Baal-Peor's Concave Monastary

Based on an idea from 1995. Baal-Peor's Concave Monastary is a work-in-progress with no Half-Life textures. A very small section that's playable both SP & DM, all comments and advice are welcome!

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Thanx in advance!

So, first the map is really really small. But you knew that. Also, grunts can only shoot you if you are under 500 units away from them, and so if you back up a little they just stand there doing nothing.

So far the architecture is pretty good, I like the arches and whatnot, but the lighting is quite dark and monochromatic and there isnt the sence that the light is actually coming from the ...lights. I would turn down the number of bounces a bit since it looks like its at about 5.

The textures are not bad, but the all look basically the same. Thats cool if thats the look you are going for, but a little contrast might make it look better.

Finally, the idea of a small sniper/shotgun arena is a good idea, but you might want to add more cover to the map to duck behind to avoid getting sniped, or to run around with your shotgun out.

I played this for all of 30 seconds. It's very small, but not small in detail. I like this, it's dark and gives a doom type of atmosphere. I'd add more cover and make it bigger.

Very good advice from both you guys. I've been working a bit on tweaking the arena. I basically wanted to see if it was worth doing. I will enlarge and brighten the map and have an update this week.

BTW my bounces were actually set @ 1. I think if problem might be light choices, will fix.

Snark Points for you both.

More bounces soften the shadow... I personally use 5, it gives a good soft shadow, try out a few different settings and pick one you like.

Have you put info_nodes around for the grunts to use? Perhaps then they would run towards you if you are more than 500 units away... http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?ent=info_node

Thank you all for the advice. I have an updated beta uploaded with almost all those tips. Please re-download and post new comments (if you will). I have also uploaded new screenshots for this map.

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