Jinxed

CTF_Jinxed B3 is now out!

Features/Changes include:
-Flag indicators! Now you will have the proper flag direction indicators to let you know where the flag is located
-Fixed issues with the text messages when picking up the flag
-Added more instructions to help new players
-Added 2 new cameras to the basement
-Fixed some graphical glitches
-Improved the skybox
-Some new optimization
-Fixed missing health/ammo in blue base

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a prefab that will setup your flag for you if you wish to emulate this type of gameplay.





Another shot of infront of the cap room
A hallway infront of the spawn room
Spawn room
Spawn room 2

Fixed the pictures cause some people seemed to be having problems

For lighting I have light_spots with rather large angles (the ones in the spawn room have 60 for bright angle and 70 for the outer angle) to give it a realistic look. To fill in the lighting to fit the Tf2 theme I also place light entities through the map in the center of rooms/areas (so they evenly light the whole room or most of it) with the same color as my ambient light but a low brightness (around 70 or so).

As another lighting tip I recommend making different vis groups for different types of light depending on the model I use as a source for the light.

So I essentially have something like this:

Light_Hanging
Light_Wall
Light_Lightbulb
Light_Florescent
Light_groundlight_sm
Light_groundlight_md

Then if I decide that a light source doesn't look quite right I'll use the "mark" option to select all lights of that type and make the adjustment. This way I can keep all my lights using the same attributes easily. I think it really adds to the map when all light sources coming from the same model give out the same type of light.

Beta 2 now out! (Beta 1 was a short unpublicized test and thanks to novacane for hosting it on his server)

http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/38602
http://files.filefront.com/pu+jinxed+b2rar/;9033796;/fileinfo.html

See originial post for update news!