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[tyler]

For a busy, indoor point, that is probably the right scale. I would err on the side of slightly too large than slightly too small for a Sawmill-esque point. I guess we'll see in a test.

I don't like the walls on the point though. Being inside a building should be cover enough. Again, look to Sawmill. I know you probably don't want to draw many comparisons to it, but I also think the walls will be annoying in their current state.

 

[Deodorant]

For a busy, indoor point, that is probably the right scale. I would err on the side of slightly too large than slightly too small for a Sawmill-esque point. I guess we'll see in a test.

I don't like the walls on the point though. Being inside a building should be cover enough. Again, look to Sawmill. I know you probably don't want to draw many comparisons to it, but I also think the walls will be annoying in their current state.

You sure about the walls? The point being indoors does indeed provide protection from Snipers (there would be a sightline from one entrance to the other without those walls, bit that could be easily fixed by adding a foyer of some sort so it's not that relevant), but isn't cover from medium/short range fire important as well? When I'm near a point and something like a Heavy-Medic combo attacks me, I'm pretty grateful for stuff like the rock on Viaduct, the corners on Harvest, the plank stacks on Sawmill or the containers on Granary to take cover behind. I'm reluctant to remove the walls, for fear that the whole room would turn into a big dull bowl of spam.

 

[tyler]

What you posted is a great indication of exactly what I'm talking about. Yes, you need cover, but how is it accomplished on those maps? A rock, a stack of wood, large containers? None of those (except Harvest, which is more similar to Coldfront than the others and thus not applicable) utilize walls on the point itself. The point is a high traffic area that should have the most combat, so you want it free from obstructions if at all possible (in this case anyway). I don't know what you could do because I'm not sure what your theme is, but I would look into other options.

 

[phi]

Huzzah.

Do not fret, those smokestacks on the blu side *will* be placed in the skybox once I get to it

And, does anyone know of the command to make overlays be seen again in-game? I have highframes config with dx8 running and it automatically disables overlays.

 

[EArkham]

Try r_drawdecals 1 and make sure r_decals is set to a non-zero number (100-200 is about right).

 

[Ravidge]

And, does anyone know of the command to make overlays be seen again in-game? I have highframes config with dx8 running and it automatically disables overlays.

your config is probably turning off r_renderoverlayfragment
set that to 1 to view overlays and sprays.

 

[phi]

Thank you Ravidge, that was the command I was looking for.

 

[Idolon]

oh god why am i doing???

 

[Tarry H Sruman]

Idolon step away from the computer and give me the meth.

 

[Idolon]

jimmy wimmy

nah it's cool i got this

JIMIJAM

 

[tyler]

increased the overall brightness and ambient brightness, think i'm gonna tone it back down juuuust a bit but hey at least you can see now

some other lighting bugs to work out, plus detailing spawn and figuring out what the dev texture ground should be

but whoo

 

[Jeremy]

oh hey 666 pages

 

[YM]

oh hey 666 pages

I only see 167.

Default 10 post per page settings are for losers. Pros use 40.

 

[Idolon]

You should bevel the edges of that stone tower. It could just be me, but the sharp edges don't fit with the rest of your buildings.

Also, rococo is underused, you're cool for using it. More people should use rococo style buildings, it sounds funny

 

[Penguin]

trees will look bad until you use final compile settings, yyler.

 

[Deodorant]

increased the overall brightness and ambient brightness, think i'm gonna tone it back down juuuust a bit but hey at least you can see now

some other lighting bugs to work out, plus detailing spawn and figuring out what the dev texture ground should be

but whoo

Looking neat!

This is so picturesque my socks just transformed into clogs.

Is.. Is that a tree in a cage? If that tree doesn't throw hatchets at passersby, I'll be sorely disappointed.

As fitting as it looks, I'm not sure using the Mann Manor clocktower is a good idea. It may turn out to be one of those 'Oh hey I recognize this thing' immersion breakers.

 

[Bermuda Cake]

Is.. Is that a tree in a cage? If that tree doesn't throw hatchets at passersby, I'll be sorely disappointed.

I'm pretty sure that's just a fence, and the tree isn't enclosed on all sides.

As fitting as it looks, I'm not sure using the Mann Manor clocktower is a good idea. It may turn out to be one of those 'Oh hey I recognize this thing' immersion breakers.

I don't agree, it's just a clocktower, and it's not a massive focal point in manor.

 

[tyler]

trees will look bad until you use final compile settings, yyler.

I don't mean the trees really

 

[Empyre]

Your environment lighting looks perfect as-is. You want to not only be able to see the other players, but also identify their team colors.

 

[tyler]

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