feel free to include them viewtopic.php?f=49&t=14921

[Hanigun]

Hi! Do you plan to continue working on the mod?

[monty_powmia]

Hey! I would like you know it too

[MaNGusT]

We could, I think, someday. It's just about finding the inspiration or something. Like adding support of tangent-space normal maps (and other "modern" graphic stuff) to latest build could make my workflow handy and more creative. I mean, for example, I can "draw" a lot of cool 3d details just by editing 2d texture but I can't do this with current normal mapping method. Such things just annoy me and I lose inspiration everytime I work on unfinished models.