CTF Haarp rc

[Dr. Spud]

Wow, some nice finds in there littleedge. But with regards to the really dark spots: compiling with -textureshadows in the future will fix it.

 

[Zanpa]

I'd really like to get on top of this building. Or at least, show why I cant' get on top (fence...)

 

[littleedge]

Here's the last batch of screenshots I've got for a15. i think there's one more odd coloured prop in this batch of screenshots, but I won't include anymore after this post.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1490725/ctf_haarp_a150021.jpg
There's one of those lights here that I'm sitting on. The rocket jump spot isn't very useful, but you should make it nonsolid.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1490725/ctf_haarp_a150022.jpg
Misaligned.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1490725/ctf_haarp_a150023.jpg
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1490725/ctf_haarp_a150024.jpg
I know you can fix them, but there are some more. Also, I'm curious. What causes that weird colouration? Props that stick halfway through a wall or something?

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1490725/ctf_haarp_a150025.jpg
I'm on a light in RED's spawn on stage 1.

 

[Dr. Spud]

There's a bug that popped up with a door that lets blu run back to a previous section of the map. I'll compile a fixed version today to make the map more playable.

 

[Dr. Spud]

Update out! In addition to fixing the door bug, I went ahead and changed a few other things, one of which is a pretty major change.

This could be the last alpha... maybe.

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ctf_haarp_a16
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Gameplay Changes:
-The control points no longer act as Red dispensers.

Layout changes:
-Fixed a door that allowed Blu to access a previous section of the map.
-Changed the location of a medium health kit in the area leading up to CP 2-2.
-Raised the glass around CP 3-1 slightly.
-Moved Red's spawn for CP 3-2 back further.

 

[Nineaxis]

Gameplay Changes:
-The control points no longer act as Red dispensers.

D: Nooooooooo!

 

[Dr. Spud]

D: Nooooooooo!

Yeah I know. I really like the idea of them, but I want to remove them for 2 reasons:

-It sucks when 1 or 2 heavies camp the point, because they can be obnoxiously-hard to kill.
-The dispensers were added to encourage Red to block captures by standing on the point. But now that people are more familiar with AD CTF, that encouragement isn't as necessary.

 

[Zanpa]

This could be the last alpha... maybe.

I hope so !

-The control points no longer act as Red dispensers.

That's better like that (even though it was a good idea, it didn't work quite well).

-Changed the location of a medium health kid in the area leading up to CP 2-2.

A healthy kid ?

 

[littleedge]

The raised glass is good. You can still get up over the glass as a Soldier on BLU, but it's slightly tougher (I have to crouch now).

Once BLU caps 3-1, if a RED player is still in the forward spawn, they can get behind enemies and cause havoc. Maybe have the spawn door be open until all players leave? I dunno...

I didn't take any screenies this time as I didn't see anything that needed fixing. All I've got is on the ground entrance to 3-2, there's one of those outlet models from 2Fort - The one with the wires. It just leads into a wall...

 

[Void]

"Waiter, zere is a light in my beam."

Blu (Grey?) Light in RED area.

 

[littleedge]

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1490725/ctf_haarp_a160003.jpg
In BLU's elevator spawn, I can jump up here.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1490725/ctf_haarp_a160004.jpg
The texture doesn't fit right. Looking at the other end, which fits perfectly, I doubt you can get it to fit on both sides.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1490725/ctf_haarp_a160005.jpg
In BLU's final spawn, I can jump up here.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1490725/ctf_haarp_a160006.jpg
Different coloured rocks

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1490725/ctf_haarp_a160007.jpg
This is in BLU's spawn, the brushes don't match up.

 

[Dr. Spud]

Before:

After:

:thumbup1:

There's some trickery in this skybox... can you guess what?

 

[BrokenTripod]

That's beautiful.

Also, I know the exact trickery you're using because I'm totally going to do the same thing in my map, I think.

Don't you just make it so the skybox is an exact replica of your map, so when you're in the next stage you can't see it, because it's covered by world brushes anyway?

If this isn't it, I have no idea. But I love the custom models and the wires and...oh, everything. The cliffs aren't even boring! There's enough variation so you can't see any tiled textures. Love it. Can't wait for the beta!

 

[Void]

the cliffs look like clay

 

[Terr]

the cliffs look like clay

Maybe he's using smoothing groups? (Do those even work on displacements?)

 

[eerieone]

the cliffs look like clay

This

that is because the texture has little to no detail, hence looking like one amorphous mass

 

[DaBeatzProject]

Make the scale of the texture a bit smaller and it'll look better I think.

 

[Dr. Spud]

I've toyed around with the scale and anything smaller looks too tiled.

I think it'll look better once I add the fog and a couple other things that didn't make it into the screenshot. But if the clay look persists I'll rework the texture.

 

[skacky]

I think you should completely change that rock texture to a better and larger one. You can also put some rocks on the cliffs to break this impression of clay, while scaling down the texture a bit.
Very nice job with the skybox by the way, totally works!

 

[BrokenTripod]

Yeah, perhaps have some of those rocks that jut out of the cliff and cover the top with snow.

I honestly don't mind that it looks like clay, but seems like everyone else does.