WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!
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Collaborative project (me + one other) that combines elements of the facades of the Art Institute of Chicago and La Tourette. Orange block is human scale (6 ft tall). I don't think I've ever really appreciated how quickly you can build stuff with brushes until now.
I'm doing something crazy again.
Anyone remember this? Yep, it's gonna go full circle.
...I wish I knew anything about making particles because those torches are lonely without them.
How sad is it that I was worried that mobs would spawn in the level because of that darkness >.>
Why is that hole in the wall perfectly mirrored? Holes in a wall don't perfectly mirror.Some changes made for the middle area of the coldbase.
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Uncloak and Dagger
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Little concept I made for a 3 CP attack/defense map without a name so far. A badlands desert theme as the exterior as well as having some spytech themes on the inside, with textures just to get inspiration before moving them to dev so its easier on my computer for then.
The land before the first point, without any cover and basic displacements.
The inside and out of the first points enclosure so far, just to add some spatial feel for now. I originally was going to have red spawn here, but decided not to but just haven't moved them out yet.
Blu's base in its current state, allowing for counter-sniping, having a dustbowl style building.
Before the main point, the goal is to have multiple routes and cover points, along with a tunnel to space players out and focus more on the best way to get there, although classes with more mobilty can easily get through, while slower classes like the medic or pyro are more suited to the tunnels or alternate routes.
Before the main point, the goal is to have multiple routes and cover points, along with a tunnel to space players out and focus more on the best way to get there, although classes with more mobilty can easily get through, while slower classes like the medic or pyro are more suited to the tunnels or alternate routes.
My first thought when I looked at that first picture
Anyway, you might want to steer clear of displacements that noisy, because it'll easily frustrate players trying to traverse and fight on it. Generally you should keep your ground smooth to allow ease of movement. Also, that horribly stretched texture in the first picture can be avoided by building your cliff shape out of brushes first, then converting the faces you need into displacements.
Anyway, you might want to steer clear of displacements that noisy, because it'll easily frustrate players trying to traverse and fight on it. Generally you should keep your ground smooth to allow ease of movement. Also, that horribly stretched texture in the first picture can be avoided by building your cliff shape out of brushes first, then converting the faces you need into displacements.
Uncloak and Dagger
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Thanks for the input- I'll try to make them a lot more subtle and smoother, and fix up that cliff.
Little concept I made for a 3 CP attack/defense map without a name so far. A badlands desert theme as the exterior as well as having some spytech themes on the inside, with textures just to get inspiration before moving them to dev so its easier on my computer for then.The land before the first point, without any cover and basic displacements.The inside and out of the first points enclosure so far, just to add some spatial feel for now. I originally was going to have red spawn here, but decided not to but just haven't moved them out yet.Blu's base in its current state, allowing for counter-sniping, having a dustbowl style building.
Before the main point, the goal is to have multiple routes and cover points, along with a tunnel to space players out and focus more on the best way to get there, although classes with more mobilty can easily get through, while slower classes like the medic or pyro are more suited to the tunnels or alternate routes.
1. Too open.
2. Don't use displacements in Alpha. (especially of that magnitude and density) If you're relying on Displacements to accommodate gameplay on their own, they will not do that. This is why no official map in the entire game uses displacements like that.
3. Stay far, far away from props. This is a major downfall of new mappers, and it looks like you have grabbed a few displacements and props and tried to make a level around them, don't. Just use brushes.
4. Dev textures don't make it 'easier on your computer' it has 0 bearing on performance. People use dev textures when they don't want to murder peoples eyes with terrible texture work / make the area cleaner and easier for players to comprehend.
5. Look at how Valve maps do scaling, and think about the flow of the level within the bounds of each character. At the moment your level looks like Demo/Soldier heaven, since Blast Jumping exists. This is why most maps use a variance of indoor and outdoor areas, so classes like the Pyro and the Engineer have a chance of doing anything.
Uncloak and Dagger
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Thanks for the feedback-
1- I've enclosed it a lot, turning it more into a canyon.
2- I've kept to just using the base brushes for now
3- Alright- those have been removed to just focus on the main brushwork for now
4- Thanks for letting me know, going around on complete maps in hammer tends to lag my computer out and I wanted to just maximize my performance for now, but I'll keep them to spare my eyes the mess of the textures from earlier and so it brings less attention to it themselves.
5- I've now made room for underground areas, providing alternate routes while still giving room for blast jumping and sniping on the surface.
I'll see how it goes from here and try to keep each classes playstyles in mind.