A look back at an old map.

JudgeJamesC

The Man of Many Updates
Jul 24, 2015
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So before I ever joined TF2 Maps, I played around with the hammer editor and came up with detailed design ideas on graph paper. One of those designs was a stone bridge with wooden railings and a wooden roof. It looked pretty good. But when I tried to make a map around it. It didn't go so well.

These are screenshots of the last version of my very first map that I made in mid-2013. koth_riverbridge. Before you look at these, here are some things to know:
  1. I had no idea how to make displacements without crashing hammer at the time. So I just used carved brushes as scenery.
  2. I didn't know about func_detail. So every little wooden beam on the bridge is cutting visleaves.
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At least now I know how to make a playable map.

Why am I showing you guys a cringe-worthy map? Well, honestly the only thing I remotely liked about it was the bridge. I still like it and might add a much better version in a future map.

Does anyone else have an early map you've made that makes you cringe or physically ill when you look at it?
 

Startacker!

WANT ME TO BE REAL? MAKE ME.
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Jun 15, 2013
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I have some not so fond memories of making koth_yuckamuck_72, a 72 hour map that was incredibly small, over detailed, really flat, not properly mirrored, etc and etc. But I did learn a ton of good things though, as to how not to do that, so there's some good parts of it.
 

Crowbar

Spiritual preprocessor
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Dec 19, 2015
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Oh I'ma show you some shit after a few hours guys be ready
 

n8five484

L5: Dapper Member
Nov 17, 2016
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Before joining TF2Maps.net and before uploading Tripar to the Steam Workshop, somewhere between or during 2014-2015, I attempted to create maps using Hammer. Unfortunately some of the maps have vanished probably after I fixed my computer (though, some have survived). Luckily I have screenshots of those maps.

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These are bad isometric screenshots of my map koth_uaose_a1.

I have other screenshots of Uaose on my computer, but I'm typing this on my phone at midnight. I'll show them later.

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Another old map of mine called pl_voifawo_a1. I don't think I ever setup the lighting. Along with Uaose, it's lost.