WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!
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Well I can see why it might be tempting.
Completely rebuilt the area from my previous shots using tidier BSP, so I could practice adding detail. I wouldn't normally detail before finishing the whole map, but thought I might as well since I need to learn more about Hammer anyway.
I presume these should auto-resize by the forum...
ThanksDuffking, you're getting the hang of hammer quickly -but more importantly, the style of the maps tf2 aims for.
It's certainly an easier piece of software to get to grips with than I was expecting. Steam says I've spent about 25 hours on Hammer since Saturday (yay for being a student...) and I've only managed to crash it twice in that time (UEd used to like crashing for just about any reason), you can do most things with only a few tools and it's quite helpful (would never have closed off the voids in construction without the PointFile).Designing a strong point 2/4 seems pretty tough. Generally they seem to be a bit narrower/less open than mid and final? Fewer entrances to the area compared to the others.
I've drawn something that looks pretty reasonable so I'm interested to see how it looks if I try building it. Luckily I've remembered to keep a location for a forward spawn
Fubar that point looks really nice, even with the dev textures!
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A couple things:Thanks
Designing a strong point 2/4 seems pretty tough. Generally they seem to be a bit narrower/less open than mid and final? Fewer entrances to the area compared to the others.
I've drawn something that looks pretty reasonable so I'm interested to see how it looks if I try building it. Luckily I've remembered to keep a location for a forward spawn
Fubar that point looks really nice, even with the dev textures!
First: expect Hammer to crash all the time. Save backups under different names, too.
Second: make sure to take a look at the tutorials section, it has a lot of articles on TF2 design theory, both for gameplay and aesthetics. Grazr's signature is full of links to some of the best tutorials.
You're doing great though! Way better than me at first.
Working on BLU and RED spawn before i continue to work on CP 3 and the finale. Hopefully after working out the position of RED's spawn i can get a better idea of how to shape the final area.
P.S. Someone slap me for adding this much detail to an untested map. I have no idea what i'm doing.
contest idea: make a map with X timelimit. The day after the deadline, all the entered maps are tested. This will be the maps' first ever (gameplay) test
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The second one had far too much, basically no one did more than dev block out their map, kinda defeating the whole purpose of having a 72 hour contest.
