WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!
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Sorry, too, for the Hammer shot, but this is super early WIP.
I'm completely remaking crash_72 from the ground up under the name cp_glassworks. Complete scaling overhaul and route adjustment, as well as remaking final completely. This is what the final is looking like so far:
I wanted to play with big curves, height differences, and asymmetry in the final area. Lower trench will get a floor eventually and lead to a route circling around outside of the building.
I'm completely remaking crash_72 from the ground up under the name cp_glassworks. Complete scaling overhaul and route adjustment, as well as remaking final completely. This is what the final is looking like so far:
I wanted to play with big curves, height differences, and asymmetry in the final area. Lower trench will get a floor eventually and lead to a route circling around outside of the building.
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My rain effects from Psy's particle pack (http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=8107&highlight=rain+collision) no longer work after the pipeline changeover. The .pcfs are located in Team Fortress 2/tf/download/particles (which seems to be the place they were automatically put when the changes happened). I'm getting a 'Attempting to create unknown particle system' when I load up the map.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dlpseqfhzb1deud/Weathereffect_Congo.png
Any ideas?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dlpseqfhzb1deud/Weathereffect_Congo.png
Any ideas?
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Psy's particle effects have a collision modification to them so it can determine when an object is blocking the rain effect, preventing the system from raining indoors. In the case of Congo, I have a lot of indoor areas scrunched up around the outdoor areas, so being able to use Psy's particle effects meant I only needed to use 3-4 systems to cover my areas.
Plus he has a cheap version of it which doesn't crap all over performance as badly as sawmill's ones do.
EDIT: This is, of course, assuming Valve hasn't screwed around with the particles since the steampipe change. I'm still trying to put things together again since the SDK was broken.
Plus he has a cheap version of it which doesn't crap all over performance as badly as sawmill's ones do.
EDIT: This is, of course, assuming Valve hasn't screwed around with the particles since the steampipe change. I'm still trying to put things together again since the SDK was broken.
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Do you mean the Steampipe conversion? Because I was reading that and thinking, "when has valve EVER updated Pipeline?"
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Completely reworking my 3CP map Canyon Ferry. Here's a look at the second control point. Hoping to have a playable map by tomorrow. Will be updating the map's thread soon!
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I'm pretty sure we shipped Swamp with that collision rain particle.
EDIT: It's not on the Swamp Page, but Aaron got paid for it (just checked the agreements), so I assume it's in.
EDIT: It's not on the Swamp Page, but Aaron got paid for it (just checked the agreements), so I assume it's in.
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Kill_the_Bug
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I think you should take some time and just work on your environment lighting settings for a hour or two (much less if you know what to do). It's a worthwhile time investment and will make these images look SO much better.
- brightness doesn't match the skybox texture
- the sun angle is completely off. Nothing is casting any shadows because the entire map is in shade, it makes it look very flat.
- you are lighting the play areas with very strong pure white lights, it doesn't look real and props end up lit very strangely.
Maybe you don't think it's important to worry about the lighting early on, but I disagree, it's a very simple "fix" to improve the maps aesthetics drastically. A map that is pleasant to look at will naturally make people more interested.
There is no shame in just copy-pasting in a proper lighting setup that matches the skybox. Or follow the numbers listed on here https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Sky_List#team_fortress_2_materials.gcf for a base direction.