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[Sel]

no one else cares selentic

go be an annoying pedant who doesn't know what he's talking about somewhere else

thanks in advance

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Sometimes I question why I even try to help people out here by telling them how I feel about their work, and putting a fair bit of time into explaining why I feel the way I do about it, since a lot of the time I do just get personal attacks like this in response. Sometimes though someone willing to listen to feedback that explains what that person thinks they did wrong or could improve, and those rare occasions make it worth it.

I'm amazed you get away with this as often as you do, but it's not going to stop me from making an effort to helping people improve their skills and content.

 

[RaVaGe]

 

[Pocket]

Why is your ground a team colour?

All that's going to do is confuse players as to which team owns the side of the map they're on, detracting from gameplay and adding nothing to aesthetics

It's an A/D map. The whole map is RED's side.

Agreeing with Penguin and EngMob that it's too pink and not orange enough, though.

 

[Sel]

It's an A/D map. The whole map is RED's side.

Then what's with the blue team concrete on the red ground in the distance.

 

[fubarFX]

Then what's with the blue team concrete on the red ground in the distance.

blu spawn, most likely

 

[Sel]

blu spawn, most likely

Which is blue territory sitting on ground which has the red team colour, and is pretty much the point I've been making the whole time?

 

[fubarFX]

Which is blue territory sitting on ground which has the red team colour, and is pretty much the point I've been making the whole time?

meh w/e, it's not like it's in a beta phase where visuals are important or something.
lol I'll even go as far as saying that it's not like this topic is important or something.

 

[Wilson]

meh w/e, it's not like it's in a beta phase where visuals are important or something.
lol I'll even go as far as saying that it's not like this topic is important or something.

Hey, i might not like Selentic and his "Hate Valve and Hats" antics in TF2 News threads but you know what, he is doing exactly what this thread is meant for and suddenly everyone is eager to shoot feedback down, this thread is indeed not important because of shit like this.

This all is stupid and i agree, Wetstone is too red.

 

[Fruity Snacks]

I'm going to have to agree... Wetstone is a bit too red, I'd suggest replacing the ground with the yellow.

Now everyone calm down

 

[Sergis]

I agree wholeheartedly with the team-colored ground bit he said. It's WAY too red, and, outside of a base, will confuse players as to which part of the map they're on..

one thing that always confuse me is the blue sky in maps. i look at it and feel like im always in blu side. shits fucking annoying.

 

[Shanghai]

meh w/e, it's not like it's in a beta phase where visuals are important or something.
lol I'll even go as far as saying that it's not like this topic is important or something.

This topic is important because I can come to it and see how much better at mapping everyone is, which motivates me to go map.

The reason people were complaining about the ground was because it's not just visual, it might actually affect gameplay with its colors by confusing people.

EDIT: Good God, Ravage, that brought a tear to my eye.

 

[lana]

one thing that always confuse me is the blue sky in maps. i look at it and feel like im always in blu side. shits fucking annoying.

There's a difference between blue sky and red ground in that red ground isn't normal and players will see more ground than sky.

 

[grazr]

I still get confused when people refer to a post made by one Ravidge, only for it to be the other... Ravage.

I vote we ban Ravage so my puny mind doesn't explode over the inconvinience of occasional minor confusion. Also, if it happens to vicariously cull competition in the 3dskybox contest, that'd merely be a coincidence.

 

[Prestige]

sounds like some real ravrage there, grazr

 

[Sergis]

There's a difference between blue sky and red ground in that red ground isn't normal and players will see more ground than sky.

its not even red team red, its more pinkish red. it is kinda odd, but little google imaging tells me it is indeed normal.

some people seem to think that tf2 players are completely retarded to the point where they cant tell where they are unless every wall around them is in a team color telling "you're on red side. see? red! more red here. and big letters especially for you R-E-D. see this wall? red. that one is red too. still not sure where you are? look, the floor is red also. even some ceilings are red. oh you still think there is a chance you are on blu side? look, even fucking signs are fucking red you blind fuck!"

in rewinds map, map areas are different enough to be easily identified.

 

[re1wind]

Wetstone now with less pink/red. I... actually prefer this to the red-pink version.

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/649871686538025137/475B91B4559677E84D72801F9DB10CEAA573441F/

 

[Shanghai]

That's a lot better, re1wind. Now we can complain about the layout instead of the colors!

And I completely agree with you, Grazr. When I was making that post I had to go all the way back to the previous page to check if it was Ravage or Ravidge.

 

[Bermuda Cake]

re1wind, experiment a bit more with the displacements on those cliffs - you can left click to make them go in, for example, or at least vary the pattern. At the moment it looks like you've gone along them and pushed out the edges in a regular pattern, which doesn't look very natural.

The red didn't look good, but if you want it to have a bit of red you could always have a look at furnace creek http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=5889

 

[soylent robot]

still working on the latter stages of sandblast

i completely changed the second half of stage 2

the new first part of stage 3. the original got complaints that this section was too long so i shortened it, and added a forward spawn for red so they had more time to set up, and more places to set up in

still got to finish up stage 3, redo the health and ammo pickups and put some optimising in

 

[Another Bad Pun]

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