WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!

[BANG!]

When you say INSIDE the skybox do you mean inside the literal box you made with the 1/16th models?

Yes.

The only thing you need in there is the sky_camera. light_enviroment can stay with all the other light entities. Mine are all right next to the main point on my map.

Tried sky_camera doesn't seem to make any difference.

I made simple level and put one part of the level models, it looks like its dropping a shadow on the ground brush but as if it that shadow came from a simplified model of the object (probably generated convex hull) or a bouding box.

So I am going to try creating the collision models for the props see if that lights properly then.

 

[Pocket]

I might have made that airboat. Maybe. I won't tell.

Still playing around with this:

OK, when I first saw those models I was conflicted. On one hand, they clearly matched the hand-painted style of the game, but on the other hand, they were so different from the style used in all the other maps' rocks (except Upward, which has the same problem plus not looking anything like the TF2 style) that it still felt out of place.

This picture helped put it in context, and it really does seem to fit now.

 

[Fruity Snacks]

OK, when I first saw those models I was conflicted. On one hand, they clearly matched the hand-painted style of the game, but on the other hand, they were so different from the style used in all the other maps' rocks (except Upward, which has the same problem plus not looking anything like the TF2 style) that it still felt out of place.

This picture helped put it in context, and it really does seem to fit now.

I don't know too much, but Upward felt very tf2-esque style wise.

Also, something I noticed in that picture that I missed previously... Those trees... are really nice, are they custom or have I not been looking hard enough in the prop library.

 

[Rexy]

Also, something I noticed in that picture that I missed previously... Those trees... are really nice, are they custom or have I not been looking hard enough in the prop library.

They're my oaks from Manor, so you should have them too. Maybe update your prop library version.

 

[Fruity Snacks]

I probably do have them, I just havn't looked hard enough,

 

[Void]

Of course you have them - Manor is official.

 

[PL-7764]

Preventing spawn camp-ability is hard...

(I know about all the messed-up model angles in those pictures. It's a side-effect of going from rotational to mirrored symmetry... one which is gradually being fixed.)

 

[Fruity Snacks]

Looking nice PL, though in the middle shot, the joint of bricks to the floor, that texture merger seems odd.

 

[Huckle]

It's looking pretty great though I think you need to throw in at least one more texture so that everything doesn't look so samey. Maybe put a redder brick/concrete on the lower part with the door?

Having railings on both sides of the stairs in spawn looks a bit weird as well since you're unlikely to fall over the wall side anyway.

 

[Mariner]

It'd be kind of cool if you could use the Manor cracked plaster texture as the basis for an overlay on top of the bricks in some areas, to break the monotony. IDK if it's setup for transparency for that use.

 

[PL-7764]

There'll definitely be a lot more added/a lot of things changed details-wise as time goes on; right now I'm focusing on making it fully functional from a gameplay perspective (e.g. making sure the doors are set up properly, figuring out what needs to be func_nobuild, deciding where resupply lockers ought to be, etc.)
Once the shape and functionality is nailed down, I'm gonna go back and finish making it look all nice 'n purdy.

The reason it's so detailed right now, yet still receiving big layout changes, is that this went pretty much from late-alpha to mid-beta without anyone giving layout feedback, so it all came in at once in a gameday... so I'm working around the existing details to fix it up.

The Mann Manor plaster-cracks overlay is set up for transparency, but it looks odd on the brick to me when I apply it... :\

 

[Godslayer57]

I had too much time on my hands.

 

[The Asylum]

Pipe Balle, the little-known medieval pastime that would eventually become known as Pipeball.

ETA: A look at BLU's custom-made tapestry:

 

[Mr.Blob]

 

[Fruity Snacks]

That point still doesn't look on center... (Just kidding)...


Looking good Blob.

 

[LeSwordfish]

That point still doesn't look on center... (Just kidding)...

Genuinely though...

 

[Void]

I like it, though the long line of rocks makes me think of the junkyard around the Combine Cannon in Episode Two.

 

[fubarFX]

:O

 

[Fruity Snacks]

Oh god, the Cave grows...

 

[Mr.Blob]

Genuinely though...

Don't go there. This time IT IS center, it's the camera angle.