HL2 Map Mosaic

Sorry for the new thread, but I didn't want to put this under the old "here is my idea" thread.

The project is ready and I already have 9 people signed on. I'll post updates as they come along here.

If you dont already know what the map mosaic is you can find all the details here:

http://docglass.net/Game_Mosaic.htm

Im working on a section and i hope it turns out great :smile:

good initiative

I'm working on Area 4. Good luck to everyone involved!

thanks guys. As of now all 10 slots are filled, but its still open to anyone who wants to start work on Mosaic #2.

ACtually, Hamemr hates me and is giving me tons of crap, so we'll see if I manage to finish my area

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Signature? What signature!?

Hey is area 5 vacant?

I hope that I still can continue my work on Area 7 though... although it already has 1 in line :biggrin:

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you can see how many mappers are working on any given area
here

Madedog, keep up the work, I'm sure I'll get more people to work on
Mosaic 2 (I plan on being one of them) I also just may mix and match,
lets say area 1-10 are done and there are 4 mappers working on area 1-4
respectivly. If it doesn't look like more people are going to
sign on then I'll release Mosaic 1 and then Mosaic 2 with the 4 new
areas and 6 old areas.

I'm up for mosiac two.

Same here, I think I'll have enough time for one room.

It's looking promising my good Dr, you've got it really well organised. My congratulations.

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Ham and Jam Contributor
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'Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!'

i can tell you that with my part of the map it will be really surreal.. in a strange way

if anyone has an idea for a custom prop that would go well with their theme, and isn't too obscure (so it can be used by other people elsewhere too) or complicated, then i'd be up for having a go at making it.

if anyone's interested, then remember that the better the reference pics are, the better the chances are for the model to be made.

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Then gimme the template for area 8 if the other areas are occupied. :smile:

Then gimme the template for area 8 if the other areas are occupied. :smile:

The directions on the site are quite simple, and Area 8 has been taken.

So let's get this strate. The first mosiac is filled, but you plan to do a second one. When will the second one start?

there is no real start or finish, you can pick up the area you want to
map from the web site and start on it when ever you feel like it.
Once your done, send it to me.

As more and more people send me the diffrent areas I will begin to put
them together in one map. Once I finish the one map of 10 rooms
(that will be mosaic #1) I will put any left over areas into that map,
once I have enough areas I will put the 10 new areas inthe the map and
that will be mosaic #2

(demonic double post; it happens :smile: )

Allow me to take area 7 for cough the imminent second mosaic . Being a "very hard"-to-make area I can't imagine too many people fighting over it.

You are wrong, Andrei. There are already 3 people working on it :biggrin: If you too, then 4 :biggrin:

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You are wrong, Andrei. There are already 3 people working on it :biggrin: If you too, then 4 :biggrin:

indeed, that one has the most hits. If you really want to do it, then do it, I'll figure out a way to get it public.

I think area 7 is the most popular becuase it is the most unique. lots of gates, lots of space.

Give me a hard one, as I really enjoy a challenge and have been doing
this for a while, so I have a decent amount of mapping experience.

Was going to ask though Dr, have you set the size specifications for doors and portals? I can't remember seeing it on the site.

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'Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!'

The gates are already made and hopefully my one is in mosaic no. 1 :wink:

After all I did send mine as soon as you made this idea.

The gates are already made and hopefully my one is in mosaic no. 1 :wink:

After all I did send mine as soon as you made this idea.

but you sent me a map that crashes hammer when ever it is loaded.
You need to re-send it to me and this time put the vmf in a zip file.

Already did :wink:

Maybe you just opened it in Hammer 3.4 :razz:

It's...all gone...all gone...my hdd is dead... ...everything's gone...i'm starting to consider suicide here.

Err, when exactly is the deadline for these areas?

As soon as you can, if you take tooooo long, some one else may get to
take your spot. But all that means is you will have more
time to work on it while the next mosaic map is being put together.

and, andrei... your hdd is all gone? dead? holy s**t that is the worst...

maybe just let everyone work on the areas they want.. and if you end up with more than 1 of each area, you already have your second mosaic..

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the players tried to take the field
the marching band refused to yield

Yes, I think he already said that. :smile:

yeah, thats basicaly how it works, I just want people to send me and
e-mail with a little bit of info (name age location) so I can put
together a bio page.

If any one working on this has their area ready for beta please send it
to me! I can fix any small problems so send me what you can.

Ok i've got my stuff fixed up so i'm ready to (re)start working on area 7 :sad: gasp .

Andrei, u should have used GetDataBack :biggrin:

Anyway... I mailed it and hope you'll are able to do something with it
:smile: It is not very much-lit room, but I tried to make it look natural.
Maybe it isn't but I don't have any more time to work with it so I
finished it off fast. I'm really afraid that there are too few ropes
but the heck..

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Oh, but I did use a data recovery program and It was unable of
recovering anything due to beyond-bad clusters :sad: . So I erased everything completely.

I put together the 3 areas I have and I put together a 4th area for the
beta, I must say its pretty neat. With a few bug fixes it will be
ready for relese.

Great! Given how enthusiastic people are in joining such a project, I
think we're going to have at least 4 or 5 more mosaics. :biggrin: I can't wait to see mosaic #1 and I can't wait to start making a room for mosaic #2 (and I will this weekend).

Hey Doc. I haven't officially signed up yet, although I've been
fiddling with something for Area 10. The template itself is
rather small... and consequently my area is very linear. Its
nothing more than a hallway and a large room. Is this ok?
My goal is to make something that looks strong so that walking through
a connector is like... whoah. In other words, the gameplay is
going to suck... is that a problem?

nope, I was just running around beta with a friend and I must say its pretty neat, even if gameplay isn't the best.

Think I might make a part of the mosaic... How many cubes big is the mosaic? Does it make a cube or a square or what? You should make an overall pic showing all the different sections alignments...

I think for a future mosaic there should be a morphing of themes between, so any area that joins has to morph the themes of the opposite rooms maybe.

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Hey Galls, sign me up for an area all to myself! Any one u want! just let me know

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I think you have to go to the mosaic site Doc set up and then pick an
area you want to do, download it, and let him know which one you picked.

Get it in as soon as you're done since the first people to do each
section (10 in all) get into the first mosaic. The people who
finish afterwards get slotted into the second.

Here is the main site

This is the member list so far

Sign up here

this
is the rules page with a map over view at the top

that should be all the info you need, just to keep me sane and
everything undercontrole I've set up this system. All you have to
do is send me an e-mail and then download the area you want to
make. There area alot of broken/dead links becuase I'm updateing
the site right now, but all the info you need is still up.

I plan to have the beta out by monday and dm_mosaic1 done by next month.

Hahah wow, it looks like Area 10 is representing East, West, and Midwest USA!

Er... doc... I am not from UK... I am from Estonia glad if you fixed this :biggrin:

By the by... I see that mappers go younger and younger each year...

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Er... doc... I am not from UK... I am from Estonia glad if you fixed this :biggrin:

By the by... I see that mappers go younger and younger each year...

wow sorry made! I was so impressed that you were from Estonia I dont know how I over looked that.

Geeze, I feel really guilty about not having started my area yet! It's okay, I'll have something done over the weekend.

Great!

here are some shots of the
beta
areas, I'll have the map to you all by later today (sunday)

Looking pretty nice so far :smile: . I'm going to be making something over the weekend aswell - yet another area10 based room.

Seems like people are going with a surreal look :wink:

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What the Snarkpitters listen to!

Woot my one is up there :biggrin:

Nice work and I like your one Dr Glass!