WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!

[LMFAO]

It was a test. Realized it creates too many vertices for me to see properly.

 

[Tarry H Sruman]

This is way too good to be true.

 

[EArkham]

It plays pretty badly right now. I need to do some more work before releasing A1.

 

[LMFAO]

This is way too good to be true.

It looks like a mouth. I've removed 99.9% of it.

 

[Tarry H Sruman]

I'm liking the look of that EArkham

 

[LMFAO]

Holy shit if Skyward goes in the contest I'll never win.. -snip-

 

[ForbiddenDonut]

Nice work, EArkham. The point area itself looks a little bare geometrically, but I'll have to jump in on a playtest to see for myself.

 

[YM]

Looking great Earkham.

Are you using Battlements correctly? Do the sewers really lead to a balcony area?

I don't know why so many other people misuse the battlements signs and label everywhere in their map as battlements....

 

[EArkham]

Are you using Battlements correctly? Do the sewers really lead to a balcony area?

Nope, definitely not. They're placeholders since I wanted to make a custom sign label there. Using 'battlements' seemed less confusing than 'control point,' given that they don't lead directly to the point.

I guess I could go ahead and make that prop for a1, it's only a reskin after all.

 

[Deodorant]

Looking great Earkham.

Are you using Battlements correctly? Do the sewers really lead to a balcony area?

I don't know why so many other people misuse the battlements signs and label everywhere in their map as battlements....

Tangentially related: Am I the only one who think we need a sign for Spy/flank routes? Or is discovering them on your own considered a vital part of the roamer experience?

 

[Boylee]

I would say that flank and covert routes are unmarked by definition. That way they don't attract the bulk of the foot traffic.

 

[elmo]

http://imgur.com/0dIvU

current red spawn for my koth map

 

[LeSwordfish]

That's looking pretty nice. Probably needs some more lights, though. And its usually a good idea to not detail until you've locked down the gameplay, generally.

 

[Tarry H Sruman]

Yeah it's not a good idea to detail before you've done extensive testing. Chances are you may have to completely redesign some areas, and deleting them is all the more painful when they're fully detailed.

 

[Vincent]

It plays pretty badly right now. I need to do some more work before releasing A1.

It doesn't need to play good when it looks that beautiful.

 

[EArkham]

I think it's fine to detail the interior of spawnrooms for alphas. The only things that will really change in a spawnroom are the locations and numbers of exits. As long as the spawn itself is inside an instance so you can move the whole thing back and forth (eg, adjust distance to the 1st cp, etc), it's a great place to work on theme ideas.

Other than that, yeah, detailing just makes more work for yourself when you have to change stuff later.

 

[tyler]

I hate sewers! I hate tunnels and pipes! They are bad and they are bad! Exclamation points!!!

It does look nice though. Just please, make the sewers super short.

 

[Idolon]

This is what happens when you don't rename your keyframe_ropes when you mirror your map.

 

[elmo]

Many thanks for the feedback, just wanted to detail now to learn the program a bit more, I'm only detailing the world around the map as well, just to fit it more into context whilst people test it on my server for a bit.

Thanks anyway, all feedback taken well

 

[Deodorant]

I would say that flank and covert routes are unmarked by definition. That way they don't attract the bulk of the foot traffic.

But the point of signage is to get people to the correct places. 'Control point' signs attract players intent on capping/defending, but discourages Snipers and Spies. 'Battlements' signs attract Snipers and Soldiers, but discourages Pyros.
As flank routes tend to be rather inconvenient for reaching the action quickly, giving them signs would prevent non-flank classes from stumbling into them by mistake.