The ambiance of the map is great, but I feel it's too dark (especially for a DM map) and the point_spotlight is over-used.

depends on what you consider "lame"

my old 1.8 with 512 pc2100 and a 64 meg radeon 9000 gets nice frames (20-40) if the map is optimized properly.

before you say it, DM_Mayan_Sancturary (i think this is the name) runs smooth as silk and its HUGE, so i am sure if the map is made well, a mid-sized machine can deal.

My feedback telling the author i really liked his map and will probally play it when i get a better computer cause my computer doesnt like big maps and open like his..

I was not trying to tell him that his map was not well constructed and i am not saying my map is well constructed my map simply is small and i dont have alot of props, and my map certainly has alot of split up faces cause of lazy and bad construction

I belive you havent even tried it yet

I make maps in the short ammount of freetime i get, i make those maps for my friends here on iceland for we can have a good fast game in a smallmedium map wich has all the aspects we friends like, and allso i need to make those maps playable on all our computers and they arent to great, that might explain the low detail and plain looks of this map dm_deluxe.

Im not trying to impress anyone by my maps or trying to make something really high detailed and good looking, im simply making maps for me and my friends...

And maybe you're thinking "hmmm why did he release the map on snarkpit if the map is only for him and his friends...???"

Well the answer to that question is that i know there are people who will like this map cause everyone seemed to enjoy when i betatested it.

Is it something you hate about me, im not trying to fit in here, im simply just a 19 year old student from iceland who likes spending his time off mapping. Im just not interested spending all my money into a new gaming machine and spending all my time specialising in hl2 mapping that would take away my work, my school, my gf, my bands, and my life

I the kind of person who likes being everyone's friend maybe i have somehow misunderstood your comment if so then im really sorry

You are getting to close to finished without a dload link bud. pretty soon you will reach a point that if we find something worth mentioning, you will have invested to much time to listen to us.

post that link soon, or at least chose some "trustworthy" people who won't hesitate to tell you how and where you screwed the pooch.

Screens do look nice, but I use my own judgment when deciding, not the authors who knows where to take a nice screen of his otherwise crappy map.

/2 cents

Wow, man yes it does... The story behind the layout is pretty funny though =).
I made a map called "halo" for HLDM about 2-3 years ago, i had played blood gulch for the first time the day before i started with the map.
My intention was to create something similar with the Half-life1 engine, although it failed since I had to make the map "L" shaped instead. As with Dm_valley, all the guys respawned with rockerlaunchers despite that the map was uggly as hell, it was really fun.

When i started with this map, i thought it would be fun to make a HL2DM version of the good old "halo" map. I started to make it "L" shaped during the first weeks, until one of my friends said "hey cmon, the source engine is powerful enough to render the map even if it is almost straight".
So i started to make it straight instead.