Well, now that I?ve managed to extract my foot from my mouth?

This shot is pretty representative of the general texturing/architecture/lighting level of this map. Suffice it to say it isn?t very high.

This is a nice touch as far as it goes. It explains where you came from, which is something that is often overlooked.

I don?t appreciate being trapped. If you are going to setup things like this, just kill the player. Also, these halls are WAY too narrow. they are simply irritating to navigate.

Um.. Yeah. I?m inside a cramped little cylinder with no lights in it, yet there is light?

This is the best constructed are I found, but you should note that you have too many env_shooters here. My HL crashed twice when walls collapsed.

Flat lighting, simple architecture, lighting errors on the pillars, and boring texturing all let this are down.

The stained glass window is a very nice touch.

Your little death messages are kind of amusing, but it does get kind of old to die with no warning.

It?s best not to expose unlighted edges.

The sword is kind cool, but it would be cooler if it didn?t entirely replace the crowbar. Now I?m going to have to delete this model to get the crowbar back. Ditto for the bible/satchels.

It?s an interesting concept. I think it would be very cool to see a good first-person dungeon crawl in HL, but I?m sorry to say I can?t think of much else positive to say. You obviously have some significant technical mastery of HL since you were able to put together some relatively complex entity setups, but the visual execution was, to put it nicely, somewhat less than desirable. Texture misalignments are rampant, the architecture is rudimentary, and the lighting gives me seizures. In far as game play goes, I can?t say much there that is good ther either. It is far too easy to get stuck, traps that kill with no warning are irritating and everywhere, and corridors are so cramped as to make navigation difficult. If there is a redeeming factor to this whole effort it is the weapon replacements, but as I mentioned, even those are a source of irritation because they replace existing items. I think if you want to do something like that you really need your own mod folder.

I say take this idea and run with it. This could be allot of fun if you were to spend about 500 times more effort on it next time.

Where can I get a template MOD folder? I realize you prolly made it on your own...but how do you get it....is there a thread somewhere I can read about making this my own mod?

Edit:

What is an env_shooter? I never used an entity by the name of that...I don't think...but I DID know that HL crashed occasionnaly at the same spot as you did...though I don't know why

I was assuming you were using a shooter because of the large number of concrete gibs that get spawned when the walls break. My experience has been that lots of gibs produces crashes, hence my assumption that this was the problem. I bet if you get rid of the or "gib model" or whatever key it is in the func_breakable the crashes will stop. If there is a way to specify the number of gibs, keep it low. I don't use breakables much as you can tell.

New Screenshots are up compare/Contrast with old ones!

Added light/changed tex

A little better lighting/a little more detail/different tex

A new door I am working with

Aligned the tex on the bricks/changed tex

Darker/different colors/more detail

Hopefully by Friday I should have the newer/better beta of the map. There are lots of better changes from the old one....refer to the previous post

Yeah, I don't know what happened. I couldn't view anything but the first page.

I may just take you up on the hosting offer at some point in the future. If I were you, I'd jump for HL2, especially with your proclivity for traps. I should think the physics engine would be a godsend.

As for the map, yes, I made it just as an example. I'm a slightly depressed, unemployed, living with my parents, college graduate. I've got nothing better to do. Glad I could be of help.