WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!

[Tarry H Sruman]

Guess who managed to make Doom's alphas look pretty.

 

[Mr. Wimples]

Bob, Mr. Lincoln called.
He wants his logs back.

 

[LeSwordfish]

Also, don't use the hoodoo cart. Why? because everyone who sees it will think "oh, its THAT cart" and immersion is lost.

 

[Deodorant]

You should post that in your map thread, Deodorant. Unless they know your map, it's hard to give feedback on the routes. But one thing I can advise on, is is to walk each path, record how long it takes from spawn to cap, and balance it based on that. If one path takes 10 seconds, and another path takes 20 seconds, then the 20 second path needs a strong tactical advantage to make it worth the walk. Check out koth_viaduct for a good example. The fastest path approaches through valley, 2nd fastest on level footing with cap, and longest path approaches from above the cap.

Posting it in the map thread would have cluttered up this thread less, but posts in map-specific threads rarely get replies as quickly (or at all) as posts in the wip thread. As for knowing the map.. I've overhauled most of the map since it was playtested, so there's not a lot to recognize. This shot shows one half of the symmetrical map. The hill is placed in an indoor room with some generic height differences and cover. There's a roof above the hill room, with a hole looking down on the hill. Apart from that, the blocky outlines are all there currently is to it.

I'm just wondering whether the whole basic premise looks ok about now; The double L layout, the walking distances as compared to the nucleus hill.. If it does, I'll start actually making these routes and release a playable a3 version in the map thread, but all the feedback I need right now can probably be given based on this picture.

The route thing you said is interesting. I'll keep it in mind. My reasoning this far was 'Direct route to hill, slightly longer bypass routes to hill in case of camping and mid-area turtling, some flanking/infiltration/fire support routes and areas scattered throughout'.

 

[Sel]

It's alpha. (tm)

That's no excuse not to have contrast to call attention to important areas.

 

[The Asylum]

posting videos is ok too i assume?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1Ymw2Fj8I&feature=youtu.be

 

[Bereth]

Why not use a more generic ball prop Asylum?

 

[The Asylum]

still an alpha build bro

this isn't so much as focusing on aesthetics as it is getting shit to work right

 

[Idolon]

Detailing!

 

[The Asylum]

loving that cantilever roof in the second screen

 

[xzzy]

Is that a non-playable area? I'd probably try to eliminate some of the fences surrounding the propane tanks.

Wire fences don't look very appealing when looking through several of them at once.. it just looks noisy with all the diagonal lines interfering with each other.


I love connecting the playable area with a vehicle access route though. The continuity is nice (and kind of rare in maps).

 

[Idolon]

The areas behind wire fences are not accessible, just there to look pretty.

 

[Vaconcovat]

 

[Shanghai]

The furnace doors should open as the cart descends the hill, before it breaks through the ground (I assume you're still doing that).

 

[tyler]

It's really reminding me of the end of Portal.

 

[3Dnj]

BLU vs RED !!!!!

 

[LeSwordfish]

Still a fan of two small healthpacks not one medium one, huh?

 

[3Dnj]

Still a fan of two small healthpacks not one medium one, huh?

Yes, two small healthpacks still different from one medium one. :lol:

 

[Fredrik]

BLU vs RED !!!!!

Can you make a step by step tutorial?

 

[Ida]

BLU vs RED !!!!!

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That makes my nipples hard.