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[Moonrat]

That looks extremely awesome Gunnysack!

 

[Jummbl]

Foolin around with a combination of urban japanese style combined with some zen garden themes. Not sure where this will go, but for now it's just a design idea I have in my head. The layout isn't really developed at all yet.

A few things:
1. I know how incomplete this is, I just wanted to get a quick opinion on the style.
2. I know the characters on the sign above the garage are chinese. Looking for somebody to make a reskin of those in japanese kanji, but for now I'm using it as a placeholder.
3. I know how incomplete it is. I really do.

Anywho.

-snip-

You could turn this into a midpoint. Koth, a/d, 5cp, whatever you want.

 

[puxorb]

I always love a new/unique theme. Please make a map in this style, it would be really cool.

 

[Gunnysack Man]

You could turn this into a midpoint. Koth, a/d, 5cp, whatever you want.

I was thinking of something like a CP map, but I'm really not sure yet. There's a few more design and style options I want to explore before committing to a mode or layout. A cap point would fit that big open spot though. I'd even like to figure out a way to streamline the design a bit more to give it viable flow for a ctf map.

 

[Stiffy360]

Image dump. I'm doing an artpass of cp_orange. Not everything is complete yet!

 

[SSX]

 

[xzzy]

Oh please

Wow fuck that was exactly four years ago

Stoneyridge has one too!

 

[bobotype]

this is my first attempt at a proper map, I'm so nervous

These shots haven't been updated because my computer's playing up on me, I've since learnt the error of my ways with the lighting and dev textures and what to have on my toolbar
Also I was going to try and carve the face of the pyramid using those blocks to make a crater but now i'll probably just make a displacement

 

[TyeZenneth]

this is my first attempt at a proper map, I'm so nervous right now

Why do you have fullbright on?

 

[bobotype]

Why do you have fullbright on?

I think it's because I have RAD off? [I use a toaster] I'm still trying to understand lighting

 

[Fantaboi]

I think it's because I have RAD off? [I use a toaster] I'm still trying to understand lighting

You should join the tf2maps chatroom on steam (It's on the main page of this site just click it) there's a few things some of us can say to help put you in the right direction with your map.

But going off it so far:
-Don't detail during early stages (Alpha) focus entirely on the gameplay
-ALWAYS compile with both VRAD and VVIS, even if they're set to fast
-Don't use carve tool
-Play around in hammer's options tools to get everything right

 

[bobotype]

You should join the tf2maps chatroom on steam (It's on the main page of this site just click it) there's a few things some of us can say to help put you in the right direction with your map.

But going off it so far:
-Don't detail during early stages (Alpha) focus entirely on the gameplay
-ALWAYS compile with both VRAD and VVIS, even if they're set to fast
-Don't use carve tool
-Play around in hammer's options tools to get everything right

yeah haha I learnt from the ten commandments not to use Carve that was just to explain why those silly blocks were there

 

[Pocket]

You can increase the draw distance of props in Hammer, by the way, so you won't be stuck with yellow and purple boxes everywhere.

 

[bobotype]

You can increase the draw distance of props in Hammer, by the way, so you won't be stuck with yellow and purple boxes everywhere.

Oh gosh I genuinely didn't know that I'll go look it up now
Ah I see it's in Tools thank you very much

 

[Fantaboi]

Nikori's Skybox/non-gameplay-space is done for now, moving onto gameplay space.

 

[Fruity Snacks]

My biggest concern is that those are clearly skycards in the background. Make a little hill infront of that, and put some real trees on it, THEN have the skycard show up and it could look much better.

 

[Gunnysack Man]

Hey!

...I use the carve tool. You just gotta know how to optimize using it afterward.

 

[UKCS-Alias]

Then it still depends on the way you use it. Spheres and cylinders for example give realy bad results when you carve them or use them to carve. Its because the result brushes are messy.

Its for that reason more recommended to use the arch tool for it. And if that one isnt doing its job, make it manualy. Even if there is no existing tool carve is unrecommended. Someone already had an image showing what carve should have done to make it clean.

This is one of those example images (from interlopers):

that right image is much more efficient for scaling reasons since each brush is simplistic. For complex shapes its still better.

This is why to avoid carve. If you know what you do with carve and know how to properly fix its mistakes afterward, you often also know how to manualy make it.

 

[Gunnysack Man]

Ah right. I forgot about circular objects and how much a pain they can be with the carve tool. I usually just use it for rectangular openings and such.

 

[wareya]

which is what it's for