[map] Prototype

This is a a discussion topic for the map "Prototype" by Loco which can be found here

Map description:

2003 map competition entry

V. small and not my best. I rushed it a bit for the original release date. Hope to release better version soon. Nevertheless, great fun to play with great sniping areas and a large, not-quite-killbox area (for those people who like that sort of thing...)

Orpheus very kindly reviewed it here: http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/orpheus/comp_reviews/prototype/prototype.html

Map screenshots:

A fine beginning to a mapping career.
review at:

http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/orpheus/comp_reviews/prototype/prototype.html

The main thing that let this map down was architecture errors. You made a great effort capturing the image you chose. Great work.

Thanks guys. My excuse for the architecture errors? I used a program called "Revolver" which uses a 2d profile and revolves it a round an axis and then generates a .map file. Not great results. I'll fix it when I can be bothered to go back to the file. The other excuse is that I'm just plain lazy!

from my forum post

This map looks good at first glance, but the nasty slowdown you get in the main room says something's up. It's not the r_speeds, DM_Ominous went twice as highly and still ran smoothly on my comp. So what is it? Tauing around in the main room I see all sorts of brush misalignments, and generally things not meshing well. I'm betting there are all sorts of Leafportal saw into leaf errors, and a few HoM type problems (although I didn't spot any obvious ones). Cleaner brushwork that stays on the grid would help this map out a lot. In terms of gameplay, I found the dead ends and questionable weapon/ammo placement to be irritating. For example, I go all the way down the ramp in the lobby to find nothing but some handgun ammo. That's not cool. The dual Health Chargers seemed a bit excessive and quite probably camperific.

good job transferring it to 3d

I'm rating this a 4 because if you take the time, that map can be an uber scene. Simply redo the lighting to make it more dramatic, and do some NICE sprite effects with env_beams and env_glows and this'll look f'ing sweet.