Okay here we go.
you might want to make that button move the right direction... and what does it do? don't put buttons in a map that do nothing. especialy buttons next to a missle silo... it's most dissapointing
the rotating doors are horribly irritating! even your sliding ones either need to move allot faster, or be chucked. in addition these side hallways are way too narrow. Oh, and please seal off that closet. just make the door locked or somthing.
there's somthing wrong with your grating, it seems to glow...
that vent system is fantastic! it's great to get the gluon, and be instantly sucked into agiant fan! (this is your best lit section of the map)
This is much improved over your preveous map (outhouse?) but there are two main points you need to adress.
1. Lighting: as I say this is much improoved, but it still falls flat. lighting in a map is only secondarily there so that the player can see. lighting must have character. Yes I'm sure a real missle silo would have uniform harsh lighting, but that isn't the point. don't be afraid of shadows. use light_spot ents to make pools of bright light surrounded in moderate shadow for instance.
2. layout: this map is quite disjointed. I didn't play it with other people, but I felt that there was absolutly no flow to it. you have the oppertunity to fix this, however. you have a number of dead ends that stop at the silos. simply by makeing them lead into the silos you could vastly improve gameplay potential on this map. another gameplay related issue is those lifts. they are far too slow.
archatecture is pretty simple, but it fits the theme of the map, so no complaits there.
You are improving very rapidly!
Looks good 
Just curious though, why is the last screen in Tracers review on its side? I'm assuming Tracer Bullet - with his l337 skills - was practicing some fan dodging..... 
Actualy, for the theme of your map, the standard HL textures are pretty good. However you might want to check out the wadfather http://www.planethalflife.com/wadfather/index-new.htm
Specific things I might try in terms of lighting:
in the silo you might try putting bright spot lights on the missle and alowing most of the area to be lit with the reflected radience. you'll still need to use some normal lighting though. the lights you laready have in there are fine, but they either need to be further apart or dimmer...
As to that grating, the correct render mode is "solid" not "texture". that should take care of the glow.
| ? posted by Ryandor |
| Yup, it would appear that he's.. how should I put it... DEAD :P |
Turned to hamburger
(among other things).
Much improved
those drop down lights create a very nice shadowing effect.
(not lighting) you might try putting some sort of head cap on those vertical supports. They are a bit boring, especialy when compared to that excelent detailed piping.
(also not lighting) the stairs are also pretty bland. try useing a trim texture for the rise. (the vertical face)
Your first screenshot on your page looks pretty boring. Like, just some computers and oddly textured pillar things. Maybe add some crap on the floor or something, I dunno. You might consider prefab crates
EDIT: Maybe there's an opportunity to cut a hole/trough/channel in the ceiling, put some pipes in it and cover that with a transparent grate. Or you could do that on the floor - a tried and true method!
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I hope that's a joke. |
And how!
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