Aldren
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I did not have a particular design in mind. I just pictured a bridge connecting two spawn points at a center.
WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!
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That'll be a Sniper's dream with these sight lines, and also, as said earlier, Pyros have airblast.
I recommend you look around this part of the forum, especially the pinned topics. Everything's covered in it, layout design, optimizing, submitting maps to game days/IMPs, what to do in TF2 maps(and more importantly, what NOT to do), etc. TF2 has a set of unspoken map layout rules when it comes to scale, height differences and general layouts, most of which are covered in topics on the forum I linked above.
Point B of Soma took longer than I expected, who would have thought that creating a capture point, the final cap no less, from scratch would take some time?
Moving to A3 will likely require scrapping half of this brushwork, which is an improvement over 100% which is what I have been doing
Optimization and lighting are atrocious but otherwise should be ready for testing within the week
I've also been working on a TR map that I don't have any pictures of. The idea is that there are several doors with a bot standing behind each. One opens up and when you shoot the bot behind it, the next one opens up, and so on. It's pretty silly, Walkway probably has something like it stashed away somewhere in it, I mostly made it to fulfill my dream of making a sniper game I've had since fourth grade. Nonetheless, someone might find it useful
Moving to A3 will likely require scrapping half of this brushwork, which is an improvement over 100% which is what I have been doing
Optimization and lighting are atrocious but otherwise should be ready for testing within the week
I've also been working on a TR map that I don't have any pictures of. The idea is that there are several doors with a bot standing behind each. One opens up and when you shoot the bot behind it, the next one opens up, and so on. It's pretty silly, Walkway probably has something like it stashed away somewhere in it, I mostly made it to fulfill my dream of making a sniper game I've had since fourth grade. Nonetheless, someone might find it useful
I just want to talk about a few things that make me smile. As i'm russian that's signs makes me SO DAMN CONFUSE.
If I gett it right, you wanted to write your company name "Idolon constriction(s)"? If it is, so it would be more right "Строительство от Идолона"
And the rest stuff.
You meen "Supply\Supplies"? Would be more right "Припасы" or better and more epic "СИСТЕМА СНАБЖЕНИЯ" - as in missile bases usually have.
"Огнетушитель"
ps: Also if you (or some other TF2maps.net members) gonna have some issues about russian language, so ask me, I'll be very glad to help.
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Trying out the Mayann thing and improvised a mid
BTW It's a Player Destruction map and that's how the point looks when enabled
Now that I think of it the mountain in the skybox doesn't fit, and I believe it makes the map look more Incan rather than Mayan. I should change it but I like the light_environment setting
BTW It's a Player Destruction map and that's how the point looks when enabled
Now that I think of it the mountain in the skybox doesn't fit, and I believe it makes the map look more Incan rather than Mayan. I should change it but I like the light_environment setting
Remember ctf_underpass? That one ctf map with the doors that everyone either loves or hates? It's getting a rebuilt into something new and exciting, complete with a Mayan theme. Ignore the stuff that is still city-themed, it will be gone soon. Here's some screenshots of the new intel rooms for ctf_holcan! (holcan is the Mayan word for "warrior," as far as I can tell)
The intel room doors also now function differently. When the intel is picked up, the doors begin to open slowly. When it is dropped, the doors stop in place. They continue when the intel is picked up again. If the intel is captured, they quickly slam shut. This is to combat the strategy of just suicideing on the flag to force the doors open.
The intel room doors also now function differently. When the intel is picked up, the doors begin to open slowly. When it is dropped, the doors stop in place. They continue when the intel is picked up again. If the intel is captured, they quickly slam shut. This is to combat the strategy of just suicideing on the flag to force the doors open.
Popo
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Dang that's a cool twist on standard CTF. I like the doors slamming idea. Would they kill people? I want angry Mayan faces with jagged gore stained teeth snapping shut.
They do kill people if they are caught in the door, just like the previous versions of underpass. I do want to get fancy Mayan doors with carvings on them at some point, but that will have to wait until I'm happy with the gameplay and find someone to model them.
Don't worry, I play heavy quite a bit as well! In the tests of underpass the doors went fine, but they opened too fast. The idea behind the new door system is that you have to fight for the flag, rather than being able to just send a scout for it. You have to push into the room as a team to take the flag, and either hold it for a few seconds so you can take the quick way out or continue pushing through the enemy spawn.
There is no escape
I can see this map as a 2fort stalemate with the only non-spawn room exit blocked off for several seconds while the door opens...Remember ctf_underpass? That one ctf map with the doors that everyone either loves or hates? It's getting a rebuilt into something new and exciting, complete with a Mayan theme. Ignore the stuff that is still city-themed, it will be gone soon. Here's some screenshots of the new intel rooms for ctf_holcan! (holcan is the Mayan word for "warrior," as far as I can tell)
The intel room doors also now function differently. When the intel is picked up, the doors begin to open slowly. When it is dropped, the doors stop in place. They continue when the intel is picked up again. If the intel is captured, they quickly slam shut. This is to combat the strategy of just suicideing on the flag to force the doors open.
It's not an update until Valve decides it will be.
Usless advice: try to plan your map to know how it looks without spending time in Hammer.
Me, I myself have poor patience so for me it's bestt to plan while not accessed to Hammer, but it doesn't apply to you if you have good patience.
You don't know how many maps I scrap in general...
It's all part of the iterative design process. Each design, you get a better understanding of what type of map you want to make.
This. You don't know how many maps i scrap or completely redo three times just to scrap them afterwards. I'm really good at creating elaborate designs just to forget one important area because i skimmed over it in design. Only when my first thought after looking at the "finished" project is "This might work out fine" or "I wonder if this works" i'll put it into tests. And even after that, i scrapped multiple projects.
But the positive side effect is that you still get the experience from that, which will be helpful in eventually lowering the number of corpses in your map folder.