WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!

[tyler]

Kind of been hastily working on this for the hell of it. Been like a 2-year hiatus of not actually trying to create a new map because I suck at it, but that's just because I don't try very hard.

I wanna post to the WiP thread too, though.

Come back PlipPlop

 

[A51]

Images of a map im working on, lights are funky because VVIS.exe is set to fast, takes longer than 2-3 days to complie and is hell on my CPU.
Anyways, water isn't deep enough to extinguish flames, adds a nice touch I think. Its a KOTH map most ledges can be reached by crouch jumps, a lot of ledges are designed for scouts. Suggestions Please.

 

[Pocket]

If it's taking that long to compile, you need to optimize. Did you func_detail stuff yet?

 

[fubarFX]

this map reminds me of tony hawk's pro skater 4. I don't know if this is a good thing

 

[A51]

If it's taking that long to compile, you need to optimize. Did you func_detail stuff yet?

No I haven't not yet, I still want to add a few things there's still a lot I want to do.

 

[tyler]

Optimizing is not something you save for later. Do it as you go so Hammer doesn't punish you with 3 day compiles. It isn't hard: making things func_detail is literally just clicking on it and hitting Ctrl + T.

You don't need to do a full optimization pass right away, but the basic stuff like func_detail and areaportals make your early compiles much faster.

 

[Zeigh]

A51: Looks nice, reminds me of one of those paintball courses in warehouses.
For faster compile, you could set the lightmap scale to 32, or 64 even, if nothing else.

 

[phi]

Images of a map im working on, lights are funky because VVIS.exe is set to fast, takes longer than 2-3 days to complie and is hell on my CPU.
Anyways, water isn't deep enough to extinguish flames, adds a nice touch I think. Its a KOTH map most ledges can be reached by crouch jumps, a lot of ledges are designed for scouts. Suggestions Please.

If those pyramids and things sticking out everywhere aren't func-detailed I see where your problem lies

 

[Ælement]

Clean-up time

 

[Tom Hoen]

It looks like it's raining. How long did it compile?

 

[Sergis]

That looks normal actually.

 

[Burnout6010]

WiP for A4 of PL_Station (yep, still no idea for a new name and im lazy)

Overview of the new final spytech point ! There is going to be a second path behind the rocket to the area just next to that spawn room in the middle (which is used when RED caps mid) First spawn is behind the rocket

Non aerial view

 

[Tarry H Sruman]

It still looks way too narrow. There really aren't any ways around that avoid the central path, everything is just one big hallway or minor offshoots. That chokepoint before the rocket room looks brutal.

 

[Burnout6010]

It still looks way too narrow. There really aren't any ways around that avoid the central path, everything is just one big hallway or minor offshoots. That chokepoint before the rocket room looks brutal.

Yes, but that's why I posted in the WiP thread, I had just finished remaking mid and only adapted the previous hallways. Im going to rework it with more height variations and paths to up mid :3

The hallway before the rocket room is the only way there ... for the moment !

 

[tyler]

 

[Spacek531]

I am now happy.

 

[Pocket]

Aww. Such a cute little black hole. I want to feed it things.

 

[Burnout6010]

Bit of rework ...

 

[Tarry H Sruman]

I think that aesthetically it's way too noisy. The little playable area is fine, but the fence, trains, power tower, gates, etc. all kinda blend together into a mess.

 

[Burnout6010]

I think that aesthetically it's way too noisy. The little playable area is fine, but the fence, trains, power tower, gates, etc. all kinda blend together into a mess.

... those props are only there waiting for me to make a bigger and longer skybox to put them in :S (ala Waste/Well)
So of course now they are waiting in that cube =/
What I wanted to show was the removal of the platform to the profit of what it looks like now. Before it lead you to the top of a train and I thought the brushwork looked bad and it displeased so I removed ... most of it D: