Omni-Arena

I like the concept of areas opening up after time passes.

Good idea ... but when players join the game later on ... all the area's are already open ... ?

Well, how would you rather it worked?

This map is almost completed, just some tweaks left. I am really trying to do something new with this one...





If you are wondering about r_speeds, in the arena they get up to the mid 900s at the worst...



[edit]This is the arena during the first phase. These walls come down after 2 minutes, letting you out into the area you see in the first pic.[/edit]



Since the spawnchamber is void of combat, i was quite a bit more tolerable of higher numbers. It gets up to around 1300 in here.

It strikes me as a little bland - and I accept that you have to keep r_speeds low in large arenas, but there is 100x more detail in the spawn area than in the arena? Seems a little wasteful if you are going to go straight out of there :razz:

Download available?

also, is that red "pad" on the left of the spawn chamber shot a teleporter? if it is, add a sprite or something to signify it is, it's rather tucked away down there. if its not, ill get me coat :razz:

Reminds me of Quake/Doom somewhat, but I think that lighting is way too bland. Try to get some high contrast lighting in there, as well as some colours other than white.

Kage_Prototype said:
Reminds me of Quake/Doom somewhat, but I think that lighting is way too bland. Try to get some high contrast lighting in there, as well as some colours other than white.

Mmm, good point - you could even use lights or alternate textures cut into the floors of the arena to break it up a little, just feels like an empty bowl at the moment.. give it some "pizzaz!" as it were :smile:

Actually, there are sprites above the teleporters, but for some odd reason, they didnt show up in the screenshots.

Interesting colors. I would take white spotlights and do some major highlighting. The ceiling has some minimal depth but the floor and walls lack it immensely. So as rspeeds allow fix that.

I agree, spotlights could do wonders for this map without adding to r_speeds...

Like the staircase and roof in the first screeny but it does look very empty.

The first 2 pics do look rather barren but I like the sunroof in the 1st pic. Not sure where you're going with the second pic and that dudes kinda scary. Third pic looks nearly finished and quite good I might add. If the rest of it ends up this quality it looks to be a very nice arena.

Here are some new screenshots:

Screens

Spotlights! right now its just BLAND lighting.

Ferret said:
Spotlights! right now its just BLAND lighting.

true, but i still see a bit of the "OH WOW :eek: " factor in this map.. its refreshing..

Screen 3 looks interesting --- are you moving up and down (no gravity), or are you moving horizontaly? ( on the floor).

That's a vertical anti-grav tube.

Okay, the download for this map should be ready, and the problem with the wad file is fixed.

lookin good

Interesting idea and i liked it
the only bothersome thing was the humming sound in the spawn and 1st battle area

This map rules....nice work

Wow, way to drag this thread out of the middle of nowhere.

The map seems a little Tronish but I like it. I noticed you have a hologram sign. Do you have any trouble with the sign dissapearing when the player moves around it? Just wondering.

Since the great Biological Component is in Marine Boot Camp...I will speak for him on this one....no...no problems at different angles...

Wicked. Never seen this idea in a map before. The detail in the spawn area is very nice and the force fields are a plus in the arena. Supplemental weapons every few mintes is great, too.

hmmm. Must be me then.

I didn't try to download yet, but screenshots're look nice. It's like base complex on the Mars. It's remind me some games which have got Mars sceneery. Becouse I didn't download this map yet I won't rate it.

Well... its look's nice! i'm gonna download it.