Slate

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Originally blocked out and used as the testbed for the CTF element of the contest by Youme but he's taking a break from mapping (You may have noticed his recent absence). After a month or so with no work at all on slate he handed it over to me (we're RL friends :)) for me to finish. I'll do my best to do it justice!

Not much to say at the moment other than progress is good :)
 
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pl

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Screenshots look really nice, however, I'm not too sure about that red light in the window in the third screenshot ;)
 
May 23, 2009
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Yeah that's actually bounce lighting off a face that's texture is perpendicular to it's face (fixed) VBSP makes them bright red ingame so they effect everything around them :?
 

TMP

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My theory in that is that he's only played Vector, Slate, and Aurora :p.

On a serious note, looks nice, I'll play it when I get an opportunity.
 

Void

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Yeah it's looking pretty (v)rad.

Bad jokes aside, I never would expect Slate to turn into Sawmill themed, as the original was desert, right?

And the name... I know the map is a "slate" for Assault CTF maps, but why not change it to something more fitting?
 

Cerious

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GODDAMNIT

THE FIRST TWO SCREENS MAKE ME ENVIOUS OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAN SEE THE TREES IN ARENA_SAWMILL

IT MAKES ME SOOOOOO JEALOUS >:[ ARGH

oh yeah, lovely map by the way!
 
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Yeah it's looking pretty (v)rad.

Bad jokes aside, I never would expect Slate to turn into Sawmill themed, as the original was desert, right?

And the name... I know the map is a "slate" for Assault CTF maps, but why not change it to something more fitting?

Yes the original was desert, Youme's particular niche, I however much prefer the darker alpine stuff so I expanded the map a little, it's around 256 units bigger in each axis so I could fit some trees around the inner edges, you shouldn't notice the change really. After speaking with both Youme and Mangy (who has been a great source of feedback :)) we all agreed that slate seemed somehow more fitting for the alpine theme than it did in the desert theme, after all there isn't much slate in the desert.
 

The Gentlemanne

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Jun 18, 2009
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Map looks nice...When do I(we) get to play?
 

Hanz

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Looks very good, can't wait to play it. :D

Are you going to submit this into the contest? Since I think it will be the assault CTF gametype.
 
May 23, 2009
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Yes yes its the new ctf mode and will be entered into the contest if I finish on time, progress is painfully slow atm :( but at least it IS being made slowly. Only 49 days left D: doesn't feel much!
 
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Prop based progress :)

bridge2.JPG
 
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That's all one prop? Or am reading that the wrong way? D: