dm_hogwarts

Maybe add some more lights to the big hall ? Looks kinda dark. Otherwise, impressive architecture, great work.

Looks better than your CS map that big hall window in the first screeny would like nice if it was a stained glass window.

In the 2nd screen, would the light really be coming in like that on both sides?

The glass in the first screen sticks out like a sore thumb. I'm impressed with what you've done so far. I've never seen the Harry potter movies so I'm in no position to comment on any inaccuracies though.

Wow, I wasn't overly impressed by your 'in worldcraft' screenshots of this map, but map seems to have really good atmosphere. Agreed on the stained glass window.

Perhaps you could find a replacement texture for the concrete in the second map. Of course it could be that this matches the film because I haven't seen it either

I've been doing a bit of hunting for some replacement textures, no luck on the stain glass though. I'll have a look at replaceing the concrete today, it does a little bit off putting.
[edit] found a stained glass! just compiling, looks to be nice

Cool, nice work on the lighting

I like maps that are based on movies, like some of the ones in TS. Someone made a really in-depth hogwarts map for Q3 that had hogsmead as well as most of the things from all 5 books in it. How much detail will you be placing into yours?

Soz for the long wait guys, i ws planning on updating today but i got some new fans for my case and i was overclocking a now a file in windows is corrupt, but no fear! ill probably have them tomoro!
[edit] found some lying around,the courtyard is nexct to the hall but will be moved because of r_speeds, the dark room with the fire is partly done.

Come on, update those screenys ! i wanna see the new windows
/edit - oh ! nice job on that window and the other screenys seem to have improved.

Its looking good so far. Nice atmosphere all around and the connectivity is very good. If the entire thing ends up looking like the dining hall then it should be a very good map. I did find a couple wierd things tho... The water in the fountain has some very high waves. The fireplace is casting no light, right next to some torches on the wall which do cast light. The windows in the room with the floating candles look kinda odd(not to mention the floating candles!). I'd get rid of them or at least replace them with a different window texture. Also I'm assuming you have a leak since the whole level was in a skybox. If you haven't already fixed it I'd be happy to have a stab at it.

Thanks for the reply Jfry! The fountain atm has gone, because i am rebuilding that area, i'll look into making the fireplace cast some light,i didn't see that :S The floating candles are part of the map as they are in the movie, and the reason the whole level is in a sky box is because i will do the sky box last because i am adding in more areas. Thanks for the help

Sound of the outside scenes need to be a lot brighter. But nice progress

Well, its been long enough, and theres a week left before the comp. So, I thought i'd let you guys in on a lil peek :biggrin:

The Classroom


A fountain area


Oh look! Some stairs!


The not-so-great hall


The moving stairs


And what they move to


Dungeons with no dragons


Slytherin Common room

[ Its a bit brighter in game]

And yes, that is a pic of harry potter on a dart board :biggrin:

Comments welcome as always!

pretty cool! I'd suggest more ceiling depth cause its kinda flat and vary your lighting a little bit by adding highlights. Its too murky atm. Swell job!

Looks good, but as I commented early on in the map profile, I don't
think the light in that hall would stream in through the windows on
both sides of the room.

The area with the fountain looks very square and boring. Vary the
height of the roofs and set up a light_environment so it casts some
nice shadows and also brightens the area up a bit.

Some more suitable lighting would improve the dungeon too.

Thanks for the comments guy's, i'll do some work on it today and change those things.

Do you guys think that the rotating stairs are OTT?

If you can pull them off properly, the rotating stairs should be good. It's really up to how you implement them.

You really need to work on lighting. Not on the amount of light, but on how you place your lights, how they cast shadows, What you can/can't see etc. Except for the first shot, everything else looks pretty drab. Make them brighter, more contrasting. Maybe a few more sources. Up the shadows, fiddle around with the gamma settings on RAD, use coloured shadows, whatever. There's a lot of work needed on the lights. I can just barely make out some pretty good architecture all hidden in the darkness.

Detailing's also needed in the stairs room and the last shot. They all look quite bare and empty. Be careful in the stairs room though... steps generally add a lot of wpolies :/

Thanks for that frag [ adds it to my to do list] The staits start out how they are in the first shot, then when you get to the top of the first set, a set moves into position so you can go to the next, and again for the second set.

Some of the rooms feel a bit square, in the books they definately feel more circular.

I don't know about accuracy to the book/movie, but it looks okay.

If you've got the wpolys to spare, i'm pretty sure the rotating stairway area could benefit from more paintings (in the film I distinctly remember there not being a bare space on the walls from paintings).

Couple of the rooms look a little empty...big areas with little or nothing in them.

The default 'green neon' light texture sticks out like a sore thumb in the dungeon. It just looks a little un-natural and too contrasting when put alongside the stone walls :smile:

Maybe some lower lighted yellowish lights? Just a quick change in the lights file.

i agree with Adam about the lack of paintings. i thought they were one of the more memorable aspects of the movie. (i've only seen the azkaban one) some animated paintings would be cool. :smile:

if you could spare the polys, maybe in some of the barer rooms, a couple of vaulted/arched roofs/alcoves would be cool too. i definately remember seeing lots of nice curvy hammer-hating architecture in the movie.

i liked the fountain area. it only needed a lip at the top to suggest a roof. :sad:

if this was for tfc, you could collect beans to buy passwords that let you use secret passages. :smile:

I might add a laugh into it, instead of paintings, i could have animated models of saddam lol and maybe a chicken.

I'd recommend you stick with the theme. If you want painting textures, look up the public max payne .wad.

edit: http://www.cryotank.net/maps/textures/index.html Thanks go to Jinx. :smile:

It is a nice start but needs a lot of polishing. I can see where it was inspired by Harry Potter but it lacks the polish to make it really FEEL like Hogwarts.

Oh thanks A_S Never seem to thought of downloading a max payne wad for harry potter textures lol.

Now I have to give jinx 2 credits [ i downloaded his sprite pack aswell]

anyluck finishing this up?

Yea gonna be working on it tomoz a hell of a lot, coz I have to leave on sat so I have to do a final compile on friday

So, im on the final compile today, as I am busy the whole of tomorow and am going away on saturday, i've fixed bugs and have added in most of what people have said. Are we allowed to provide a download link in the map profile before the comp?

Yes $loth, as long as it's available and ready for before the end of Sunday (8/8/04) i'm sure it will be fine.

you might want to PM lep the details as well, to be sure he lists you as "entering the contest" :smile:

I thought we had to email lep, meh, i'll do both. Thanks for the word of warning gwil :smile:

to tell you the truth mate i'm not entirely sure without checking, best to read the instructions..

my mind has been reduced to gloop by an afternoon picking/packing dolls house parts :razz:

Oppps, wrong chapter :sad:

If any one wants to check out my map and add some critiques then plz post them in here!

I've got a download link if anyone wants to try it out :razz:

It looks like a good start but you SERIOUSLY need to see the Harry Potter movies. You need a better set of textures (perhaps the piranessi wad). The windows in pic 4, for example , are really ugly.