WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!

[E-85]

I’m starting my first map and was thinking about a construction site theme, where instead of players running uphill to capture the point, they run down into an open pit. A total of six entry points are planned: two from the North and South on the colored bridges, two from the East and West either by dropping into the pit or running down a dirt ramp into the pit, and a tunnel under each bridge. I’d like some feedback on this idea and where you guys think I should take this. The current plan is to, at least, make the orange at the bottom of the pit a displacement and the area around the cap a concrete block, but other than that I’m wondering if it’d be a good idea to keep pushing forward with this idea. Any thoughts or advice?

 

[Tiftid]

You're gonna need to be careful to make sure that the open ground above the pit doesn't become a sniper no-man's-land.
If that happens, whichever team capped the point first would just hang back and pick off enemies before they even have a chance to take back the point, which is no fun.

Here's an example of how you could build the area to avoid this:

While I'm at it, here's an example of how you could structure the area before the point:

I don't wanna imply that you should absolutely do something exactly like these diagrams since it's your map, but I hope this gives you some food for thought.

 

[E-85]

You're gonna need to be careful to make sure that the open ground above the pit doesn't become a sniper no-man's-land.
If that happens, whichever team capped the point first would just hang back and pick off enemies before they even have a chance to take back the point, which is no fun.

Here's an example of how you could build the area to avoid this:

While I'm at it, here's an example of how you could structure the area before the point:

I don't wanna imply that you should absolutely do something exactly like these diagrams since it's your map, but I hope this gives you some food for thought.

Thanks for the great insight!

 

[Aapelikaeki]

WIP screenshots of my artpass of duel_geoteknik for Open Fortress (layout by fossil)

 

[spruce]

For the past 3-4 days I've been working on a map, koth_tasmania, I have yet to finish the layout but I think this is a pretty ok central area, although it'll need re-touching after I expand and make the spawnrooms among other additions

Lightning is poor because I wanted to get some basic screenshots, I'll add better ones when I finish the layout

Here's a few screenshots on "Comanglia: Cinema" config.

 

[spruce]

koth_tasmania update:
Because I haven't done the spawns yet I will not release this or make a post about it, now with a proper overview image because I forgot how to do them last time (for some reason some ramps are invisible, no idea why) and bots fighting to make it easier to tell the overall size
The skybox is Not finished and yes, the fog is too thick, I forgot to lower it a bit before compiling

 

[SnickerPuffs]

koth_tasmania update:
Because I haven't done the spawns yet I will not release this or make a post about it, now with a proper overview image because I forgot how to do them last time (for some reason some ramps are invisible, no idea why) and bots fighting to make it easier to tell the overall size
The skybox is Not finished and yes, the fog is too thick, I forgot to lower it a bit before compiling

ooooh, I *love* the new lighting. I hope to catch this next time there's a playtest!

 

[Aapelikaeki]

Love the chaotic look of a WIP 3D skybox

 

[Kaia]

I haven't touched this much since late August or early September, but I hope I can push beyond A point to the parts I'm excited for.

 

[Erk]

Been a while since I've posted in this thread, felt like showing off some stuff I've been working on for this Smissmas!

 

[Kaia]

I've been getting a few nudges from others to get this to a playable state.

 

[The Asylum]

 

[The Asylum]

I made it better

 

[Sonoma]

Resuming work on a Territorial Control a1

 

[clippy605]

Quite the glow-up from alpha 1 to 2. Still worried soldier and demo will be too strong, but it will be better than it was.

 

[The Asylum]

imma just leave this here

 

[The Asylum]

And now here's something that's actually very very likely to see the light of day:




Thanks to forum member Brain Dead for these awesome models

 

[BeepSterr]

Took me a little bit but really glad to have deleted this point and done it from scratch

Before:

After:

 

[MacRipley]

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Progress on some Alien-style stuff for an mvm map, these are just testing builds and not the actual map. Spawn is gonna be interior similar to these screens, and the outside battlefield will be the outside of a base/ship grounded on a massive meteor or asteroid or something. Friend is still working on the actual layout

Still have a lot more models left to do lol

 

[Radial]

While waiting for my map cp_overload to receive some more testing, I've decided to go ahead and do some alpha-ish detailing on areas I'm reasonably sure won't be changing. This should also help one of the biggest problems, navigation. Previously all the rooms were just dev textures with nothing really standing out, so this (along with some more signage) should help massively.