WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!

SSX · Dec 17, 2015

Cox said:
Why did you remake it?

Because the old Heatwave map is a patch work of poorly done brush work, horrid detailing, and unbalanced areas. I'm redoing it because anytime I had to redo an area of the map that brushwork always got in the way as it was always a pain to deal with. So I'm updating it. Just like I did with overflow (which is a remake of another map I did.) I'm remaking this one to be more balanced.

radarhead · Dec 17, 2015

I'm hyped, Shadow! I loved the old Heatwave but I'm sure you can make it loads better. I can't wait to see your final product...

sooshey · Dec 18, 2015

Altitude is coming along slowly but taking shape. Damn you, finals.

Uncuepa · Dec 19, 2015

Trying to make this new PL map happen

JMaxchill · Dec 19, 2015

I'm loving the combination of detail and dev textures there

CriminalBunny · Dec 20, 2015

Still working on koth_rising, making major changes in layout:

Extended the courtyard between spawn and mid and added a room inside the sewers

A room that connects both the sewer room and that back room that didn't have much use in the gameday (as far as I know)

Still working on mid, I got nothing to put in that empty area...

Also placing 'functional' security cameras here and there. I'll fix the light later...
What sprite should I use there? I didn't think it would literally look like that in-game (thought the black thing was transparency, but it turns out it's not)

It kinda feels like a changelog

Vel0city · Dec 20, 2015

CriminalBunny said:
Still working on koth_rising, making major changes in layout:

Extended the courtyard between spawn and mid and added a room inside the sewers

A room that connects both the sewer room and that back room that didn't have much use in the gameday (as far as I know)

Still working on mid, I got nothing to put in that empty area...

Also placing 'functional' security cameras here and there. I'll fix the light later...
What sprite should I use there? I didn't think it would literally look like that in-game (thought the black thing was transparency, but it turns out it's not)

It kinda feels like a changelog

Just use an env_lightglow with a red color.

UKCS-Alias · Dec 20, 2015

Dont use a lightglow. That is too expensive for something that should be as simple as a sprite. Instead try diffirent 'Render Modes' on the sprite. Glow for example does remove the black background in hammer aswel. So that might also work ingame.

MaccyF · Dec 20, 2015

Or just try a different sprite, some of them the black shows, some it doesn't. IIRC glow works too.

edit: ninja'd

zahndah · Dec 20, 2015

Maritime-ish (maybe).

MaccyF · Dec 20, 2015

zahndah said:
Maritime-ish (maybe).

just please keep some kind of high wall where the dark cliff is here - its part of my rollout

Another Bad Pun · Dec 20, 2015

I did a small thing

alkaL1ne · Dec 20, 2015

Oddly satisfied with this middle point so far.

zahndah · Dec 20, 2015

MaccyF said:
just please keep some kind of high wall where the dark cliff is here - its part of my rollout

The wall will stay, just a tad shorter and more rocky.

YM · Dec 20, 2015

You've got a spawn with no map, and you can't think where to put another exit??
I understand that issue when you've made your spawn, and your map and meshing the two is a problem, but when there's nothing but a spawn? Jeez
Put it anywhere!

ExtraCheesyPie · Dec 20, 2015

YM said:
You've got a spawn with no map, and you can't think where to put another exit??
I understand that issue when you've made your spawn, and your map and meshing the two is a problem, but when there's nothing but a spawn? Jeez
Put it anywhere!

Maybe that's the map? Both teams sit in spawn while a payload moves automatically until one team wins.

UKCS-Alias · Dec 20, 2015

that only works if he would name it achievement_idle_payload.

But i for a part can understand the issue, in most cases you want at least 2 exits from a spawn to reduce spawnkilling. Having just 1 exit wont work. And the way to handle it is to actualy build multiple exit options inside the spawnroom. When the exit doesnt suit the map, close that one off. Idealy you would have an exit to the left or right, so 2 doorways in that direction is where to start. But other than that, use your imagination as i cant help any further than that.

ExtraCheesyPie · Dec 20, 2015

UKCS-Alias said:
that only works if he would name it achievement_idle_payload.

But i for a part can understand the issue, in most cases you want at least 2 exits from a spawn to reduce spawnkilling. Having just 1 exit wont work. And the way to handle it is to actualy build multiple exit options inside the spawnroom. When the exit doesnt suit the map, close that one off. Idealy you would have an exit to the left or right, so 2 doorways in that direction is where to start. But other than that, use your imagination as i cant help any further than that.

Actually, depending on what sorta spawn it is, then 1 exit could work. Look at frontier, RED's forward spawn has only 1 exit, but near the point, basically inviting in spawncamping. Similarly, look at Badwater's shortcut that closes later on- it can basically count as a spawn exit, since it requires the enemy to push through it in order to seal off a heavy flow of REDs

Moonrat · Dec 20, 2015

New Gulf is coming I think

Uncuepa · Dec 20, 2015

lf partner for pl map, anyone interested? I want to make something new but I need infusions of creativity so if anyone wants to work together that'd be slick