CP Hella b1

[GPuzzle]

I know. I just had a bad experience with testing in this map.

 

[Trotim]

I think I said it but I really don't like current last. It's just too big to be fun playing in, I think - have you compared it to Gorge for example?

 

[JeanPaul]

You should really put some bright spot lights in the entrances/signs leading to C. They seem a bit on the dark right now.

 

[Sergis]

is it supposed to look like this

 

[tyler]

It's a DX 8 issue I guess.

 

[Melvin D Engineere]

I've uploaded a video featuring your map from Tuesday's Impromptu.

TF2: cp_hella_a11a

 

[tyler]

I am going to detail last and make a 3D sky that isn't shit and call this done. I will never be happy with it.

I need someone to help me with C. I need a model for the final point. It will be big and require a lot of work. Let me know if you're interested in working with me. I can offer you only gratitude and the chance to have your work in a map people inexplicably love.

Also I just realized HDR cubemaps didn't compile right for a11a, sorry.

 

[JeanPaul]

You should think about making all the detail in the final area revolve around the last point's cylinder. It helps as a visual guidance and looks great.

Example: Instead of having crisscrossing beams on aligned to the grid, have some Ibeams shooting out of the center cylinder until they hit a wall or something.

 

[Pocket]

Or maybe even — as crazy as this sounds — tweak the layout so the whole room is circular. Albeit with a lot of square bits jutting into it. Kind of like what Mangy and, to a lesser extent, Ace did with their artpass entries.

 

[goatcheese3]

Am I supposed to get up here?

I can then drop down here

into here, where I look upwards

Also, cubemaps

Spectator

Not Spectator

 

[seth]

Does rexy or ravidge have their custom models uploaded somewhere?

 

[Bakscratch]

I have got them all but not sure if they are all aloud for public?

 

[phi]

Here's phi, excited to announce that the map's getting updated again

No turning back now...

cp_hella_a13

Download: Dropbox (BSP, repacked)

Changelog:
- massively redone A point
--- turned map into a sort of Z shape, bending the A approach 90° relative to how it was
--- this will improve vis and gameplay simultaneously
--- added extensions onto a-b connector
--- upper area that now looks over A
--- small door that links between both halves of the connector
--- A point is now 45° turned relative to how it was, and is farther out
- minor changes to C - added different ramps to area below point
- small changes to pickup placements
- minor changes to B

Screenshots:

 

[yoseph]

Looks brilliant so far. I'm a huge fan of open, sprawling maps and 3cp maps in general. The parts that are detailed are superb, and I'm discovering a whole bunch of clever ways to manoeuvre as scout and soldier. I really look forward to playing this/seeing it finished!

 

[Prestige]

hellya!! nice changes!!!

 

[phi]

here's a small update-

cp_hella_a14

Download: Dropbox (BSP, repacked)

Changelog:
- changed pickups around and behind B
--- reduced ammo amounts
- added flank route on C
- added slight raised platform on the far side of C where medium health is
- small changes to overall geometry
- prop fade distance changes in spots

Screenshots of relevant changes:

 

[phi]

The update speaks for itself.

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Viemärirotta]

Hella nice.

 

[Diva Dan]

It all looks very good, but I have to admit, I'm a little confused by what the thing at last is meant to be and why it looks so strange and colorful

 

[RaVaGe]

cp_hellambricatus