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So... anyone and everyone, please take a few minutes to check out my latest map.

A few things to note.

• I haven't run buildcubemaps. I'm waiting on a fix for the model lighting problem.

• The snow looks kinda like rain. The func_precipitation ent doesn't have any input for speed and particle size. I can change these things ingame with cheats on and get it looking like snow - I just don't know how to get these values in the editor yet.

• There's a good bit of polish left to do. Some dispacements from the broken ceiling that i want to redo.... better snow decals for the transitions between indoor and outdoor.....touchup on the piles of snow outside.... another pass on the lighting. The list goes on.

Let me know what you think.

Cheers!!

You can make snow by using func_dustmotes or whatever. Then turning the
particle color to white and setting the density correctly.

did you use displacements on your snow?

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Wow, nice to see you around finger mate.

I have downloaded the map & shall post a critique later on today. (looking excellent as usual)

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My Pit

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OK, let me start off by saying. I simply CAN NOT fault this map. I
spent ages looking for problems & tbh all I found was trivial
rubbish, this is another excellent map mate.



There is no snow on the top of these railings, also note how odd they look in places.



mein got! das snow ist... made of wall?



Boooooring, I dont like the grate (looks hl1 - cant see through it
& the texture is a bit crap). This area looks bland in comparison
to the rest of the map (Although I will admitt, it's just a coridoor)



The floor has touched anotehr brush I think.

Tbh, I like the "rain/snow" - I think it looks like sleet, a mixture of
the two. That is all I really managed to find, I was trying to be a
real git & find niggly little bits everywhere, but I couldnt find
any.

Nice map mate.

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My Pit

I downloaded it last night, will try and get around to taking a look after I've written this honours project proposal thingy.

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Win: I tried dustmotes before the actual precip ent. They worked fine, to be honest - In playing with the snow, however, I think I can make this look better once I figure out how to tweak the density and speed.

Korn: Thanks - It's nice to actually have another map. I didn't expect to creat this - it just sort of sprung out of me. Total build time sofar is about 2 weeks. Good screens, and thanks for noticing those things.

That weird line in the snow is strange. Mikee was pointing it out ingame the other night, but I didn't even see it. Maybe some weird artifact with certain machines? I'll make sure to check that spot and see if there isn't some weird brush overlap.

The plaster bullet-hole decal is somewhat annoying. I'll try and see if I can't make or steal from CS to fix that problem.

You're right about that hallway - I'll see if I can't spice it up somehow.

I'm sure there are a ton of other small texture misalignments and things to polish up - thanks for finding a few :smile:

Cheers.

Hey Finger

Good to see another level from you. It's coming along really well - the layout is great. Also like that you've kept things circular and very open with hardly any props, which makes it ideal for the Pro Mod to allow for bunnyjumping etc all over the place. If anyone tells you to add more props to make it visually more interesting, don't listen to them. :smile:

Couple of comments:-

• The brushes that the weapon & ammo dumps are located on are collidable. I did this for pg_boot_camp too, and have subsequently been asked to either make them non-solid or set them into the ground making them flush (which is what I've done.) I think you should look into one of these solutions too; as pg_boot_camp proves players will be happily bunnyjumping around only to go to a weapon / ammo cache and be stopped dead in their tracks by the collidable brushes underneath.

• The rails that run along some indoors areas at a high level (with a few headcrab cannisters hanging from them) has light_spots shining down from above, casting a shadow on the floor below, however there aren't any light fixtures up there. :smile:

As for the buildcubemaps problem (I've read the forum thread over at the Pro Mod forum) yeah hopefully Valve will fix it soon but it's already been a problem for 3-4 weeks so they ain't exactly busting a gut to fix an issue which seems to be affecting all HL2 mods. :sad: It may be another few weeks yet before you're able to buildcubemaps without the black models problem occuring.

Thanks for the input Kev - good points. I like your version of Bootcamp - as you see I kinda nicked the 'weapon platform' idea. I think it's a nice touch.

Finger said:
as you see I kinda nicked the 'weapon platform' idea. I think it's a nice touch.

:biggrin: I used 'weapon platforms' because due to the big increase in texture resolution from Halflife1 I can never find weapons and ammo on Halflife2 levels I'm not familiar with. Can't see the wood for the trees, as the saying goes. Highly visible and distinctive 'weapon platforms' makes them easier to spot. Or maybe I'm just getting old. :smile:

The fact that you actually took the time to upload screens that I can view gives me hope.

If I can, I will take a peek at this map later today. My time is short today but I will try.

Thanks again for taking the time to post decent sized screens.

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23 minutes and 30 seconds later:

The hard parts done.I will look ASAP.

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