Zevink Ztuocs

More shots as the day progresses. The title means "easily fooled" in Arabic.

looks really nice, good rich array of colour despite being a fairly small "palette" as it were.

that building on the immediate right looks too square, blocky, although
i get the impression that it does have sand "spiked" up against it in
the bottom right corner, so it probably looks alright in game.

Is that a little glow effect I see from the sky? :razz:

It does look very nice though - beautiful textures and the scene is
nicely laid out. As gwil said, a couple of buildings are a tad blocky,
but the textures mean that doesn't really matter too much. Very nice
work, I look forward to seeing more :smile:

Really needs better trees, the ones with the masked fronds. Those
textures rock, been meaning to experiment a bit with them ever since I
saw them. Stone-foundation texture used under the building on the right
looks a bit strange / overscaled.

Counter-Strike... Please say it isn't so. The title scares me even
more, almost. I think this would make a nice single player map - maybe
something like Myst, where you walk around solving puzzles? Nice to see
that you're mapping again. :smile:

Superb environmental lighting.

Looks great. I like the architecture for the buildings.

Nice shots cas, what are the r_speeds like?

looks cool, the blazeeer texes do fine work here :biggrin:

why are you fooling us with the tron glow tho?

and i hope ur gonna give this map a name other than de_zevink_ztuocs :razz:

i do believe you're having us on with the meaning of the title, Cass

[edit]removed by the fluffy pink rabbits[/edit]

fishy said:
i do believe you're having us on with the meaning of the title, Cass

zevink_ztuocs = scoutz_knivez backwards.

"Easily fooled...."

"Scoutz_knivez..."

I get it. :razz:

It beats mine
not that ive really been working on it

Nice, but looks sorta empty, it's like buildings/roads and nothing more. Try adding more random stuff around. Oh, and you are using that glow thing to make lighting look better right ?

Gah, apparently I am 'easily fooled.' :sad: Oh well. Nice screenies Mister C.

Your first clue would be that there are no Arabic characters that start with a 'zzz' sound. (Arabic is sounds by the way, not letters, for anyone who was wondering)

Also, Cass, the only thing I could suggest for the map is get a sand texture for the ground, for some small parts/patches, and possibly put some small brushes of the same texture falling off onto the path way. Also, there is grass in Middle Eastern countries, don't be afraid to put actual greenery in the map (Not saying I know what you're planning, but a lot of people think its nothing but desert). They also have a lot of farms (Yes, with horses and goats).

fishy said:
i do believe you're having us on with the meaning of the title, Cass

zevink_ztuocs = scoutz_knivez backwards.

Don't tell nobody, I'm gonna try to release this for Hostile Intent and laugh as they gradually go from saying "LolL Lux Good!!!11" to "WTF???".

Looking very good

Ya, looks great!

Most of 'em are for a map by the name of de_halla, I think... either way you'll find 'em on Blaz's texture site.

Crono said:
Your first clue would be that there are no Arabic characters that start with a 'zzz' sound. (Arabic is sounds by the way, not letters, for anyone who was wondering)

No, it sounds a bit like greek. But not quite. :smile: Oh, and arabic doesnt have vocals (or so ive heard).

Looks nice, Lovely environmental lighting. I also like the name,
"easily fooled" sounds pretty neat. Great piece of architechture too. I
like how the different textures blend well.

thursday- said:
also like the name, "easily fooled" sounds pretty neat.

:rolleyes:

I think on the left of that first picture where the retaining wall of the path is there should be some overspill of sand onto the main walkway. As on the left the sand doesn't reach the lip of the wall, but on the right it does and by it being sand it would make sense that it would slide or blow over the edge.

To be honest, I dont think this map would look that good with out the glow effect from HI. Your buildings are overdone. The maps set up is of 90 degree structured buildings, your pathways are nice but the buildings are dull and under brushed. Maybe some 45 degrre angled buildings? It would give more variance, I would suggest reading Ferrets tutorial on this subject.

Some overhead bridging and interiors would be very nice too.

Keep up the good work.

Just stick about twenty five crates into one hallway. That adds a lot of detail.

cracker loves me

Spartan 34 said:
Just stick about twenty five crates into one hallway. That adds a lot of detail.

u got it

Lol. Just to let you know it was sarcasm. I don't want people thinking I'm some kind of noob. :smile:

Hm, I have a question. How do you use that glow mod, cass ? Just replacing a dll, or ehm ?

it installs as a mod in your custom games list

http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?go=tron1

It'd probably be better if you compiled your own, changing the blur amounts and the weapons if you have the uncompiled dlls for other mods.

Sooo, are you going to make this map for CS or for CS:S?

Do something with this map, I've been waiting ages already. It's too pretty to abandon.

I love the that trees (i forgot that word now grrrr) where did u get those models??