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Posted by Tarky on Tue Dec 14th at 9:01am 2004

Just done an update.



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Posted by Crono on Tue Dec 14th at 9:24am 2004

It looks pretty good. Very thick HL2 feel

All i can say really is: If you want it to seem more destructive and detrimental to the area, put in some serious structural damage and not just age to the area (as it appears to be in the screens).

More overlays would be good too. Like giant lime and rust stains on the damn (if it ran long enough for it to no longer be full, this would make sense.)

I think overall, it needs more detail and more areas. In newer areas try spicing the architecture up. Because the best looking architecture (inside) you have are those column looking corners.

Other then all that, the lighting needs to be tweaked.

Keep at it.

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Posted by scary_jeff on Tue Dec 14th at 12:05pm 2004

Just to add to what Crono said, I think you could do with having some different coloured lighting in there. I can't see any obvious places for it, but a bit of colour is always good



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Posted by BlisTer on Tue Dec 14th at 12:45pm 2004

where everything looks good, pic 2 looks awesome. keep it up [addsig]



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Posted by Night-Wolf on Tue Dec 14th at 1:16pm 2004

I like this one, it has a real theme! Try adding some flickering lights inside or something.



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Posted by ReNo on Tue Dec 14th at 2:40pm 2004

I really like the interior style but it needs a bit of sprucing up. As Jeff said, some coloured lighting, done subtley, could really help out. Architecture is nice for its simplicity, but while I like your basic room shapes you need to up the detail a bit inside.

Really nice job though, this is one of my favourite looking HL2 maps so far
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Posted by Gwil on Tue Dec 14th at 2:48pm 2004

Looks cool, if a little sparse on the detail front as people have mentioned before. The colours and variation could be enhanced with structural supports, vents, monitoring systems etc.. - then you can stick some red ambient lighting behund them, for instance.

How about on shot #5 using the dust particles in the air effect (ala cs_office (CS:S) and various places in the HL2 sp). Should look fairly spinky.


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Posted by $loth on Fri Dec 10th at 4:06pm 2004

Like ReNo said, it's looking awesome! I really like contrast in the first shot between the natural stuff like the cliffs and the buildings. Also the way it's layed out makes it feel like a secret bunker in the mountains, which is a good thing smiley



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Posted by Desert Gunner on Fri Dec 10th at 4:28pm 2004

Wow, this looks great!



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Posted by ReNo on Fri Dec 10th at 2:30pm 2004

Its looking pretty awesome to be honest! I really like the setting, gives you a really nice opportunity to get cool terrain mixed with interesting buildings. Are you planning on having any interiors, or is it more of an outdoor-arena affair? I think having a good mix of tighter indoor regions for physics combat, with this more open area for long range gun fights, would make for a great combination.



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Posted by JacK on Fri Dec 10th at 3:41pm 2004

Awsome... Can't say anything else!



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Posted by Tarky on Fri Dec 10th at 11:32pm 2004

Thanks for the comments guys. Yeah Reno there will be interiors. I'm thinking possibly underground sorta maintainance type tunnels.



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Posted by Myrk- on Sat Dec 11th at 3:05am 2004

What displacement value do you have for all your surfaces? Looks like at least 6, which could mean trouble...



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Posted by ReNo on Sat Dec 11th at 3:44am 2004

It couldn't be 6, the only useable values are 2-4 smiley



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Posted by Tarky on Sat Dec 11th at 6:20am 2004

The powers are a mixture of 3 & 4. I wanted it to sew perfectly so I aligned small bits of terrain and then joined 'em up and gave 'em a power according to their size.



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Posted by Tarky on Tue Dec 14th at 7:36am 2004

I have done an update of the screens if you are interested..



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Posted by Nickelplate on Tue Jan 4th at 12:36am 2005

Looks good! <br>1st screenshot- Repetitive wall textures, make a hole in the upper wall that looks into another room, just make it for show, impossible to get to the other room. <br>2nd screenshot- Put some spotlights on top of the dam. <br>3rd screenshot- the little fenced-off shelf-room is superb! nice touch. <br>4th screenshot- Breakup the textures in that ramp-hallway. It looks so repetitive. <br>5th screenshot- Breakup the texture on the upper part of the walls.




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