Squidyard

Well, I couldn't stop mapping after all. Here's my latest creation that
has been under work(on and off.. mostly off) for.. over year and half.

Hmm, I'm going to get off my arse and actually check this one out. :smile:

we have an unofficial who's the best contest, and hullu shows up out'a nowhere.. you sly ol' dog you :heee:

again, welcome ol man.

The rockwork in that last screenshot is shocking, but otherwise the map
looks cool. I totally agree that it has a valve DM map vibe going on,
will take a look tomorrow probably.

hm.. 7:30am .. probably should have slept .. but couldn't stop mapping.
Yes, rockwork sucks, but if I would have made it better would increase
r_speeds at RPG too much (trying to stay under 800).

So I did this and some other visblocking tonight:



So lets see.. where's that nice rockwork tutorial? :biggrin:

we have an unofficial who's the best contest, and hullu shows up out'a nowhere.. you sly ol' dog you :heee:

huh? where?

uh oh... hullu's back. er, i mean ghost of evilspy's back, of course

New version, beta6. Added detail to rocks. Beta7 will have rock texture scaled down from 2.00x2.00 to 1.50x1.50 :razz:

This is very close to final release. So please play it! :kitty:

(I, ffs, didn't sleep last night because this damn map . Not fun to stay up 33hrs)

Looking clean & good. Good job.

Ok the outside picture...

The window bits- either side make the frames stick out a few units and extend to the ground, but not the bits above and below the windows, just on the sides. Then get rid of the pillars underneath.

I really am meaning to but I'm afraid I still haven't gotten around to
testing this one. I should have a full free day tomorrow, I'll get on
the case :smile:

This ramp looks a little too steep. Normally you could get away with a 1/3 slope on a stairway, but not on an exposed ramp. Give it a 1/4 slope since you have the space.



I dunno, looks like a texturing error to me, even though its probably deliberate.



This is simply awesome. It looks like something torn straight out of HL. If you could keep this level of lighting and detail throughout the level it be something else, like a long-lost valve map. :biggrin:

-The connectivity looks good from what I could tell.
-The lighting looks too bright and flat, especially in some of the more cavernous areas. Some shadows would really improve visuals and gameplay.
-I think the outdoors area needs something in the middle, even if it's just more crates. It's too open and there aren't enough ledges and entrances/exits to justify it.
-I know you're going for gameplay over looks, and I will always support that belief, but there's a lot more you could do that would add to both, such as changing the lighting, adding more roof supports you can gauss to, more height differences, etc.

Inspired by Valve deathmatch maps. Most of theim are overbright with some darker areas :wink: .. so I'm just going to keep that one area dark.

I'm seeking for same kind of gameplay as in stalkyard :smile: (as BulliT explained me years ago why it was so good for HL-teamplay). Hm.. stalkyard is quite flat but has lots of well placed crates :O .. maybe I should fill underground with more grates :O

Ramp will be fixed. Thanks.

Texture will be fixed. Thanks.

Hm.. big crate at near center, closer to rocks. hmm.. new enterance from the back (outside <-> lift room).

Myrk-, thank for tip.

Didn't know you knew Bullit, Hullu....errr now I'm trying to think of a
reason why that even matters :biggrin: Anyway, sometime today I'll do a
critique, promise :smile: Now to find time in amongst my Full Spectrum
Warrior playing...

Well, I was consulting him about cheat detection or something like that
about year ago (I was lead coder Cheating-Death until
I burned out) and told about theim to him and showed. He told he would
need hl-teamplay map, and showed stalkyard and boot_camp (which in his
option was bit too big for teamplay) and what was good about theim in
teamplay.

New day, new version. Added new enterance to outside area. Better looks at outside. Still under 800 r_speeds (thank god..erm..zoner for "HINT").

Screenshot number 2 replaced with new one.

beta8: Tuned lighting down a bit. Fixed misaligned texture seen at screenshot 2.
This is very close to final release.

finalbeta: More light. RPG in underground changed to LJ.

Very nice use of the standard textures, it would be right at home with the standard valve maps. The lighting is a bit monotone though, some shadows and highlights would be nice.