KotH Flurry RC5

[Cincomma]

Flurry - A snowy KotH map with a train that runs through mid

Flurry is a KotH map made for the Connect 5 mapping contest. It has snow, water, trains, birds... Basically any average KotH map. But unlike any other KotH map, Flurry has an enormous flank route straight past mid for a sneaky scout or spy to slip past, as well as a train that runs through mid seconds after the point is capped. So when you hear the railroad signal, you better hightail it off the point or you risk a potential team wipe!

 

[Skittelz]

neato

you should probably put wood beams on those wood buildings

 

[Cincomma]

you should probably put wood beams on those wood buildings

I'll put that into consideration

 

[Cincomma]

Well, RC1 came and went pretty quickly. But, heres RC2. This is a full on detail update.

Added wood supports on almost all wood buildings

Removed half of the icicles

Changed health patches on red side to their corresponding team color

Added some trees to hide terrible seams in dispacements

Added a radio tower on red side's cliff

Stretched the high ground near mid to stick to the cliff

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[Asd417]

Mind if I suggest you change the prop_heavy area shown in the second screenshot(the one with the big wooden staircase) to be less propspammy? Maybe change some fences to func_details? It looks pretty messy.

 

[Cincomma]

Okay, here's a little before-release update in case if it's a bit too small.

+Added tree skycards in the skybox for more realism
-Replaced the wood plank fence in the flank into a func_detail brush
-Replaced the stack of logs on BLU flank with a porch for some asymmetrical symmetry
-Removed some silent ambient_generics around the map
+Moved back some floating trees of the cliff
+Did a clipping pass to reassure no clipping exploits

Here's a question for you guys, is the soundscape too loud? Please respond if so. Thanks!

Oh, and just a quick quirk with RC2, It has no nav_generate. So, you can't test with bots on RC2. Sorry about that.

 

[Cincomma]

Well, I finished RC3, and 14 days before the deadline no less!

Here's a full list of the changes

+Added tree skycards in the skybox

::Adds more realism as well as hides some skybox seams​

-Replaced the wood plank fence in the flank

::The fence was changed into a func_detail brush​

-Replaced the stack of logs on BLU flank

::Replaced by a porch as well as some toxic barrels​

-Removed some silent ambient_generics around the map
+Moved back some floating trees of the cliff
+Did a clipping pass to reassure no clipping exploits
+Added 2 more train cars behind the main engine

::Right behind the train is a gravel car and a rocket car​

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[goem]

Looks GAY

Great
And
You did a good job

 

[Cincomma]

Looks GAY

I totally agree

 

[Cincomma]

Anyways, RC3 just might be the last version before the contest ends. I believe it has enough detail and gameplay elements to make a "complete" map. Oh, and on a related note, should I add a fade distance to some props? It just feels like optimization would be a bit better.

 

[Cincomma]

So, you thought RC3 was good? Well... take a gander at these changes

+Changed the sun angle and brightened up the place

+Added a custom overlay in the flank route

+Changed the shipping containers on red side into a house

+Fixed some tiny bugs

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[Cincomma]

Hello! Sorry I skipped RC4, I forgot to put something into the download ZIP file. But here are the patchnotes anyways!

+Added some lighting changes

+Added a custom overlay (The thing I forgot)

+Fixed a small clipping issue

+Changed the storage containers on red into a shack

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[Cincomma]

Well... this update makes the map playable on community servers... (yay)


thats it



you can go home now




its over

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[Cincomma]

I'm such a poopoo head, I forgot to add cubemaps!

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[Cincomma]

Re-named the file to RC4_v6 (From RC4 v2)
I dunno how I skipped 4 versions, but this is the first map I've made with a legitimate changelog and such, so that explains all of the bumps through the process. (and yes, I added cubemaps)

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[Cincomma]

Alright, I have a question. Should I make the cliff an assortment of displacement brushes instead of props? Just asking, because displacement cliffs have a bit more flexibility than props. Oh, and I can't add many areaportals for some reason. I tried to add some and they were all closed except for some on blu, don't know why but they stay closed. But I can add some hint brushes to reduce visleaf counts. That's the most I can do

 

[Jack5]

Check this out for tips on optimisation:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne59X-e-R9Y

 

[Cincomma]

Alright, I've managed to find out how to use hints. I'm not going to use areaportals because I don't think they like me very much.

 

[savvaisnotagirlolbbq]

Alright, I've managed to find out how to use hints. I'm not going to use areaportals because I don't think they like me very much.

I usually use areaportals only in rooms or for detail background where theres only one path. If used right, it can boost fps tremendously

 

[Cincomma]

Well, level design, detail, optimization. Those are my landmarks, and I have finally achieved all of those!

I've added the hint brush to plenty of buildings to hide things out of view


Here's an example

Before

After

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