KotH Glencar B1

Colax

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This is the first public release for my map, and the second map I have made.

It is a forest theme, with two large Waterfalls supplying water to the Dam at the other end. In the middle of the river is a house structure, with the Control Point inside. The spawns are equally spaced from the center on each side of it, and both have 3 exit doors, to avoid camping, and to promote fairness.

I named after the waterfall in Sligo, Ireland, called Glencar Waterfall.

I hope you enjoy my release.
Colax.
 

Seba

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Jun 9, 2009
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It's very open, very dark, and very flat. Also it might be a bit too small. Add some more buildings, yards, and height variation to make it more interesting. Also compile with -staticproppolys and -staticproplighting to get rid of ugly shadows.
 

tyler

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Align the textures on the beams in the first shot, make the alpha painting more interesting and less like a solid line, and in the future, take pictures that show gameplay objectives and important areas rather than 5 wide shots of the map from different angles.
 

Colax

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Apr 7, 2011
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Align the textures on the beams in the first shot, make the alpha painting more interesting and less like a solid line, and in the future, take pictures that show gameplay objectives and important areas rather than 5 wide shots of the map from different angles.

What do you mean by "Alpha painting"? I want to presume you mean the path texture?

Thanks for the picture taking and compile tip.

It didn't seem all that dark on my screen, it is using the same sky, and lighting as Mann Manor. Was there an area you found too dark on the map that I can add some lighting to, or do you mean the sky light is too dark?
 

lana

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Sep 28, 2009
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He means the alpha on the displacements. I personally don't see what he's talking about either.

However I can advise you to disable shadows on some of those props, like the small rocks in the first screenshot. They look bad.
 

REEJ

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Aug 26, 2010
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So dark - oh wait, all night maps are dark.
Nice atmosphere the map's got, but it could use 1-2 more buildings in the open-wide spots to make it more TF2ish, IMO.