ff_silo - Page 5

o_donny · 09-14-2005, 04:00 PM

Map is coming along nicely. And good thing your hasselhoff image has left the building :P

o_vampiricus · 09-15-2005, 04:46 AM

Just make sure there is a HUGE areola and a good size nipple on the tip of the silo :P

**mervaka** · 09-15-2005, 11:34 AM

yea the two caps will be a huge wonderbra.

ive had a bit of a thought, and came up with a few things still to do (besides the post playtest tweaking)

make the layout and details of the pathway and the attack spawn point
design and make a more appropriate 3d skybox, and relay the sky
make or find some damn better textures then what i currently use underground

i really should find time to do this :/

o_racer · 10-03-2005, 07:47 AM

Youll find the time, especially as the release of FF draws nearer.

o_imbrifer · 10-03-2005, 07:09 PM

Let me suggest making a texture blend of the snow with some dirt and using it as the snowy ground inside the base - make it look like there are tire tracks, or the snow has been piled up in certain lumps, exposing dirt or dirty grass underneath. Keep up the good work.

**mervaka** · 02-13-2006, 12:01 PM

right um yeah, time to dig this map up out the abyss and resume work i think. ive got a reading week coming up

**mervaka** · 02-13-2006, 01:29 PM

okay.. just a quick bit of advice im seeking here. is there any easy way of aligning textures in a circular fashion. its in relation to the roof of this archway:

i'll get a better updated screenie when i get the damn thing compiled again. that ones waay old

EDIT: heres some new screenies

yeah that last one is a bit hard to see, but demonstrates the problems im havign with aligning the textures :/

o_buckshot enema[x7] · 02-14-2006, 06:14 AM

Have you tried selecting the texture, ALT+Right Clicking on the adjacent face... left clicking on the newly applied face, and ALT+Right Clicking on the next adjacent face, etc etc?

The ALT+Right Click is really useful for texture alignment around pillars, but I'm not sure how it will look on your ceilings. Worth a shot though, right?

Circuitous · 02-14-2006, 06:51 AM

Yeah, just rotate the textures until they line up. What Buckshot posted oughtta do it.

o_beetle · 02-14-2006, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mervaka

its an experiment more than anything gameplaywise

Thats what i say about my maps.

**mervaka** · 02-14-2006, 01:27 PM

yeah ive heard something about the alt button when using textures, but wasnt sure in the slightest what it did or how to do it

cheers, i'll give it a go

**mervaka** · 02-14-2006, 02:30 PM

worked a treat! cheers

took me a second to figure i had to go horizontally across the bottom again before i went vertically up each segment. screenshots pending...

o_exarch · 02-14-2006, 02:51 PM

looking good Mervaka, have you thought about blending the road and snow textures? will look a hell of alot smoother

**mervaka** · 02-14-2006, 02:59 PM

yeah, all in good time

only thing is, i already have bagloads of displacements as it is, both in the quarter toriod for the tunnel roof, and in the masses of snow i have. the snow surface was hand sliced and bumped :/

**mervaka** · 02-14-2006, 03:41 PM

pics!

Heres the FR side of the tunnel

and heres the tunnel itself. it needs attacking with smoothing groups when i figure out how...

o_buckshot enema[x7] · 02-14-2006, 06:57 PM

That ceiling texturing looks much better, glad you got it to work!

o_d3pth charge · 02-15-2006, 10:44 PM

it's looking great merv... but i can't get over the small tile texture. I really don't like it. plus, what missle silo would tile their walls... especially ones that large? I know the concrete gets boring... but you can get by with it (being it is realistic) and then spice it up with pipes, platforms, etc. I mean, it's up to you of course, but I would go with a different texture.

**mervaka** · 02-15-2006, 10:50 PM

yeah i was just trying out custom texture bumpmapping. the open silo was the first room (see page one)

i'll have a look for alternative textures when i get a minute, see whats hot and whats not.

hell i might even find someone to put an icbm prop down the centre of the open silo!

anyway, many thanks for feedback. i still need to look at the reference photos posted waaaay back during the initial development of the map, and try and emulate the styles

o_buckshot enema[x7] · 02-16-2006, 02:51 PM

It wouldn't hurt to take a look at the old Counterstrike map de_foption, and see how that mapper handled the missile silo. See what he did well and then try to emulate it (I'm talking lighting and architecture).

**mervaka** · 02-16-2006, 02:53 PM

at the moment i'm trying out the same concrete block texture as used in the tunnel. looks good so far, providing i put pipes and shit in like xnarf said

btw you got a copy of foption?

