Underground

Heres some screens of my new map underground (beta) opinions welcome:

http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/matt/maps/underground.JPG

http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/matt/maps/underground.JPG

a bit dark, aint it?

I can't see anything much either :sad:

Architecture and textures look OK so far ... but it's quite dark ... place 2 of those lights in your room ...

And put some crates in it ... looks quite empty atm.

:smile:

Its atmospher! :biggrin:

Yeah I'll take a look at that.

It's pretty boxy and empty. I don't recomend crates however. they would do nothing for the boxyness. there is nothing wrong with a square archatectural style as long as it fits the theme, which this does, but you need more intrest, such as roof beams, trusses...ect. basicly the only way to make square archatecture look good is to have exposed structural members.

I like the lighting :smile:

Looks good to me. Not too dark on mine either. The main thing to add IMO is a few dim coloured lights and something of interest in the ceiling, for example supports, girders, vents, hanging cable, pipe, etc.

must be my monitor, i see one textured florescent light, nothing more :sad:

I think he is just trying to get some ideas and get a theme going for an underground area... I don't think that is meant to be the final set in stone lighting :smile:

Orpheus said:
must be my monitor, i see one textured florescent light, nothing more :sad:

Heh :smile: I see a pillar too...

Don't be afraid to use light even if you are making a dark map. It's more than possible to make a dark atmospheric map with careful use of lighting.

Hey! Where's the pics! I can't see em.

I'm just kidding :wink: , but honestly I agree that it looks a little dark. But maybe it's atmospheric. I guess I can only wait till you've released the map and play it myself. :smile:

Maybe you could add some dimmed lights on the pillar ...

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More light =

I like it so far..

The lights could be washing down the walls between some support colums. soft colored light..

The drive way portal in the back would look better to me if it were going up, as if you just drove down to an underground area.. but then maybe that just leads deeper down..

Make sure to do rock walls some where in the map to show that your underground, and not in some big building.

But it is looking good..

($)

I'm already scared! :shocked:

It seems to be a really atmospheric map. Will it be a singleplayer or multiplayer map?

Thanks for the comments, Although its going to take ages to get any further. Any ideas as to how I can connect my rooms and what else should be in the map would be appreachiated. :smile: