practice dude, practice

MSpaint is the worst Jpeg optimiser of them all G.ballblue, but lets not this map thread turn into a rant about image sizing- I think everyone gets the message, and if they haven't they never will :razz:

Blueman, you make my head hurt.

But thats OK, because I know how to make a great quality image at less than 100k. :wink:

Myrk- said:
Ballblues pic looks absolute crap quality though- although this is probably a crappy jpeg processor or unnessesarily low settings.

It would HELP, if they chose the correct image dimensions to begin with. In this way it wouldn't looks as stupid without the red text saying "You big dummy, you need it to be 800x600" or whatever translation you chose for "AUTO DOWNSIZED"

Secondly, and conversely, with the 800x600 jpg. you can spice the size up a notch without as much degradation. In other words images at 800x600 and 100k look much better than bigger images at 100k.

Of course we all know that great quality images at 800x600 CAN BE AT 60K or less, but here again, 100k is coolness for all.
Gblueball is obviously in need of a good quality image optimizer.

Ballblues pic looks absolute crap quality though- although this is probably a crappy jpeg processor or unnessesarily low settings.

As for the map- looks good, but look around, how often do you see entire areas of the same architecture? Places are generally built over time in chunks.

G.B., could you explain to sonicdm how you managed to make a pic of only 40% of the filesize size of the original, because he seems to be ignoring me.

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Here are some updates:
new overview:


Some T Spawn Changes:



And a big skybox bridge :o :

/me hits sonicdm repeatedly with Orph's big stick.

The top route looks great, but judging from the layout I think it needs some cover... or else people wont feel safe taking it. Perhaps a doorway or two that they can duck into.<br style="color: white;">

Yeah i do have the paths all done better. i was kindof tired when i posted this. I will try and fix the post when i get home from work.

Here is a rough layout shot.

there is still no 2nd bombsite to speak of but it will be off of that hall at the bottom