09-15-2005, 11:34 AM	#83
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	yea the two caps will be a huge wonderbra. ive had a bit of a thought, and came up with a few things still to do (besides the post playtest tweaking) make the layout and details of the pathway and the attack spawn point design and make a more appropriate 3d skybox, and relay the sky make or find some damn better textures then what i currently use underground i really should find time to do this :/

02-14-2006, 06:51 AM	#89
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	Yeah, just rotate the textures until they line up. What Buckshot posted oughtta do it. __________________ Look at all those dead links.

09-14-2005, 04:00 PM	#81
o_donny Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Finland Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Map is coming along nicely. And good thing your hasselhoff image has left the building :P

09-15-2005, 04:46 AM	#82
o_vampiricus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Diego Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Just make sure there is a HUGE areola and a good size nipple on the tip of the silo :P

10-03-2005, 07:47 AM	#84
o_racer Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Youll find the time, especially as the release of FF draws nearer.

10-03-2005, 07:09 PM	#85
o_imbrifer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Changes every few months Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Let me suggest making a texture blend of the snow with some dirt and using it as the snowy ground inside the base - make it look like there are tire tracks, or the snow has been piled up in certain lumps, exposing dirt or dirty grass underneath. Keep up the good work.

02-13-2006, 12:01 PM	#86
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	right um yeah, time to dig this map up out the abyss and resume work i think. ive got a reading week coming up

02-13-2006, 01:29 PM	#87
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	okay.. just a quick bit of advice im seeking here. is there any easy way of aligning textures in a circular fashion. its in relation to the roof of this archway: i'll get a better updated screenie when i get the damn thing compiled again. that ones waay old EDIT: heres some new screenies yeah that last one is a bit hard to see, but demonstrates the problems im havign with aligning the textures :/

02-14-2006, 06:14 AM	#88
o_buckshot enema[x7] Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: United States Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Have you tried selecting the texture, ALT+Right Clicking on the adjacent face... left clicking on the newly applied face, and ALT+Right Clicking on the next adjacent face, etc etc? The ALT+Right Click is really useful for texture alignment around pillars, but I'm not sure how it will look on your ceilings. Worth a shot though, right?

02-14-2006, 01:27 PM	#91
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	yeah ive heard something about the alt button when using textures, but wasnt sure in the slightest what it did or how to do it cheers, i'll give it a go

02-14-2006, 02:30 PM	#92
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	worked a treat! cheers took me a second to figure i had to go horizontally across the bottom again before i went vertically up each segment. screenshots pending...

02-14-2006, 02:51 PM	#93
o_exarch Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bath, UK Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	looking good Mervaka, have you thought about blending the road and snow textures? will look a hell of alot smoother

02-14-2006, 02:59 PM	#94
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	yeah, all in good time only thing is, i already have bagloads of displacements as it is, both in the quarter toriod for the tunnel roof, and in the masses of snow i have. the snow surface was hand sliced and bumped :/

02-14-2006, 03:41 PM	#95
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	pics! Heres the FR side of the tunnel and heres the tunnel itself. it needs attacking with smoothing groups when i figure out how...

02-14-2006, 06:57 PM	#96
o_buckshot enema[x7] Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: United States Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	That ceiling texturing looks much better, glad you got it to work!

02-15-2006, 10:44 PM	#97
o_d3pth charge Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Davis, CA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	it's looking great merv... but i can't get over the small tile texture. I really don't like it. plus, what missle silo would tile their walls... especially ones that large? I know the concrete gets boring... but you can get by with it (being it is realistic) and then spice it up with pipes, platforms, etc. I mean, it's up to you of course, but I would go with a different texture.

02-15-2006, 10:50 PM	#98
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	yeah i was just trying out custom texture bumpmapping. the open silo was the first room (see page one) i'll have a look for alternative textures when i get a minute, see whats hot and whats not. hell i might even find someone to put an icbm prop down the centre of the open silo! anyway, many thanks for feedback. i still need to look at the reference photos posted waaaay back during the initial development of the map, and try and emulate the styles

02-16-2006, 02:51 PM	#99
o_buckshot enema[x7] Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: United States Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	It wouldn't hurt to take a look at the old Counterstrike map de_foption, and see how that mapper handled the missile silo. See what he did well and then try to emulate it (I'm talking lighting and architecture).

02-16-2006, 02:53 PM	#100
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	at the moment i'm trying out the same concrete block texture as used in the tunnel. looks good so far, providing i put pipes and shit in like xnarf said btw you got a copy of foption?

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