[UT3] - DM Fort (working name)

Dig the name~

The lighting looks a little bland, you should work on it.

Yeah the name rocks

Good progress.

i dunno, even if we say that this map had better lighting, it seems like the brushwork is very blocky and that there's a clear difference from where you see props (or whatever they're called in unreal) to the brushwork you've used. prop garden is probably the adequate word here.

I'll second what the other guys have said. The lighting is just way too flat right now and the geometry is way too blocky.

Much like with Waterfall, I think one of the shots has a little glimmer of what the finished product should look like - and that's shot #6 with the light globes in the trees. I think you're on to something with that, and those are worth continuing (sparingly, of course ) in the final light pass. I was just playing around with some of the asian themed props myself recently; try out some of the torches, or maybe the more of that urn mesh with a couple flame emitters for pockets of light (which I see you've done once already) around the area. I think this would be a good candidate for a sort of sunset/dusk theme with the light globes and other little accent lights filling in the level.

The big arched walkway looks out of place with a flat piece of ground underneath. Think about some sort of sunken geometry to go under that, with the walkway connecting at both ends. If you don't want to interrupt player movement in the space around it, maybe try something that's shallow enough on the sides to jump in and out of or that you can connect with some stairs, and then you can have it ramp down under the walkway.

I think the lights on the stairs are way overdone... If you can, strip some of those out. If they're attached to the mesh, see if you can find a better one without the lights connected.

Even if it's only temporary, don't wall yourself in (ha!) with the outer wall. A 360 degree wall is just going to make the map feel years older, and if you build with it from the start it'll be that much easier to leave it there. Start thinking about where gaps and/or elevation changes can break up the view in the distance and complement the silhouettes of your own level. In the shot with the trees and light globes, the back wall just muddles up the whole silhouette. Imagine that looking out over some water, or a valley, or whatever else you can think of, and maybe adding a more identifiable mesh to that platform... the gong or something kinda like that to draw attention out there

If you haven't already, check out CTF-Reflection for some really cool ideas on how to use the theme. They do some things in there that I'd have never thought of just by looking at the props individually (mainly the stone walkway pieces intersected with the wood slats you're using in a few places already), and there's a great vista surrounding the level that I think could apply to what you're doing here as well.

Hope that's helpful!

Bed light

no shedow

i think he means, "bad light, no shadow"

Forgive for my bad English! :roll:

Some alright looking stuff. Besides what's already been mentioned, I think the map perimeter could use some work. At the moment it has a very boxed in feeling. Consider using un-scalable terrain and more variation in height and depth around the perimeter. Some stuff in the background the player can't access reduces the boxed in appearance.

In the youtube video your camera work reminds me of Michael Bay.

Are these shots without lighting? If they aren't then you seriously need to tweak the global lighting.