Competition Screens and Comments

Well hopefully this comp is still slowly moving on. Anyways here some screens of my map.

:eek:  very nice crackerjack :biggrin:

you know, i wrote you a critique that you requested :sad:

it was lost with the preceding version of this site..

i dunno if i can re-write it.. but in a nutshell, i need to see the map personally to give you a decent one..

send the link PM if thats acceptable.. sorry you missed the previous critique bud..

the shots take absolutely forever to load m8 :/

i must say, the screens look quite promising...very nice architecture...has a nice feel about it so far...maybe a few more diverse yet applicable textures?.....i'd really like to check it out first hand tho.....link?

Dr Brasso... :dodgy:

KoRnFlakes said:
the shots take absolutely forever to load m8 :/

that was a major portion of my critique as well.. :sad:

www.xat.com is calling to you crackerjack :sad:

get the jpg optimiser please.. in my critique, i reduced the images to 10% of yours, with the same clarity..

Okay fixed em up. They should load alot faster now. I was really amazed watching the jpg go from 484 to 49.7 kb with out losing any noticable quality. Thanks Orpheus. Btw im really bummed i missed. right now im fixing up a couple things with the map and then i ll send it to u. 

lots of peeps grumble when i post the link to the xat proggy, but i cannot stress how simple and effective it is.. its almost dummy proof.. and very handle.. how many programs will edit an unlimited amount of images all at once... and automatically i might add :biggrin:

Orpheus said:

KoRnFlakes said:
the shots take absolutely forever to load m8 :/

that was a major portion of my critique as well.. :sad:

www.xat.com is calling to you crackerjack :sad:

get the jpg optimiser please.. in my critique, i reduced the images to 10% of yours, with the same clarity..

Orph, im feeling the xat tool should be added to the links yeah? Seems wise, gives us 56kers some headroom for once :wink: accompanied by a little guide on how to ensure feedback on your "map" posts... ? just a thought!

Gwil said:

Orpheus said:

KoRnFlakes said:
the shots take absolutely forever to load m8 :/

that was a major portion of my critique as well.. :sad:

www.xat.com is calling to you crackerjack :sad:

get the jpg optimiser please.. in my critique, i reduced the images to 10% of yours, with the same clarity..

Orph, im feeling the xat tool should be added to the links yeah? Seems wise, gives us 56kers some headroom for once :wink: accompanied by a little guide on how to ensure feedback on your "map" posts... ? just a thought!

my sentiments exactly, even if people don't prefer it, the worse that can happen is they don't use it ..

since its your idea (this time :smile: ) why don't you ask lep about it :biggrin:

KoRnFlakes said:
the shots take absolutely forever to load m8 :/

Im on 56k aol, and they loaded in 10 seconds...Looks good so far man!

Vash said:

KoRnFlakes said:
the shots take absolutely forever to load m8 :/

Im on 56k aol, and they loaded in 10 seconds...Looks good so far man!

 because they are now fixed dill weed :biggrin:

you crack me up bud...

/runs

-grabs bat-

Do not pester an idiot like me orph!!

 

Gwil said:
Orph, im feeling the xat tool should be added to the links yeah? Seems wise, gives us 56kers some headroom for once :wink: accompanied by a little guide on how to ensure feedback on your "map" posts... ? just a thought!

Sorted :smile: (click 'new topic' in the maps forum)

Leperous said:

Gwil said:
Orph, im feeling the xat tool should be added to the links yeah? Seems wise, gives us 56kers some headroom for once :wink: accompanied by a little guide on how to ensure feedback on your "map" posts... ? just a thought!

Sorted :smile: (click 'new topic' in the maps forum)

hmm.. not to be an ass about it, but i overlooked it 3 times before i saw it..

could it be moved down to the message window so no possibility of it being missed?

cringes from expected wrath

its fine where it is imo

ok.. just trying to forestall future issues... you know, we are "LOOKING" for it, but others whom are new.. well might not..

i bow to the majority..

Just to keep the ball rolling - here are the screens from my last compile (about 2 weeks ago mind, so theres been a few changes since :biggrin: )

/droolage...

any chance of some water ending up beneath that great looking bridge?

 

yeh it would look great with some water under the bridge not that its not looking great atm cos its looking bloody fantastic atm

Orpheus said:
hmm.. not to be an ass about it, but i overlooked it 3 times before i saw it..

could it be moved down to the message window so no possibility of it being missed?

cringes from expected wrath

You wouldn't notice it as you're used to the site and you skip straight to posting- anyone who's new and won't know the ropes here, I'd expect to go through the page a bit slower and read it

Leperous said:

Orpheus said:
hmm.. not to be an ass about it, but i overlooked it 3 times before i saw it..

could it be moved down to the message window so no possibility of it being missed?

cringes from expected wrath

You wouldn't notice it as you're used to the site and you skip straight to posting- anyone who's new and won't know the ropes here, I'd expect to go through the page a bit slower and read it

you know, i thought about that too, but i kept remembering all those guys who skipped the tutorial section and forced us to have it take you straight there

but i know you are right.. how about i shut up till someone else loads some big whopper images.. deal ?

