WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!
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I wish those posts with chains inbetween would link together somehow.
Use an ambient_generic to add sounds and music to your map (except in the place of soundscapes). For music throughout the map, you're going to want to make sure that the "Play Everywhere" flag is set, the "Start Silent" flag is not set, and the "Is NOT Looped" flag is not set. Keep in mind, though, most TF2 maps really don't have music, but I can really see it working in a bumper car map or something, or when used in reserve.
I'm in the midst of iterating on this heavily, trying to use space effectively while still giving an open shipping port kind of feel. Thoughts? Behind the camera is going to be ocean, the minor details thrown around are just there to help me get scalings.
Kinda depends on what you want this area to be. If the actual shipping and transport occurs on this strip of land, then you'll probably want a) junk laying about that people are putting on/taking off of ships and b) platforms going out into the water that would be used for getting said junk onto/off of said ships.
Regardless, if you want a spot to put junk, here's probably your best bet:
If you add a ramp to let people get on, that would also be another way to make the area more interesting. Granted, it'll make that point easier/harder to defend depending on where the ramp is.
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Leave the colours just as they are now - people on drugs will thank you for it later! :thumbup1:
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Thank you for the detailing advice, I'm trying to wrap my head around it so I can influence my layout a little bit early.
I thought I should mention this is the flag arena idea I've had. That's the capture area and the flags going to be on the opposite end of the map. On the left of the screenshot I posted is one of the two exits from spawn. Anyway I think your comment about the junk is still very helpful, defending the point from an intel capping player should probably be a little easier. There's 4 routes to the capture zone at the moment; above, from spawns, and through the middle.
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The texture or the shape? Cus I don't care about the shape at all.
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I was going to say - finally someone made a cliff that wasn't straight!
The texture.
Agreed, but I hope you asked for permission to modify those assets!
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Uh yeah, something I started a bit ago I want to finish it, perhaps. It's in space so that's pretty sweet.
Really, really early WIP btw. Not sure if I'm going to finish it, but that's what this thread is for, right?
Really, really early WIP btw. Not sure if I'm going to finish it, but that's what this thread is for, right?
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While interesting it looks a little bit too busy with all those brushes and gaps between everything. Try cleaning up the brushes and go for a more natural bridge look. If all you wanted to achieve was some crazy vertex practice I think you did a good job in that regard.
I think that's a nice start, might want to add a little team color to each side of the map for clarity.