That made me pee a little bit. Good one Combine.

You're quite welcome Juim. Lemme know when/if I can do it again. I liked most of what I saw. Haven't been this excited since your Klingon_dm.

[EDIT] You know I was thinking about that elevator shaft. You could add a broken elevator that stuck mostly on a floor below where you could walk on its roof and climb the ladder.

You could add some depth by doing that as people would be able to see the supposed next floor below.

As for the rest of the map, if you could increase the detail in the bland places that cannot be seen from topside, you would better this map without hazarding more frame rate losses from above. You have distinct areas some detailed, some barren. Having a distinction thats just being empty isn't one I'd care for in a map.

It would help a lot just to have some planters in your areas with benches and phones.

Keep plugging at it. It looks nice so far. Lets make it look fantastic.

Thanks Orph. I can appreciate the reasoning behind the fps issue. Thats why I would love a good helping hand with some optimization. I dont know if you discovered the teleporters placed around the map. The one screen shot you showed of the street actually has one just behind you which teleports you back up to the top of the structure inside the park. Also behind the art pieces outside theres a teleporter to a snipe walkway on top of the buildings, and from there you can teleport beack inside the main structure. I also added the ladder between the water pools.

Even though my rig is nice, its by far not the best ,and the lowest I can seem to get is 60fps anywhere inside the map. I'll focus the final betas on fps issues for lower spec machines. My laptop keeps it in about the 30-35 fps range and that;s a Go6400 graphics card. I will figure it out though I promise.

Hey Reaper, thanks tons for the compliment. I have experimented with cheaper water textures and lo and behold the framerates have gone up almost 80% in the widest view. From 60-ish to 100plus!. Very cool. I also got rid of the central tunnel, as Orph pointed out it was quite long and seemed redundant. So I plugged it. Also gone is the ticket booth. Just removed all the glass and door brushes, the structure is still basically there. I also raised the skybox so you cant throw objects into the ceiling anymore, (except gravnades which fly a great distance).

This weekend I am going to work on soundscapes for the map. I am still throwing around the 3d skybox idea, but I just may let that go until the next map. Look for what I hope will be the final beta this weekend.

*sighs*

You spelled my name wrong in the readme.

Sorry but I am in a really bad mood presently. Even in spite of my good fortune in getting my new place.

My f**king ex daughter-in-law.

I just took it out on you.

Ignore me, for a while...

I think this map needs other eyes than mine for the last bits and bobs. Right now, it needs peeps with an eye for optimization and its practical uses.

Not that I'm bailing out on you but in all fairness, my HL2 skills are sorely behind the pack.

The fact that this map has come so far is a testament to your willingness to alter your view, in favor of what needs to be.

I will try to load the new version just to get some FPS information for you since you have already optimized since I saw it last.