Abandoned

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Well this is what i have been workin on along side finishing up ominious tell me your thoughts on it please.

http://cjmaps.hlgaming.com/ts/oldfactory2.jpg

OMGZ that sucks.

Jk

Looks great! :biggrin:

I like the lights along the beam in shot#1

Looks good...kinda has that 'Max Payne' feel going for it.

TS is so amazingly fun mapping for.

Looks very impressive although the glow sprites around the lights are crud IMO - FX value is too high.

ttfn

looks very nice, i especially like the 2nd screen and the lighting.

Any comments and critiques would be nice

altho commenting on screenshots can get you some information, if you want any quality feedback you should post a useful bsp (zipped of course) to get any reliable information.

my advice tho, in advance, if it is a mod, you might wadinclude the beta to avoid any possible wad conflicts from your audience, cause if its to much trouble, people WILL avoid it.

snarkpit, for the most part is a good bunch, trust them with your map, i doubt anyone important will steal any of its content.

anyone skilled enuff to do it, could get it from the screenshots just as easy..

zip a recent compile and post a link to it, but be sure its either wadincluded or has a wad..

keep the file small as possible for your 56k bunch :smile:

lol Orpheus u think i wouldnt wad include ha.. ur crazy i hate when people dont wad include so i do it so it will of course be easier. But let me rephrase the question i asked earlier.

What are your thoughts on the theme.. Is it a suitable abandoned factory or?

The shots are both in the same room, personally I think they look... decent. The looks are all there; textures, architechture, etc., it's just the mechanics are off. It's hard to take your eyes off the bright white light that has some fancy glows but doesn't really light the level, which is a major problem with a mod with such dark player models.

Sure, it looks like an abandoned factory, but like an abandoned factory with a UT2k3 twist. Strangely, I think this would work for TS in spite of that.

Crackerjack said:
What are your thoughts on the theme.. Is it a suitable abandoned factory ?

pics look fine..

factory looks fine as well, it will be up to you to make it more/less abandoned..

needs some litter and dirt piles and maybe some dusty areas..

looks hospital clean in there.. if its abandoned, its either recently so, and cleaned out :biggrin:

Thanks :smile: yeah lighting does seem to be a problem in here I will this and update with more pics soon

I second Orph's advice.

IMO those glow sprites are to intense. they are in-your-face when they should be subtle.

Also I'd suggest some abandoned semi functional equipment to add a bit more realism.

Thanks GUYS! thats just what i needed. Ill get right on those

I really like some of the stuff here, the realism is pretty spot on imo. Get some more coloured accentual lights on the go (I see some red ones but they are incredibly weak - don't be afraid to bump the intensity up - check my screens of px_selfless to see how they can turn out when strong) as at the moment every light is just white. I think you have done wonders for the amount of faces on display here, it comes across to me like minimalist mapping, yet it looks excellent for it. I look forward to seeing more of this one :smile:

Wow dark. Brighten it up a bit and you'll be rollin'

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more pics

Hey Crackerjack, can I get a copy of the textures your useing? This map is a truely awesome! You are one of the few great ones..

($)

Sure thing just pm me and I will give you a link

I LOVE U! =) Thanks.

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R's?

top r's are 837

Very nice.

What little I can see looks cool, can't wait to get on a good monitor so I can see it properly :smile:

The ambience is great; it's hard to tell much about the map layout, but the pics are pretty :smile:

Don't for one second think I have forgetten about this map, nor consider it a lost map. :wink: I have had a lot going on and including the CO_Uplink, haven't had to much time. 2d-chris and I have been working on this map to push it out. Here is an updated pic.

Funky stuff mate, I checked out the pics of this map again recently and was thinking "why hasn't he done anything with this, had good potential" :smile: Only thing I can think to criticise is that crate texture, it looks almost like a cartoony texture and therefore very odd when next to all this realistic stuff. Otherwise, very pretty, as we have come to expect!

Whoa. That's bad ass, Crackerjack. Very nice, man.

Agreed ReNo, I really dont like it to much either, it has already been fixed and will be changed for the next update. I'll just replace this pic later on. Thanks.

How the hell did you not manage to get on the NW team? :eek:

Lighting's perfect, those stairs are awesome, and the grass isn't flat. Sexy stuff. :smile:

looking really great, textures are nice and crisp and flow together quite well. Architectures nice, and the skys colour really contrasts well with the surface, but it looks like the level where the sky is showing is too dimly lighted when looking at the brightness of the sky, but thats being picky, might wanna see what other people think.

Keep it up, if i had TS id play it foh shizzle! :biggrin:

-BB

yea crackerjack good job with the outside :razz:

on another note i will be changing the crate texture, this pic is WIP, w_poly is about 600 max but expect that to slightly increase as i add some final detailing :wink:

Thanks 2d-chris

holler at me if/when you want a critique done..

anonymous upon request.

That looks great, makes me think back to boot_camp layout :smile:

Hey cracker, were'd you get the texture of the hanging wires that you used under the lights?

Orpheus: We will be needing one deff in the near future.

Half-Dude: Not sure, its actually in tons of wads, I think it started in the DoD wads, then TS got it and i dont know it, lol its everywhere. But search the TS wad, you might find it there.

Oh my god those crates are extremely sexy...

what's TS

The Specialists, its an HL multiplayer mod all about stylish fighting.

Well guys glad to see you brought this topic back up cause this map WILL be done by tonight or tomorrow or the day after, either way its getting done by May 1st. But that does not include Beta testing and rest.

Hopefully the amount of hardwork that I have put into this contest will get me placed in the ZTK clan contest. Thats why I can garuntee the deadline :wink:

So everyone interested on PTing this May 1st give me a holar and we will need a server

This map can either be played CS, TS or HL. CS version will be done by May 1st and TS-HL are pending

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A little update here, Im re-doing Team 1's start then this map will be in beta :smile:

Looks pretty good, but perhaps a bit empty in places?

Leperous said:
Looks pretty good, but perhaps a bit empty in places?

i was walking around pitcrew1 yesterday, and thinking the exact same thing.

here we have, one of the greatest creations in HL history, yet its barren.. with very few exceptions, our map is comprised of walls,floors and ceilings.

sadly, with all the limits exceeded, i doubt many could be added now.

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crackerman.. gimme a yell before its done :biggrin: .. i need to be able to find stuff that needs fixed :razz:

Ok... Pic 3 looks really messy, too many textures going on or something, I can't really make out whats what, and the rest unfortunately is very plain. You have cool bits but I think your problem is that you're not filling them with stuff or you're simply making them too big for themselves...

Looks great Cj. I agree with the guys it does look a little empty but that just means there's more room for fighting. Some pillars would make good cover. :smile:

looks very nice, i especially like the 2nd screen and the lighting.

Wow dark. Brighten it up a bit and you'll be rollin'

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Hey guys, TM_Abandoned is complete and is now an official map for The Specialists mod and Ghost Ops: Avalon Project mod. This means you will not be able to play this mod to either have a new release :biggrin: . Be patient.

I would also like to thank everyone on the SnarkPit for the constant support and ideas for this map. Thanks.

Here is a little preview pic :biggrin: