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Posted by Underdog on Tue Dec 6th at 3:54pm 2005

The textures look nice. I have seen nice textures before and do not automatically assume that they will be utilized to their best ability. Can you show us th same textures used in a way that would show them in action?

The images you posted look nice but do not really say much. They are really to close. I mean, it looks as if I am inches away instead of feet where I should be when viewing them.

Thanks in advance.




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Posted by Finger on Tue Dec 6th at 6:29pm 2005

Actually, you can see most of those textures in the screenshots I posted. Once I release a playable beta they can be better assessed. They look pretty good to me, ingame, though there is always room for improvement =D



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Posted by fishy on Tue Dec 6th at 11:22pm 2005

the textures look good, and would look so much better on more interesting surfaces. the paper lamp texture should be on a nice little model. the simple cube that it appears to be on at the moment reminds me too much of how an hl1 lamp would be made. again with the tall wooden support beam things. they're too straight. if the surfaces were a little more interesting, ie displacement surfaces with just a little bit of shape, that would break up the harsh straight edges, and make the texture appear more organic. making some of the roofs into displacements with minor variations could also create that general straightness but overall ricketyness that you'd expect from one of those roofs.


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Posted by Finger on Wed Dec 7th at 1:09am 2005

very true Fishy... I actually fired up Softimage last night and started learning the program. I'm very proficient in 3DsMax, sort of proficient in Maya, but clueless with Softimage...anyway, I'm working on a lamp model right now. I'm thinking about going all out and creating quite a few custom models for the map.



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Posted by Dr Brasso on Wed Dec 7th at 2:18am 2005

? quoting mazemaster
Underdog, you are Orpheus. I am not kidding at all when I say that.

hmm.....his name is....jon as well is it not? and what was that
compression prog he was always on about?

Doc B...:dodgy:

btw....finger....very nice work sir.....you make me want to get back to a bit od custom work myself... <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">





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Posted by Underdog on Sun Dec 11th at 1:40pm 2005

Finally, I had time to look at those screens. Not that they were still to big or anything I just have been busy and... forgot.

Anyway, your maps tend to go for realistic, or relatively realistic so my only two comments presently are this:

Japans mountains and rocks are much to young to be so rounded. The peaks and canyons would be much steeper assuming this setting is in Japan. I would try to make the rocks more severe and jagged if possible.

The flooring. Most notably the broken pieces are much to thick. Floor boards are at most 1/2 inch thick. Well I only know about American flooring but I assume that its fairly approximate everywhere. You look like you have a bunch of broken 2x4's laying around.

Wish I could say more but I seem to have better feelings for maps from the inside. Screenshots do not really show a map well because the author tends to show the best areas in them.




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Posted by Finger on Mon Dec 12th at 6:22pm 2005

Youre right on both counts. I definately plan on sculpting the rocks more. Also, the floorboards will get a whole facelift once I get around to them. The map geometry was literally imported from HL1 and retextured, so little bits like that need to be reworked for more realistic scale.

Haven't worked on it in about a week :/





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Posted by indofear on Wed Mar 1st at 10:27pm 2006

when/where can i download this map? If your not going to finish it, can you upload it and post the link so someone can?




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Posted by Finger on Thu Mar 2nd at 3:54am 2006

I'm sorry. I really should get back to work on this. I kind of dropped my multiplayer maps recently to focus on a personal singleplayer project I am more interested in. It's sort of disheartening seeng only a handful of people playing the game I'm making it for, and even fewer playing custom maps. But.. I forget that there are people who actually look forward to this map, and now you've made me feel all guilty.

I wouldn't dream of letting anyone else take on this project, but I think I will put some time into it and bust ass to get it released. Hell, with HlDM:Source being released with Aftermath (episode 1), there might be a boost in the DM community.

Thanks for inquiring.





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Posted by ReNo on Thu Mar 2nd at 4:17am 2006

Oooh really? I hadn't heard anything about HL1DM:S in ages, so had kinda figured it was being swept under the carpet!

Glad to hear you are still planning on finishing this up Finger - it's really about time I did that with Echo <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">



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Posted by indofear on Thu Mar 2nd at 9:38pm 2006

i really can't tell you how greatful i would be for you to finish this map soon. I'm involved in dm big time. If it is as sweet as it looks in the screenshots, there would be a ton of people playing your map. I think DM commun. is growing because many new clans are popping up lately.

Hope to play it soon!





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