The rock texture is TERRIBLE. Looks like it had median filtered onto it.

The lighting outside could use some work, look more dramatic... I see a possible night time setting being a blessing for this one, give it some lamps and it would be very nice.

Cassius...what's a median filter?

Regarding the textures - i've deliberately done them like that to give them a simplistic cartooney look - and I did have some water under the bridge in a previous version, but I decided it didn't look as nice as I wanted it to, so it went

Anyway - some more screenshots - this time of my other entry - though this is still a fair way from completion. A lot has changed since the screenshots as I haven't compiled it for a while.

Geeze... You map too fast! :razz:

It doesn't look like there's too much cover around the Egyptian level, but I guess you're not done yet? Nice sky too.

I aggree with cass that your castle map would look very nive with a night time setting.

Your Egypt map looks really nice aswell but from the looks of theose screenshots it could do with some cover but like yopu said its still far from completion and you havent compiled in a while.

Perhaps being able to go into the pyramid.?

Yeah...you can go inside the pyramid in the latest version - I should really do a compile!

has the entry date been decided at all lep m8? I need a deadline to work to tbh.

KoRnFlakes said:
has the entry date been decided at all lep m8? I need a deadline to work to tbh.

hows this for a deadline to work by, finish soon asswipe or we will not help anymore

nah, didn't think you'd fall for that one :razz:

seriously tho, my pm works, if you need me to disect it enuff to motivate you

hehe, Il send you it eventually orph m8. I wanna perfect bits n bobs before I show you it though.

KoRnFlakes said:
hehe, Il send you it eventually orph m8. I wanna perfect bits n bobs before I show you it though.

sounds good, but i can differentiate between unfinished and poor workmanship.. seal it, compile it and send it soon.. i don't knock off points for unfinished areas :razz:

Adam - Gingin's palm models own :biggrin:

Indeed they do :smile: They add a lot of character to the map too - it looked a little 'plain' without them.

Where did you get the palm models? Share the wealth is what I say. :smile:

The models are by Ginsengavenger and were included in a few maps for CS recently (laguna being the one I remember).

Be sure to ask permission if you use them though! Nothing worse than a CS mapper reigning fire upon you :biggrin:

And whats this? We have a deadline! I better get workin...

When I get my PC in order again (just recently lost my XP regestry to an IO error caused by hardware) I can hook you up with a zip which has 10 or so trees in it, including the palm tree, if you are interested.

this is some kick-ass work here :eek:

Orpheus said:

Vash said:

KoRnFlakes said:
the shots take absolutely forever to load m8 :/

Im on 56k aol, and they loaded in 10 seconds...Looks good so far man!

 because they are now fixed dill weed :biggrin:

you crack me up bud...

/runs

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OK, this is gonna be the centerpiece of my map, once i fix some texturing problems.  Tell me what you think of my first honest mapping attempts.

umm... Its big  I think.. maybe not.  Could do with some glow sprites and some lasers  Perhaps some rotating stuff as well.  But good start.

give me like 30 and ill have a more refined and adjusted look for it

To be honest it's almost useless posting that picture up...

We cannot tell how large this object is, what concept art it's based off or anything. But from what I can tell it is some sorta spinny crystal generator thing, perhaps a similar spinning effect as the reactor in HL single player game... :kitty:

Very much work-in-progress...

Those curved pipes in the first shot are pretty sweet :biggrin:

And they're made using my own "cut everything up into triangles, even if triangles hate you" method. It keeps the polys low and manageable, but texture issues keep cropping up. Bleurgh...

lookin pretty good frag m8.

To be honest I've sorta lost all motivation to finish my maps for the competition... :sad:

Been there too for the last month or two - but it seems a shame not to finish them when i've managed to get quite far with them.

Most of my maps never make it past a days work, so i'm going to try my best to finish these ones off - quite likely my last maps for HL1 too as HL2 is just around the corner (hopefully... :smile: )

Finish your maps - it will be a good note to end HL1 mapping on :biggrin:

mr hawkins......you sir have a marvelous eye for architectural symmetry....i know people in the biz that cant get half the result you do, and they are supposed "pros"....well done sir....  :smile:

Dr Brasso... :dodgy: