CP Imbricatus a5

[Fredrik]

I dont know why people are so worried about how I create the map

Feedback, get used to it.

 

[Jeremy]

You can just have a flat nodraw block occupying the same space. No need to move any brushes.

 

[colacan]

Nodraw + Displacements = Good

 

[Mr. Happy]

He could replace some of it with displacements and not replace some of it with displacements and make the arts happen by combining parts that are terrain with parts that aren't for more interest and do it later since this is alpha?

 

[JeanPaul]

After an ungodly amount of work, I finally finished the layout! I should have a playable alpha really soon.

The shot is taken immediately outside blue spawn to show the new blue height advantage for the first area. Also, if you look in the back at the red building, that is the building the final point is in and will be where a large red tower of sorts will be visible. A visual clue as to where to go if you will - and from the first area too.

Height advantage from another angle

A

A from another route with new added blue height advantage

B

And now for the new layout stuff! Coming from B and just up the hill

Which leads to this

Then to get to C, you go either left or right

If you pick left it goes here

If you pick right it goes here

C

The back alley way to C from blue's highest height advantage

End of back alley way and view of C

C viewing the low entrance for blue

Here you can see all the different heights blue can attack the final point. This and the two sniper windows in the center

Overview

 

[tyler]

Man, this looks awesome. Hope it plays better than Proletariat.

I'm thinking that people will want to run up the hazard strip things at C to get on it, though it doesn't look possible? Maybe something to look at.

 

[Tarry H Sruman]

Man that looks monstrously huge

 

[Ælement]

Yeah, it does look pretty damn big. If i was a soldier and fell to the ground, I'd feel like i was fucked already.

That being said, you deserve some cheers for your amazing brushwork. It looks really neat :thumbup:

 

[phi]

Also when taking those overhead shots like the last one in your last post use fog_override 1 and fog_enable 0 for no fog crap.
I love the geometry, it's neat.

 

[JeanPaul]

Man, this looks awesome. Hope it plays better than Proletariat.

I'm thinking that people will want to run up the hazard strip things at C to get on it, though it doesn't look possible? Maybe something to look at.

Thanks guys.

Oh and Yyler, those beams are a gameplay feature, walking up them is encouraged. It requires a crouch jump at the top though and ever class can do it.

 

[GPuzzle]

Now I'm feeling ashamed of myself.
Have you ever mapped before? It is just amusing to look at your brushwork.

 

[Fruity Snacks]

Now I'm feeling ashamed of myself.
Have you ever mapped before? It is just amusing to look at your brushwork.

Hey was a designer for the black mesa source game.

So I would say he's done a tiny bit.

 

[GPuzzle]

Hey was a designer for the black mesa source game.

So I would say he's done a tiny bit.

Considering this, he is just probably an awesome mapper.

 

[JeanPaul]

Hey was a designer for the black mesa source game.

So I would say he's done a tiny bit.

Still am

But yeah, I have been doing this for 8 years. What you see there is a fuck ton of practice and work.

 

[JeanPaul]

Having been busy with black mesa since its release, I havent worked on the map till today. But, what I did manage today is fucking awesome :thumbup1:

I got the skybox in like I wanted and the final point finally makes sense! I wanted the player to be able to see WHERE the final point was just outside spawn. My original plan was to have the final point turn on a massive laser that fires into the sky and kills all of the people still standing on the point once its capped.

bottom left of this image is the first exit from blue spawn, so this is the beginning of the map

View from A

From inside point C

From below point C so show the alignment of the laser reactor things

Just a shot of my improved blue spawn

And thanks to yyler for editing the nucleus prop for me.

 

[tyler]

Now let me play it.

 

[Ælement]

Make this a bonus map in black mesa source :d

 

[JeanPaul]

Okay after much work, A1 is complete. Yyler, since I know you will see this, can you please put my map into the gameday event on sunday under the second time slot? I probably wont be at home when you post the thread tonight.

http://jeanpaultron.com/misc/cp_imbricatus_a1.zip

 

[tyler]

Beautiful. As for sticking it into game day for you, I'd like to, but it won't be fair. Hopefully you manage to get a slot anyway.

 

[GPuzzle]

Holy donkey balls. You've got the brushwork of a beta combined with the easy-layout change of an Alpha. Teach me, please, I beg to you.
Nah, just kidding. I'm going to learn this by experience.