Dm_Cloudcity

I've always read it as Blister, sorry MisterBister :smile: Guess i'm a fool for reading everything too fast.

Just wanted to say Love the map, getting my new pc this week (already ordered) and i'll defentaly give it a go! :biggrin:

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Hell, is an half-filled auditorium

You americans seem to have serious problems with my name.
Everywhere I go, someone reads it wrong.

I remember once when the leader from project hull breach wanted to hire me for his MOD, and began the e-mail with:
"Hey MBlister, I have a question for you."

I mentioned that he spelled my name wrong in my reply. Then he replied with this:

"Apologies about the name, MisterBlister, I tend to shorten peoples names as nicknames, ie I called signy, sigs."

Pretty funny i think.
I sacked his offer by the way. >=)

MisterBister is actually Swedish and means "Mister Harsh".
Most people refer to me as "Bister" over the net since nobody actually have the energy say/spell the entire name.

I'm not an american though.

But i'll blame the coffeshop 50 meters away.

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Hell, is an half-filled auditorium

...wow...beautiful... :shocked:

This map looks sweet.

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What the Snarkpitters listen to!

Progress:
Ive been solving most of the issues and made a compile with HDR; as I expected the map didn't work very well with HDR because of its "darkness".
I have concluded not to implement HDR in the final version.

Plus it would probably make all the optimising you've done so far void. Unless they've managed to get it working more efficiently than when I last used it.

Oh, and the map is incredible, awesome work Bister.

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Ham and Jam Contributor
http://www.hamandjam.org

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

Tall buildings? Are all of them useable?

oskutin said:
Tall buildings? Are all of them useable?

Spoken like a dedicated camper.

I have never, to my knowledge, misread your name MB. I tend to read slowly though. Perhaps its these speed readers who have issues. *shrugs*

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The best things in life, aren't things.

Progress:
Ive been working on fixing all the exploits and issues the final beta had, and i can feel that I'm very close. Ill be testing the map throughout this week and hopefully a final build will be done this weekend.

Ive also started writing article about the making of the map; since the map has about one year of development on its neck there is very much to talk about.

I'm planning on releasing the article and the map at the same time.
This probably means that the final version will be postponed a week or two for translation form Swedish to English on the article.

MisterFister dubidubidu

This map kicks arse, just in case anybody isn't clear on that. :smile:

Yes, this is the most pointless post in history.

After about 14 months, the map is finally "finished".<br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;">For you guys who havent heard about the map before:<br style="color: white;">The map takes place in a futuristic city high enough to reach above the clouds.<br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;">One thing that i really miss is that very few people actually write stuff about how they did their maps, and how they thought when they did them. So I wrote one myself called "the story behind dm_cloudcity"<br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;">The textures is partially made by me, partially by Skurmedel, partially by Teddybear, partially by Valve, and partially by IZaNaGI.<br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;">You can download the map HERE.<br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;"><br style="color: white;">

One of the most impressive source maps I've seen around. Good theme, nice brushwork, lovely atmosphere. The force is strong with this one !

This map has altered so much since it was first posted here. I loved the progression it made through its transitions. Some of the alterations didn't improve it much while others added gloriously.

I downloaded the final version and must confess that I am impressed with the final product. I noted a few dead ends, but nothing that should be detrimental to the game flow to any harmful point.

I also must confess that this map has the largest credit listing of any project I have ever seen. Your book keeping skills must nearly rival your stick-toitiveness on your mapping.

Sadly, the map has a downside. Its very size (unzipped) will more than likely prevent it being added to many servers. Thats sad.

/Me bows to Master MisterBister
Job well done.

To some extent, I don't think I've ever seen a map so detailed, simply by looking at the screens. I realize that I have not played the map, but simply based on that it took you 14 monthes to do this, and that it looks excellent, you deserve a slap on a the back and a congrutlations on a job well done

It looks like you just single-handedly raised the bar -- by quite a lot.

It makes me want to play Jedi Knight on this, running around with HL2DM weapons feels so wrong here.

What an impressive project. And it comes with a full making-of. What a cool idea!

I love the atmosphere. The cars flying in the sky. The clouds you fall into. The buildings in the distance shining through thick layers of fog.

When you started the project you said it was going to be a map to push the limits. And it does.

I only have two complaints: First, the limits are being pushed to a point where many people will suffer performance problems even with their standard video configurations. This could have been solved with more custom-prop work, although I know too well that this would take a ridiculous amount of time, it is a solvable problem.

Secondly, some of the custom textures are too bright, especially with the cubemap reflections. They sometimes don't fit with the darker HL2 palette. Also the cubemaps seem to be messed up for me. It seems they only reflect the default sky texture?

Except for that the map is an inspiration for all HL2DM mappers out there. It was for me. Thanks.

Pity about the size but it is very nice looking, i got a BladeRunner vibe when i was running around it

I finally was able to run the map after that library authentication problem.

I must say, it looks really nice. The whole central area looks pretty impressive, and I like how you turned the storage area into a vertical playground - looks very interesting.

I didn't like how some parts were contrasting white (rich room's floor), it felt overdone, and I don't think the custom skin for those wooden crates fits - metal in HL2 is unbreakable (a Valve design choice) so that felt unnatural here. And perhaps the map was a bit too detailed, e.g. I sometimes got overwhelmed by the complexity of the scene. But I don't know how distracting that really is during gameplay, so oh well.

Gameplay-wise, the map is very easy to learn (took me about 5 minutes to understand the whole layout, might take some longer to understand the item placement) and it looks like some action will never be far away.

To conclude: feels impressive, and looks fun to play. Congrats.

This map is the BEST map I have played in ages, the theme, atmosphere, concept, sounds, lightning, texturing, all flow together perfectly...
I congratulate you for the magnificent work you have achieved, and this successful map you have created ...

Well Done, You deserve more than a feedback ^^

Best Kind Regards,

ZnZ