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[Zed]

Will rc1 be released alongside the event version?

 

[Crash]

I'm working on a thing

 

[Kraken]

Koth_Moonshine_Event?

 

[Vel0city]

I see Merasmus spells. I like that.

 

[Kraken]

What game mode is that? And why are the walls white instead the respective team color?

 

[Lampenpam]

What game mode is that? And why are the walls white instead the respective team color?

Do dev textures really need to be team-colored already?

 

[zahndah]

Changing cp_seasons to be a 1st cap point of a new map, thinking of calling it cp_blockade or cp_roadblock.

Also...

spooky scary hat & glasses.

 

[Lain]

Do dev textures really need to be team-colored already?

Very much so

 

[heyyou]

Koth_Moonshine_Event?

Coming soon.

 

[Lampenpam]

Very much so

I absolutly disagree.
If you do an attack-defense map then you dont need colored buildings which tell you on which side you are. You can make the path to the CP (or payload) clear in other ways, like having arrows. Team colored buildings are absolutly not needed. Even finished payload maps don't have that. Would it matter if the spawn on borneo wasn't blue? Not at all, you still clearly see that blue spawns there and it wouldnt matter if the spawn was made of red wood like every other building on that map.

Team-colored buildings are only on mirrored maps required

 

[SC PL]

Changing cp_seasons to be a 1st cap point of a new map, thinking of calling it cp_blockade or cp_roadblock.

Also...

spooky scary hat & glasses.

Keep doing it!

 

[Yrr]

I absolutly disagree.
If you do an attack-defense map then you dont need colored buildings which tell you on which side you are. You can make the path to the CP (or payload) clear in other ways, like having arrows. Team colored buildings are absolutly not needed. Even finished payload maps don't have that. Would it matter if the spawn on borneo wasn't blue? Not at all, you still clearly see that blue spawns there and it wouldnt matter if the spawn was made of red wood like every other building on that map.

Team-colored buildings are only on mirrored maps required

I feel like team-colored buildings at least give the players a sense of direction and progress.

If the map gets gradually redder toward the final point, blu knows they're advancing into enemy territory. Likewise if they notice the map getting bluer they realise they're heading away from the objective and can reorient themselves.

 

[Muddy]

I like to use team-coloured dev textures to at least mark things like spawn buildings and areas of interest.

 

[The Asylum]

I usually just go right in with all textures and absurd detail

I know, I'm terrible

 

[Idolon]

All you really want is something that gives you contrast between areas of the map (and between wall/floor). Team colored dev textures are probably the most effective and easy method of doing that (they also give you information about what kind of "territory" you're in or near!).

However, they aren't necessary. See: Asteroid. Valve uses colored lighting in a few spots to create distinction between the bases, but the bases are otherwise identical in texturing (aside from any minor details that I might be overlooking). You can accomplish something similar with overlays.

EDIT: You may also consider texturing and lighting your map in a similar style to how you see it looking in a final version. The way a room or route is lit or textured can effect how people use the room (dark routes usually indicate alternate or flank routes).

 

[Crash]

Very WIP still, but:

Years of heavy metal have prepared me for this day.

 

[Lain]

I absolutly disagree.
If you do an attack-defense map then you dont need colored buildings which tell you on which side you are. You can make the path to the CP (or payload) clear in other ways, like having arrows. Team colored buildings are absolutly not needed. Even finished payload maps don't have that. Would it matter if the spawn on borneo wasn't blue? Not at all, you still clearly see that blue spawns there and it wouldnt matter if the spawn was made of red wood like every other building on that map.

Team-colored buildings are only on mirrored maps required

The subject was 5cp maps. This is true for 5cp maps.

 

[Kube]

-snip-
Years of heavy metal have prepared me for this day.

koth_shredshriieeek: The map is timed to your Twitch streams.

 

[Lampenpam]

The subject was 5cp maps. This is true for 5cp maps.

Oh I somehow missed his post where he said that it is 5cp

 

[Hyperion]

I just love how you can do whatever you want with hydro <3