WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!

[Fruity Snacks]

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This is a little testbed for the rooftop map. Night would be a good theme but I'm not sure its striking enough. I'd go for daytime with the bottom of the buildings reaching into a fog/cloud texture but I'm godawful at texture creation

I think its too dark atm, so defiently light it up... also, the single i-beam isn't really wid enough for anything to move around on.... I'd suggest multiple ones.

 

[REEJ]

casting resurrection on the dead YAMASHIRO

 

[Shanghai]

I need to stop visiting this thread. All the gorgeously detailed maps make me feel so inferior -.-

 

[Seba]

Something about that tower feels odd; I think it's how thin it is compared to how tall it is. I would make it two-story, maybe?

 

[REEJ]

Something about that tower feels odd; I think it's how thin it is compared to how tall it is. I would make it two-story, maybe?

Well, it is a Pagoda, it's supposed to be odd.

But I'm not done yet.

 

[Fruity Snacks]

Japanese shrines are known for that type of look... I think there needs to be some more ornation around the bottom of the roofs, but I think it looks good.

/me starts trying to remember back to his class on Asian Architecture...

 

[Penguin]

Seb, that's just how the orientals build things.

 

[tyler]

coming soon: shots of an area that matter more

 

[Prestige]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7479925/Maps/dom_hightower0000.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7479925/Maps/dom_hightower0001.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7479925/Maps/dom_hightower0002.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7479925/Maps/dom_hightower0003.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7479925/Maps/dom_hightower0004.jpg

Not sure how much it's like hightower anymore :O ignore intels

 

[grazr]

I think the pagoda in general looks great. You don't want too much detail; converting such an object to TF2 will obviously call for some compromise from its original appearence to abide both TF2's style, gameplay and performance.

@Languid: I like the idea of roof tops. It'd be hard but it's one instance where death pits would be cool.

 

[REEJ]

I think the pagoda in general looks great. You don't want too much detail; converting such an object to TF2 will obviously call for some compromise from its original appearence to abide both TF2's style, gameplay and performance.

Indeed, a few months ago when I did go full detail with Japanese architecture, my map hit T-juncts limit with just 4 buildings. Not to mention the compile time.
Had to start over

 

[Seba]

Presto, stop making maps with giant cliffs at the edges :c

 

[grazr]

Indeed, a few months ago when I did go full detail with Japanese architecture, my map hit T-juncts limit with just 4 buildings. Not to mention the compile time.
Had to start over

To avoid t-junctions use func_lod, func_brush or func_illusionary instead of func_detail.

 

[Ælement]

The feedback i got from the last gameday made me realize that my map didnt fit very well into the tf2 world. So im doing some major redesigns. This is the new red spawn =D

 

[Harribo]

The feedback i got from the last gameday made me realize that my map didnt fit very well into the tf2 world. So im doing some major redesigns. This is the new red spawn =D

Looking better allready :thumbup:

 

[Shanghai]

Madness... Chaos... BOATS!

This is the BLU spawnroom for my summer project "pl_Offshore"
They spawn on the boat, take the cart and head up to RED's oilrig, which they then proceed to blow up. With the lemons.

 

[tyler]

after doing some stuff that was more radically different, here's something that isn't radically different but just a little weird feeling

 

[Shanghai]

Ooh, pretty.

 

[Ælement]

Madness... Chaos... BOATS!

This is the BLU spawnroom for my summer project "pl_Offshore"
They spawn on the boat, take the cart and head up to RED's oilrig, which they then proceed to blow up. With the lemons.

I had EXCACTLY the same idea once
Since i didnt use that idea, ill share one of the sub-ideas with you:
Blue have the bomb ONBOARD their boat and push it down a ramp onto the ground, and then further

EDIT: Now that i look at the picture, it looks like that was your plan all along. Was it? :3

 

[MangyCarface]

after doing some stuff that was more radically different, here's something that isn't radically different but just a little weird feeling

Better, but not that much better because there really isn't a choice for BLU here. In nearly every circumstance you'd choose the upper path right?