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[Etasus]

i fixed the displacement, and added a VERY rough skeleton of some pathways and the spawn room... planning on retackling it tomorrow... but i'm done mapping for the night...

the lights are in terrible positions, but were overly rushed, and were deleted shortly after the screenshots were taken... as well as the skybox... DONT JUDGE ME ON THOSE TWO ASPECTS... judge me on everything else though, please!

 

[Sheltr]

It looks like your grid size is quite low on this map just seeing by the small little sizes on the ramps and what not. when mapping id say to work in a different way, your seem to have overly simplified the process. In mapping and anything in life in my mind is keeping a good balance, you are still new so don't worry this balance can take some learning, but id focus alittle more on one area then build out from there. what I tend to do is focus on the middle point then go outward. of course this process can be started from any place second first or even spawn. but focusing on a smaller area to focus on the theming of the map, I don't mean visual but more of how the map will feel. the map also seems over scaled and id not focus on just the paths as the walls and things are just as important as the rest of the map.

 

[Zloykotara]

 

[Tumby]

the lights are in terrible positions, but were overly rushed, and were deleted shortly after the screenshots were taken... as well as the skybox... DONT JUDGE ME ON THOSE TWO ASPECTS... judge me on everything else though, please!

Why even use such low brightness lights all over the place at all? Two or three constant lights would have lit up the entire place. That means set quadratic to 0 and constant to 1 and also lower brightness to about 20 too.
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Constant-Linear-Quadratic_Falloff

 

[Etasus]

It looks like your grid size is quite low on this map just seeing by the small little sizes on the ramps and what not. when mapping id say to work in a different way, your seem to have overly simplified the process. In mapping and anything in life in my mind is keeping a good balance, you are still new so don't worry this balance can take some learning, but id focus alittle more on one area then build out from there. what I tend to do is focus on the middle point then go outward. of course this process can be started from any place second first or even spawn. but focusing on a smaller area to focus on the theming of the map, I don't mean visual but more of how the map will feel. the map also seems over scaled and id not focus on just the paths as the walls and things are just as important as the rest of the map.

i feel like my grid size is good for the time being, as im still roughing out the edges, but im getting there...

yeah, i built up pretty much all of the middle area, and then moved on to the outer courtyard and so on... i just need the rough skeleton of everywhere else to get me to know what im doing, and where im placing things...

i actually spent a while on scaling... i dont think its perfect yet, and it does still need some work, but i think that its where i want it to be for a1...

thanks for the help Manoman!

 

[Asd417]

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i fixed the displacement, and added a VERY rough skeleton of some pathways and the spawn room... planning on retackling it tomorrow... but i'm done mapping for the night...

the lights are in terrible positions, but were overly rushed, and were deleted shortly after the screenshots were taken... as well as the skybox... DONT JUDGE ME ON THOSE TWO ASPECTS... judge me on everything else though, please!

1. My eyes are burning.
2. Too tight for anything.
3. My eyes are burning

 

[Etasus]

1. My eyes are burning.
2. Too tight for anything.
3. My eyes are burning

my eyes are burning as well...

 

[Muddy]

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1. My eyes are burning.
2. Too tight for anything.
3. My eyes are burning

Not incredibly constructive, I must say.

 

[Soilbleed]

Spent the evening finishing off point B of a 3 point CP map. I think i'm feeling it?

Spoiler: Pictures

 

[Etasus]

I broke something... anyone have any ideas on how to fix it? its specifically in the intel room... also, i fixed the skybox, so your eyes wont burn...

Spoiler

the problem has to do with the water... all it is is a nodraw brush with powerhous water on top... nothing else... the problem also happens in the first room, inbetween the stairs... there are no entities tied to the water...

 

[Asd417]

So that's a nodraw brush with water texture on one side right? Check if the brush is leaking because there's no ground under it
(Chill guys it was a joke...)

 

[Etasus]

So that's a nodraw brush with water texture on one side right? Check if the brush is leaking because there's no ground under it
(Chill guys it was a joke...)

there is ground under it in hammer...

 

[Asd417]

hmmm
did you func detail the water? I had similar problem when I made portal 2 maps
Btw working on a koth map I planned long time ago

There is a spawn where my rocket is heading
Loads of flanks. (3 I think) So it should allow some 'push and pull' action

 

[Etasus]

maybe... ill check tomorrow... I may just remake the brushes and hope it works...

 

[Asd417]

maybe... ill check tomorrow... I may just remake the brushes and hope it works...

yeah usually it will work


200ish hour into hammer and I finally learned the basic of displacement

 

[zahndah]

200ish hour into hammer and I finally learned the basic of displacement

Those displacements look unnaturally bumpy. Were you using a large edit amount with a small edit size when making them? really you should use a larger edit size with a very small edit amount as that way you can make it look natural much easier.

 

[Asd417]

Those displacements look unnaturally bumpy. Were you using a large edit amount with a small edit size when making them? really you should use a larger edit size with a very small edit amount as that way you can make it look natural much easier.

I assume you are talking about the second picture? Yeah I agree now that I look at it again. The floor can go more smoothly.

 

[n8five484]

Currently still building.

 

[AsG_Alligator]

So im thinking about adding a 2nd mind point in stage 3 of pl_enclosure:

But i dunno where to put blu forward spawn tied to that B point.

 

[BenCo]

I quickly made a concept art of a map that I'm working. It's set around a lake during winter and there's a house in the middle of the lake a.k.a the CP. It will be a 1 CP arena map. Now what else should I put on the map. I really don't know what should be around the lake. How the flank routes should look. Any ideas?