WIP in WIP, post your level screenshots!

Greyfrog Design, that looks cool. The cave architecture is quite nice. Some of those screenshots look a little bland though. Perhaps you could add a bit more depth and character to the level such as some signs/billabords/posters etc, perhaps you could use a spotlight or two in the map to create dramatic shadows (rather then the fairly evenly lit level you have), have some pipes or wires dangling around, ability planks of wood, crates, drums etc.

Make sure you have some sweet non playable spaces that the player can see but not get to to create curiosity and make the player feel like he is in a small part of a larger world (rather than feeling boxed inside a Counter-Strike source map).

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Greyfrog Design, that looks cool. The cave architecture is quite nice. Make sure you have some sweet non playable spaces that the player can see but not get to to create curiosity and make the player feel like he is in a small part of a larger world (rather than feeling boxed inside a Counter-Strike source map).

That is something I have forgotten to do with this one... funny. It makes all the difference to have areas not accessible to the player. it helps to border the maps and as you've said create curiosity. good comment thank you.

A couple of early wip screens of my current UT3 project. All assets (except the smokesprites atm >_<) are custom made and I will do new iterations on all of it before the environment is finished.

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I think the glow around the lamp looks too strong... and what's up with the sky?

Else, I think it looks good, what game mode is this for?

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I think the glow around the lamp looks too strong... and what's up with the sky?Else, I think it looks good, what game mode is this for?

Thanks. It's a deathmatch map. Regarding the lamp, atm it only has an in editor created material on there. It will hopefully look better with some textures and a mask for the selfillum. I always try to mockup models and materials in the engine before I finalize anything. Is there anything specific that you don't think looks right with the sky?

Well... maybe it's not the sky, but there's a very prominent gradient line up in the sky on this shot: http://www.claeng.com/__forumpublish/ex ... bana08.jpg

Ah hehe, thats just a very basic mockup of a huge machine-tank-thing that will sit ontop of a building over there. It wont be quite that shiny in the final level, but I'm thinking of having it in stainless steel to get a strong landmark/focuspoint in the level.

theese sepia kind of style stuff looks very moody.

Nurb that stuff looks good. I do think it's a bit odd that you're doing custom assets that look so close to assets they have in UT3 already. Is it required that you have to make your own textures for the project or something? Because otherwise I'd say save some time and use the stock brick/concrete stuff they have.

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Nurb that stuff looks good. I do think it's a bit odd that you're doing custom assets that look so close to assets they have in UT3 already. Is it required that you have to make your own textures for the project or something? Because otherwise I'd say save some time and use the stock brick/concrete stuff they have.

Thanks, yes you are right. However, I'm trying to become a professional environment artist so I always make my own assets for my levels. This time I choose a theme that is in a large part already present among the retail assets, but to me that doesn't matter, I still want to make my own. The alternative to this would sort of be to just make the textures and models and do renders in Maya without putting them into a game engine. I like to be able to show that the assets can be used together in a game environment and that they are visually coherent. Hope that makes sence

I think it's good you're doing your own assets, a lot of the shipped assets for UT3 looks pretty bad...

Don't know that much about the engine though, but I guess the textures and shaders can be tweaked...

Going for a high end polycount with a texture mem usage

somewhere in the 256-512 range. I'm doing it entirely in max with vray since I just want to show off environment art rather than show how good I can work with an engine.

Anyways it's insipred by the island of miyashima I went to on a recent trip to japan.

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miyajima is an awesome place, i went there myself 2 years ago. looking forward to see how it has inspired you.

lovely looking buildings so far

Ohhh I see great potential, very nice!

Great stuff SpicyTanuki.

nice job as always

thanks for the kind words got some more work done yesterday but not as much as I hopeed, hopefully have some more architetchture hammered out in a few hours

That's nice, any chance of a wireframe?

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That's nice, any chance of a wireframe?

no problem, I've updated it since those shots, I'll post the new renders and wireframe tomorrow.