FF_rust (Updated 21.11.2005)

[o_donny]

Is this any better?
http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/997...map00076rq.jpg

[Circuitous]

Yes. Yes it is.

A few dark spots might help to add some more depth to those long hallways. Or perhaps have one of those grates open up to the sky and have the moonlight pouring in (your map is still set at night right?).

[o_donny]

Originally Posted by Circuitous

Yes. Yes it is.

A few dark spots might help to add some more depth to those long hallways. Or perhaps have one of those grates open up to the sky and have the moonlight pouring in (your map is still set at night right?).

More like sunset
I thought it too but there will be stuff above there so basicly if I but sky there you could see trough floor, but the middle point will have sky open, so it wouldnt work so good.

[mervaka]

i like it.

i say open up one of the walls and have red backlit pipes

[o_donny]

Originally Posted by Mervaka

i like it.

i say open up one of the walls and have red backlit pipes

Good Idea. I'll put some of thouse tonight.

[o_donny]

Sorry to disapoint you merv, I still havent put up the idea you told but I've got other candy to show. 90% done middle room. This is the place where spawns are and sadly, where most of the people get killed.
As you can see from this pic, it's 100% done. We are still putting the floor tiles to the ground and making all the lights work. Our electic guy got sick today so we thought that less lights that area might do good stuff to it, and here is open sky that Circuitous wanted. (it also chainges the air pretty good, which is good cause dead pyros and demomans smell pretty bad.)

And here's another aerial view so you can see that I have been busy as a bee

I'd also like to hear your comments for the map name suqqestions I wrote earlier.

ff_waterwood
ff_waterbase
ff_rustymetal
ff_rust (1)
ff_waterust (or waterrust or water_rust)
ff_funkyrust

ff_rust has 1 point atm.

[Circuitous]

Needs ramps.

And is there a way to make that grating not disappear as it gets farther away? That looks awful.

[mervaka]

those pillars need smoothing off, too.

nice to see progress, nevertheless

[o_donny]

Originally Posted by Circuitous

1Needs ramps.

2And is there a way to make that grating not disappear as it gets farther away? That looks awful.

1. That would make the stairs un-useable and it's the way I want it to be. If they want to press the button and go for the flag fast they have to go down way, and if I would add ramps it would add more pressure for the spawns.

2. There is 2 ways;
1. chainge the scale of it (which will make it look bad)
2. delete the whole thing

Yeah I noticed that it sucks big time there, but that's the way it's going to be if it's not 3D. I'll think of something else or I'll just delete the whole thing.

Originally Posted by Mervaka

those pillars need smoothing off, too.

nice to see progress, nevertheless

EDITED: It would get too much polygons if I'd do that. Model would be easier solution but theres no community modeller who would do that

[o_shadow34721]

it wouldnt be too many polygons to bumd those up to 12 or 15 sided. anything over 18 is prolly a bit much anyways for such small pillars. as long as you make them func_details they should be fine.

[o_kam]

Use the other grating texture that doesn't fade away and umm that room is huge so the pillar/lights looks really repetative.

[o_imbrifer]

Displacement surfaces on the columns wouldn't hurt the graphics card and itd be easy. Beware of unaligned textures on the columns, though, and try to get some better fences for the thing when you get a chance.

And what they said about the grate. Maybe make the room less square and more curvy or something? Seems fun and playable, but relatively basic.

[o_donny]

Originally Posted by Imbrifer

1.Displacement surfaces on the columns wouldn't hurt the graphics card and itd be easy. Beware of unaligned textures on the columns, though, and try to get some better fences for the thing when you get a chance.

2.And what they said about the grate.
3.Maybe make the room less square and more curvy or something? Seems fun and playable, but relatively basic.

1. That would fuck up the lights :/

2. There's only 3 grate styles that I could Imagine using and they all look the same. So it would be just better to kill it.

3. There is not even a single room that would be box [] every room is soft from corners and if you look closely at the cealing in the middle room you see that every surface is curvy from the ends.

[o_player]

The room still looks like a box though.

[o_donny]

Originally Posted by Player

The room still looks like a box though.

Hmm, if everybody says that I'll make the dooway to flagroom (which is behind the camera) so curvy that you all will shit in your pants just watching it :P

[o_geokill----->]

ff_rust for sure

[o_nezumi]

Perhaps you could make this thread a poll for the name?

[o_donny]

Originally Posted by Nezumi

Perhaps you could make this thread a poll for the name?

Done

POLL WILL RUN 10 DAYS! After 10 days we'll have a winner :P

[o_donny]

Hmm ff_rust seems to have a win, but it's not 10 days gone yet. Still week to go
So I have some nice screenshots. New skybox...

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/5...map00151ue.jpg - Grate had to go. I also made the cealing much high up. (you could have see the enterance to flagroom without the gravgun )

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/1...map00161jh.jpg - Rofl. Pheer the trigger texture It's there to show you what to push, even it's invisible. The glass will have direct look to flagroom. Kindof gets the feeling that so close but still so far :P
I added block bullets brush there so you cannot shoot trough the glass and you cant brake it either. Duh

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2...map00178za.jpg - I just love progress shots

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/1...map00193ja.jpg - Perhaps the "close no matter what" was a bad solution. Combine didnt see it coming...

[o_sh4x]

I don't really like your floor texture. I think it's too red. But that's just my opinion, no bad feelings.