I propose an Arctic Theme Pack

[Kraken]

Gonna start making new blends and a sunset skybox texture.

 

[Kube]

I'll see how I can contribute. I may end up making a custom color swatch, to keep the new textures in-check.

 

[Moonrat]

Ok, so I figured the fundamental flaw in my particle system hierarchy thing

It quadruples the sizes instead of doubles them.

Naturally, this can't be fixed, but metroid man was nice enough to edit original viaduct particles into a much more easier to edit system, which I will be uploading tonight!



I'll be willing to whip up VMT's for ya if you supply the textures

OH OH OH OHO HOHOAHDIOSDBN! I'd love this shit! I can make the textures just fine, I've been working on some and have mostly finished them. (At least the first versions, have to see how well it looks in game and how it meshes with the TF2 art style..) And I need to figure out how to make bumpmaps....

 

[Kube]

I made a thread devoted to those who want to upload shared resources for the pack, which can be found here.

 

[killohurtz]

I made a thread devoted to those who want to upload shared resources for the pack, which can be found here.

Another unwarranted thread related to this pack has already been made and locked. Unless iiboharz gave you permission to make this, you should leave the management of the project to her.

 

[Kube]

Another unwarranted thread related to this pack has already been made and locked. Unless iiboharz gave you permission to make this, you should leave the management of the project to her.

Thread ceased and desisted until further notice.

 

[Fantaboi]

I made a map pack of some winter themed maps for users to check out:
https://www.mediafire.com/?97eas56a76ply9i
The maps are:
Cp Glacier

Cp Snowplow

Cp Stonyridge

Koth Arctic

Pl snowycoast

Pl Tanker

I also put in Koth Highpass by accident

Be sure to check out:
detail2014_waffledoctor
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mjka96ta7v687la/detail2014_waffledoctor.bsp.bz2?dl=0
Ctf_Haarp
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=7358

 

[Kraken]

I made a map pack of some winter themed maps for users to check out:
https://www.mediafire.com/?97eas56a76ply9i
The maps are:
Cp Glacier

Cp Snowplow

Cp Stonyridge

Koth Arctic

Pl snowycoast

Pl Tanker

I also put in Koth Highpass by accident

Be sure to check out:
detail2014_waffledoctor
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mjka96ta7v687la/detail2014_waffledoctor.bsp.bz2?dl=0

Wait no haarp?

 

[Fantaboi]

Wait no haarp?

Ok, I added it in the bottom section!

Now, for all those nay-sayers who thought I was done posting cool stuff:
http://imgur.com/a/H8JDL

214 Pictures from: Frozen, Polar express and the Arctic Giants national geographic documentary. All for art-reference (And more is still to come!)

 

[Kube]

Ok, I added it in the bottom section!

Now, for all those nay-sayers who thought I was done posting cool stuff:
http://imgur.com/a/H8JDL

214 Pictures from: Frozen, Polar express and the Arctic Giants national geographic documentary. All for art-reference (And more is still to come!)

Great! I'll start working on CGI Tom Hanks.

Edit: Also, if we're looking into maps using the snow theme, I volunteer pl_crash_72 as tribute. It may not completely polished and clear-cut, but I feel it does wood and ice texturing very well, especially when you consider its placement as a 72-Hour Contest entry.

 

[Vel0city]

If people have trouble with normal maps, I can help out. I got an OS X version of Crazybump that does not require a payment nor is a trial (which the Windows version is) because it's still in beta (but it has the same functionality as the Windows version), so if people want to deliver their textures as either .psd's or PNGs (not JPEGS cuz they suck with quality because of compression) with a small description of what it should look like so I can work my magic that'd be great. You get full credit for the texture. Please do not deliver .vtfs. Crazybump can't do anything with that. I'll make the .vtf's and .vmt's. with the proper settings using VTFEdit.


I like normal maps a lot. I'm shocked to see a lot of stock Valve textures without normal maps nowadays. Prepare for a normal map pack sometime soon.


Why I'm doing this: I can't create textures (Photoshop newb (or any other photo editing software for that matter)) but I do like tinkering with existing stuff to make it more awesome. And I'd like to contribute to this pack in some way or form.

 

[HQDefault]

If it doesn't exist already, I could work on a skybox where the mountains are much more colored to give the impression of them being closer. With maybe some clouds thrown in or something.

EDIT: I wanted to do it for detail2014_hqdefault, but I wasn't up for creating more than one custom asset :|
Overall I feel it should exist.

 

[Snowbat]

For those who are interested: I'm kinda experienced at making textures from scratch (as in: not from pictures) and after screwing around a lot, I managed to replicate a somewhat TF2-esque style.
I also have Crazybump that I totally didn't pirate so I can assist cubemap with making Normal maps. I made plenty for all my past textures.

 

[Crash]

Stoneyridge should be getting an update soon, Valve Time. Pl_crash I sort of indefinitely put on the back burner but I guess I'd you guys really wanted it for a big pack I could think about taking a stab at it again.

 

[Kraken]

Stoneyridge should be getting an update soon, Valve Time. Pl_crash I sort of indefinitely put on the back burner but I guess I'd you guys really wanted it for a big pack I could think about taking a stab at it again.

Yes, what makes a difference between a good theme pack and a amazing theme pack.
To simply put it, maps.

 

[Muddy]

Yes, what makes a difference between a good theme pack and a amazing theme pack.
To simply put it, maps.

Incidentally, that's partly why the End of the Line update flopped.

That and many other reasons...

 

[Kraken]

Incidentally, that's partly why the End of the Line update flopped.

That and many other reasons...

Yeah, but that doesn't explain the duck journal.
It seems that it was a idea from at least very beginning.

 

[Fruity Snacks]

Incidentally, that's partly why the End of the Line update flopped.

That and many other reasons...

It 'flopped?"

 

[Grizzly Berry]

When I think of arctic, I think of cold and 3Dnj's ctf_frosty just looks cold.

 

[HQDefault]

If it doesn't exist already, I could work on a skybox where the mountains are much more colored to give the impression of them being closer. With maybe some clouds thrown in or something.

EDIT: I wanted to do it for detail2014_hqdefault, but I wasn't up for creating more than one custom asset :|
Overall I feel it should exist.

Umm... so... I can't find the original texture. Not one with the top of the skybox.